After G2 defeated SK in the first semi-final in two maps, North played Liquid for the other spot in the best-of-five final and came out on top with a 16-5 score on Nuke and after overtime on Mirage. We picked Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen's brain in our next interview from Dallas, where the in-game leader talks about the semi-final battle and what he expects from the upcoming best-of-five versus the Frenchmen. You can find the rest of HLTV.org's videos by going to our YouTube channel here.
 G2 #4  Richard 'shox' Papillon Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro   Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 1075 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72  Liquid #19  Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Josh 'jdm64' Marzano Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken   North #5   René 'cajunb' Borg Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Emil 'Magisk' Reif Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke   SK #3   Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga Marcelo 'coldzera' David Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo João 'felps' Vasconcellos |