{"id":208349,"date":"2025-07-15T10:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=208349"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:34:14","slug":"liquid-fall-to-sashi-miss-esl-pro-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/liquid-fall-to-sashi-miss-esl-pro-league","title":{"rendered":"Liquid in Crisis Again: Defeat to Sashi and a Missed Chance at ESL Pro League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Liquid failed to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 22 after a loss to the relatively unknown team Sashi \u2014 another disappointing blow during an already difficult period for the roster.<\/p>\n<h2>Shocking Defeat: Liquid Fall to a Top-50 HLTV Team<\/h2>\n<p>Liquid crashed out of the closed European qualifier for ESL Pro League, losing their opening match 1-2 to Sashi. The Danish team currently ranks just 48th in the HLTV standings, far from being considered a top contender. In contrast, Liquid remains one of the most recognized names in Counter-Strike, with recent ambitions for top finishes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-208350\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1.webp 800w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1-300x184.webp 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1-768x470.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Led by siuhy, they entered the qualifier as the highest-ranked squad, but failed to live up to expectations. The decisive map \u2014 Inferno \u2014 was dominated by Sashi, with Lucky putting on a strong performance to seal the upset.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Going Wrong with Liquid?<\/h2>\n<p>Following a winless 0-3 run at the BLAST.tv Austin Major, many expected major changes. Instead, Liquid only brought in former NAVI analyst flashie as head coach, while the player lineup remained untouched \u2014 despite rumors of NAF potentially leaving. That stability seems to be working against them: the team lacks a consistent fragger, cohesive gameplay, and the firepower needed to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Skipping FISSURE Playground to focus on this qualifier \u2014 which ended in failure \u2014 cost them valuable VRS points and added to their rankings slump. As they head into IEM Cologne, things are looking grim. If results don\u2019t improve soon, roster changes may be inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Liquid failed to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 22 after a loss to the relatively unknown team Sashi \u2014 another disappointing blow during an already difficult period for the roster. Shocking Defeat: Liquid Fall to a Top-50 HLTV Team Liquid crashed out of the closed European qualifier for ESL Pro League, losing their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":208366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[631,512],"class_list":["post-208349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-esl-pro-league-season-22","tag-liquid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liquid Fall to Sashi, Miss ESL Pro League Spot - CS2 &amp; CS:GO Articles, News, Events | Skin.Club Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Team Liquid failed to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 22 after a loss to the relatively unknown team Sashi \u2014 another disappointing blow during an already difficult period for the roster\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/liquid-fall-to-sashi-miss-esl-pro-league\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liquid Fall to Sashi, Miss ESL Pro League Spot - CS2 &amp; 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