SK secured a confident win over Winstrike in the semi-final of Moche XL, beating the Russian side 2-0 (16-7 Inferno, 16-7 Mirage).

The series started on Inferno, SK's map pick, with Winstrike grabbing the CT pistol after holding off a B site offensive in a 4v4 situation. The Russian side built on that, winning the anti-ecos, before grabbing the crucial first buy thanks to Savelii "⁠jmqa⁠" Bragin and Nikita "⁠waterfaLLZ⁠" Matveyev retaking A in a 2v2.

SK were 5-0 down when they managed to steal away a pistol-armor round, punishing Winstrike's aggression, and started building off of that. With a couple of consecutive rounds going their way, SK broke Winstrike's economy and built momentum, finishing the Terrorist half 9-6 up.

The Brazilian side then added on to their lead by winning the CT pistol and two followups before Aurimas "⁠Kvik⁠" Kvakšys and Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov turned a 2v5 around in the first buy round, making the score 7-12. However, losing the next round put Winstrike in a tough economic situation which SK capitalized on, proceeding to win the map 16-7.

Winstrike was once again off to a good start on the second map, Mirage, winning the Terrorist pistol and going up 3-0, even though Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo made the last round expensive as he sniped down three with the Scout. With rifles in play, SK tied the score at 3-3 with a couple of confident CT-side holds, but the match would swing back the Russians' way, with a safely played 2v1 against Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David giving them a 7-3 lead.

Facing a mixed buy in the next round, Winstrike faltered, Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga and Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip secured opening kills which SK managed to convert on, starting a streak of their own. Before the end of the half Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass secured an anti-eco ace and his team went on to take the lead again, 8-7.

SK broke into the B site on the second pistol and after kills were traded, FalleN resolved a 1v2 to advance his team's lead and put them into the driver's seat to close out the game. In the second-half rifle rounds, FalleN's troops displayed relentless aggression, breaking into both bombsites swiftly, with Winstrike unable to hold them back at all, and the score was soon 15-7.

To close it out, on match point, fer got a double entry in ramp, taking down two enemies with a single spray of the AK-47, and his teammates followed up on it to finish the map 16-7, 2-0 for the series.

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	50 - 26	+24	109.0	1.71
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	42 - 21	+21	86.5	1.48
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	38 - 16	+22	77.2	1.42
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	33 - 24	+9	92.8	1.37
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	31 - 27	+4	74.1	1.12

Winstrike	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Savelii 'jmqa' Braginjmqa	31 - 40	-9	64.7	0.85
Nikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevwaterfaLLZ	25 - 36	-11	66.0	0.82
Aurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysKvik	22 - 39	-17	63.3	0.67
Gregory 'balblna' Oleinickbalblna	18 - 39	-21	54.1	0.54
Kirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovBoombl4	18 - 40	-22	50.2	0.50