Virtus.pro have made their way past PENTA 2-0 (16-9 de_cache, 16-5 de_mirage) to advance to the semi-finals at DreamHack Winter 2014.

To start their quarter-final against PENTA, Virtus easily won the opening pistol on de_cache and ran up a 3-0 lead. The Germans won two of the next six, and found themselves trailing 2-7.

A triple kill effort by Denis "⁠denis⁠" Howell in a two-on-four save round got PENTA their third round, but Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas replied with three M4A4 kills of his own in middle to make it 8-3.

With no money left in the bank due to trading rounds as terrorists, PENTA were forced to save and ultimately lost all four remaining rounds in the first half for a 3-12 score.

Second half started with denis winning a one-on-one in A, and Virtus.pro's force buy didn't pan out, as their lead was cut by one third, to 6-12, as the Poles saved.

denis put up a fight in the match but it wasn't enough 

Then Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski's triple AK-47 round in B got them a round, and after a PENTA save, Virtus.pro attacked the A site successfully to force nine map points at 15-6.

Kevin "⁠kRYSTAL⁠" Amend's team survived for three more rounds on their counter-terrorist side, but finally doubles by pashaBiceps and Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski closed the map out at 16-9.

Virtus.pro started the second map de_mirage just as strong, with Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski's triple gaining them a 3-0 lead. PENTA won round four, but doubles from Snax and Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński broke their money.

Up 6-1, Virtus lost a round with Felix "⁠fel1x⁠" Zech and denis getting two each, but even a triple by Timo "⁠Spiidi⁠" Richter wasn't enough to string two together, as Virtus prevailed.

Once again forced to save, TaZ and NEO split the pot to extend Virtus.pro's lead to 10-2 with the Germans forced to save once again after the weapon round.

Virtus were dominant in thei quarter-final win 

Virtus.pro won two more rounds to extend their lead to 12-2 before kRYSTAL was able to connect on three AWP kills around the A bombsite to make the half score 3-12.

PENTA's quick bombsite B rush saw them run over Virtus on the pistol round, but TaZ's two CZ-75 kills got the Poles within a one-on-one, but still lost to denis.

Virtus.pro went for anotehr force buy with pashaBiceps's two Scout kills giving them the win, and a quad M4A1-S kill by NEO extended the Polish side's lead to 14-5.

PENTA couldn't win any more rounds as Virtus.pro quickly devoured their semi-buy on the following round, and then byali's three kills secured them a 16-5 win. DreamHack Winter 2014Best of 3 Virtus.proMatchpage 2 0 28th November 2014 PENTA 16Cache 9 16Mirage 5

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	43 - 21	+22	-	1.48
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	44 - 25	+19	-	1.44
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	37 - 29	+8	-	1.26
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	35 - 27	+8	-	1.15
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	32 - 24	+8	-	1.15

PENTA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	41 - 36	+5	-	1.10
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	27 - 37	-10	-	0.76
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendkRYSTAL	26 - 39	-13	-	0.70
Felix 'fel1x' Zechfel1x	18 - 40	-22	-	0.51
Robin 'r0bs3n' Stephanr0bs3n	13 - 40	-27	-	0.37

Virtus.pro will go on to face NiP in the semi-final tomorrow at 13:00 , Two more quarter-finals will take place tonight, with the rest of the tournament finished tomorrow.

Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 503 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend Age: 21 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 238 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Filip 'NEO' Kubski Age: 27 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 501 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Denis 'denis' Howell Age: 20 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 73 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 21 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 335 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.62 Paweł 'byali' Bieliński Age: 20 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 336 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.64 Timo 'Spiidi' Richter Age: 19 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 99 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Felix 'fel1x' Zech Age: 26 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 241 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 26 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 463 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.68