Movistar Riders qualify for ESL Pro League, GODSENT to lower bracket

Riders have become the first Spanish team to reach ESL Pro League.

Movistar Riders have become the second team in EPL Conference to secure an ESL Pro League Season 15 spot following Extra Salt’s victory over MAD Lions on Friday.

Alejandro "⁠alex⁠" Masanet and company, who recently became the first Spanish team to qualify for a Major, have now become the first to reach ESL Pro League, and they did so by overcoming GODSENT confidently in two maps, Overpass (16-13) and Nuke (16-9), despite losing all four pistol rounds.

Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo and company are not out yet, though, and they will have a chance to qualify for ESL Pro League through the lower bracket. They will go up against LDLC at 20:00 , following Sprout and MAD Lions’ bout at 16:45 , with the final Conference match set to take place on Sunday.

Movistar Riders keep making history for Spain

The ESL Pro League qualifying series started off on Overpass, the Brazilian team’s pick and a map that Movistar Riders have recently struggled on, losing it three times in a row to HEROIC, Enterprise and worryingly to RBG with a 7-16 scoreline. Despite the poor track record and a slow start, going down 0-4, the Spaniards found their groove late in the first half with a long winning streak on the CT side and a strong performance by Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García to hit double digits before the switch.

GODSENT won a crucial pistol round to kick off their defense, even taking a brief 12-11 lead going into the late rounds of the map, but just as it seemed that Movistar Riders were struggling to find answers on the T side they won a forcebuy with an AWP an AK-47 and upgraded pistols that turned the tides of the map as they went on to win it out 16-13 to set the series in their favor early on.

The Brazilians once again took an early lead, this time on the CT side of Nuke, with Bruno "⁠latto⁠" Rebelatto shutting down Movistar Riders with a quad-kill in the second round, a forcebuy by the terrorists. Alejandro "⁠mopoz⁠" Fernández-Quejo Cano and company were then able to bounce back and keep things close all the way to the half, however, and only trailed by one before switching to the defense.

Eduardo "⁠dumau⁠" Wolkmer and company made it four out of four in pistol rounds, but lost against a forcebuy in the second round which boosted Movistar Riders’ economy as the team led by alex then went on a tear without giving up a single round to end it 16-9 with mopoz leading the way.

ESL Pro League Season 15 ConferenceBest of 3 Movistar RidersMatchpage 2 0 27th November 2021 GODSENT 16Overpass 13 16Nuke 9

Movistar Riders	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Álvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaSunPayus	39 - 30	+9	81.5	1.28
Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Canomopoz	48 - 36	+12	92.1	1.28
Alejandro 'alex' Masanetalex	39 - 27	+12	75.7	1.18
David 'dav1g' Granado Bermudodav1g	32 - 28	+4	71.3	1.13
Raúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoDeathZz	26 - 30	-4	58.4	0.85

GODSENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmerdumau	37 - 33	+4	73.7	1.10
Bruno 'latto' Rebelattolatto	36 - 34	+2	75.8	1.08
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	29 - 37	-8	67.4	0.87
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	25 - 42	-17	61.8	0.69
Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmarab4rtiN	24 - 39	-15	46.1	0.68

The ESL Pro League Season 15 team list so far is:

Astralis
Complexity
Evil Geniuses
fnatic
G2
Natus Vincere
Liquid
AGO
Looking For Org
Movistar Riders
ESL Ranking
ESL RankingBIG
ENCE
FaZe
FURIA
MOUZ
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Vitality
Party Astronauts
Extra Salt
Conference
ESL Ranking
ESL RankingNinjas in Pyjamas #6 Nicolai 'device' ReedtzPatrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 26 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 1316 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.64 AGO #37 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiEryk 'leman' KocębaMiłosz 'mhL' KnasiakMaciej 'F1KU' MiklasSzymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek RBG #59 Colby 'Walco' WalshJerric 'wiz' JiangJordon 'jitter' RuggieroJadan 'HexT' PostmaConnor 'chop' Sullivan MOUZ #16 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRobin 'ropz' KoolAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Complexity GODSENT #23 Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' VasconcellosEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'b4rtiN' CâmaraBruno 'latto' Rebelatto Looking For Org #57 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisEuan 'sterling' MooreJared 'hazr' O'BreeBenson 'Liki' NiuilaJames 'SaVage' Savage Vitality #5 Richard 'shox' PapillonDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' RabierJayson 'Kyojin' Nguyen Van Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer Age: 18 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 373 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.62 HEROIC #4 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck fnatic #19 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Álvaro 'SunPayus' García Age: 23 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 219 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.60 FaZe #8 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Enterprise #38 Erik 'The eLiVe' SithRobert 'manguss' KasperDavid 'forsyy' BílýMatúš 'MATYS' ŠimkoAndrej 'ADEJIS' Kameništiak Party Astronauts #32 Jonathan 'djay' DallalBen 'ben1337' SmithGage 'Infinite' GreenJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueDavid 'cynic' Polster Extra Salt #26 Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryJosh 'oSee' OhmJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto Age: 18 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 277 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Sprout #53 Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgTimo 'Spiidi' RichterJosef 'faveN' BaumannFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichKamil 'KEi' Pietkun G2 #2 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Age: 25 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1046 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 Natus Vincere #1 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy ENCE #12 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferJoonas 'doto' ForssPaweł 'dycha' DychaOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczLotan 'Spinx' Giladi BIG #14 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicklas 'gade' GadeNils 'k1to' Gruhne Liquid #15 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince Evil Geniuses Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Astralis #20 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckePhilip 'Lucky' EwaldBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer LDLC #58 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaLambert 'Lambert' PrigentAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaNicolas 'Keoz' Dgus Movistar Riders #17 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoÁlvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaDavid 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo Alejandro 'alex' Masanet Age: 25 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1203 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 MAD Lions #21 Johannes 'b0RUP' BorupThomas 'TMB' BundsbækVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukPere 'sausol' Solsona SaumellJustinas 'jL' Lekavicius Time is adjusted to your selected timezone FURIA #10 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoAndré 'drop' Abreu