【??? ?? ????】fnatic and Lions climb up in Group B
Lions have ??? ?? ????defeated Moscow Five 16-8 on de_mirage, while fnatic beat semXorah in a much tougher than expected 16-14 match on de_inferno. With those results, and thanks to WinFakt's unexpected draw against eSahara previously, the two Swedish teams now share the top spot of Group B.
Lions met the so far undefeated team Moscow Five on de_mirage, on which they previously lost to fnatic.
This time they were the ones in control in the first half with an almost impeccable CT-side, which produced a 12-3 lead. Moscow Five made a slight attempt to come back, but Lions had enough focus to close out the match quickly at 16-8 score.
IEM6 World ChampionshipBest of 0 Lions
Matchpage 16 8 7th March 2012 
Moscow Five 16Mirage 8
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The other match that took place at the same time was between fnatic and semXorah on de_inferno. It was the first time at the tournament that the Brazilians wouldn't play de_nuke and they showed a much better performance overall.
fnatic did manage a 10-5 at the half on their Counter-Terrorist side, but semXorah took it round by round and even went into a 14-13 lead near the end thanks to several great rounds by their star player Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo.
And just as it seemed the Brazilians are going to climb to match point, Patrik "cArn" Sättermon and Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl won a very unlikely 2vs5 situation to keep their team in the game. Another two round-wins followed for the Swedes and they finally secured the needed 3 points with a much tougher than expected 16-14 victory.
IEM6 World ChampionshipBest of 0 fnatic
Matchpage 16 14 7th March 2012 
semXorah 16Inferno 14
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The situation in Group B is still wide open, but fnatic and Lions have now climbed to the top with 9 points each, while WinFakt has 8 in third place. Moscow Five is also still in contention for one of the three playoff spots having 7 points so far, making the last round of matches extremely interesting as each of those four teams could end up not making it.
