Clanbase Eurocup Winner Bracket Final

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This Sunday at 21.00 CET we see cZar Gaming take on Pod Virtual Gaming to decide who will take their place in the overall final of the Eurocup in a match which could go either way. The match will take place on two infantry maps; Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula, where co-ordination between infantry and the armour is key, and the commander has a vital role as especially on Oman, flanking is common as the homebases are the key flags, spawning a tank and two jeeps, aswell as housing the commander assets. On Sharqi Peninsula the key flag is the TV Station, which spawns the armour for the USA, and it will be interesting to see how this map pans out after Oman, as we have the possibility to see a huge push to fullcap, and then the attempt to camp the other side in their homebase. Both teams have picked up some very impressive results recently, cZar defeating Team Logitech who had previously defeated Team Dignitas and Pod putting Team Wilda into the lower bracket, and this match could go either way, and cZar Gaming seem to be the favourites, though I'm putting my money on the underdogs Pod Virtual Gaming due to their impressive infantry which will be key in this match. Of course, the winner of this match will take their place in the final of the Clanbase Eurocup where they will compete for the €600 prize money for 1st place, and guarentee themselves €300 for 2nd place.


Lineups
cZar Gaming
Thagor - Commander
Freaka - Tanker
JoeMango - Infantry
Donny - Infantry
6K - Infantry
Empty - Infantry
Nino - Infantry
F1ght0r - Infantry

Pod Virtual Gaming
To be decided - Commander
rune - Tanker
Mason - Infantry
grumbly - Infantry
bommel - Infantry
frazer - Infantry
joe - Infantry
To be decided - Infantry

cZar`Thagor
You have come a long way for a relatively new side; When you formed cZar did you expect to be competing for a place in the Eurocup final?
When we formed cZar we hoped to win our Eurocup group and then perhaps win against some favorites in the playoffs. Our major aim since the start of this squad was to qualify for next EPS Season, which we hopefully will in the next few months.

How have you been making different preparations for this match compared to any other?
We are in our summerbreak for nearly 2 months now. We did and will do the same preperations we did for the Logitech match; 5 minutes tactics and 1 warmup, should be enough to win against pod !

Have you been keeping the same lineup throughout the competition, and are there any changes for this match?
We started with Shifty/Emilio in APC and Lev!s/Lose1 as Infantry, who left us or went inactive during the competition. Empty joined us between the period of groupstage and playoffs. The rest of the lineup is still the same. There are no changes for this match, since our gunner is also playing infantry. Nino will have to play from an internet café somewhere in Switzerland, because he is still on vacation on Sunday. I hope that he can play, otherwise our nooby inf Raiden has to play!

What do you think will be the key to winning this match?
Both maps are very infantry based and thus the team with the better infantry will win. In my oppinion both teams have the best infantry in Europe and this means a very tough battle on both maps. Finally the better ingame coordination will decide about the winning team and thats my job!

Is there anything else you would like to add?
Greetings to all the oldschool vietnam teams, especially Legion of Honour, and everybody who reads this: join ESL BFV Summer Cup!


pod-grumbly

How have you been making different preparations for this match compared to any other?
The problem is because of the summer holidays we aren´t able to make a good and intensive training for this match but we hope that we will fight hard like every match.

Have you been keeping the same lineup throughout the competition, and are there any changes for this match?
Our commander is on holiday for this match, which is a problem as we still don't know who will take his role.

What do you think will be the key to winning this match?
We will focus the game on our strengths; our infantry. Sharqi is a great map for us because the tank hasn´t got such a key role like on other maps. cZar has very good infantry too but I think ours are a little bit stronger. I think Gulf of Oman will be very close and both teams will use near the same tactic to win there side on this map. I hope we can fix it that our commander is on holidays and hope that our tactics works.

What do you expect from cZar? Are you surprised that they have been picking up some very good victories and that you are meeting them at this stage of the competition?
No I am not really suprised as we have played a lot against cZar and we know that they are strong enough to reach this stage of the competition. They played a great match against Logitech in the last round and earnt a lot of respect. My personal opinion is that it is not really important who will win this match because i think the team that loses will be able to make their way back from the loserbracket and will play in the grand final.

Is there anything else you would like to add?
In the Future the community will see a little surprise but I'm not saying what it is at the moment! For the future I hope EA is doing a better Job with 1.4 than in 1.3 and some other patches. I played the 1.4beta 2 Patch and have to say it´s not bad and if we get BFTV in maybe 2066 I´ll be happy! I hope it will be a good match for us and the visitors and the best team should win. I´m also sure that BFGeeks and FragTV will continue to do a great job with their coverage.

Remember to catch this match live on FragTV at www.fragtv.net at 21.00CET on Sunday 23rd July.

Source: www.bfgeeks.com