peacemaker: "Hard work pays off"

Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu talked to HLTV.org about Liquid's route to the grand final of ESL One Cologne and what they need to do to grab the Major title versus SK Gaming.

Liquid have continued their surprising path throughout ESL One Cologne with a two-map semi-final victory over match favorites fnatic despite losing all four pistol rounds in the process.

We reached out to Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu to talk about the fnatic rendezvous, what Liquid's communication was like after Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's crazy 1v2 clutch and what lies ahead in the grand final versus SK.

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Check out the list of interviews we have conducted so far at ESL One Cologne to see if you've missed any:

Day 4

Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist: "I didn't even have to call"

Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella: "Super confident on Cobble"

Day 3

Viktor "vuggo" Jendeby: "We're always slow starters"

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "s1mple really wants to win"

Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov: "Knew exactly how NiP play"

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "I feel like I won an event"

Day 2

Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell: "Came in with fresh minds today"

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović: "nV match was a team effort"

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "Confident playing T side [on Cobble]"

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov: "We wanted revenge for MLG"

Day 1

Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad: "I expect us and G2 through"

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "Tech pause was good for us"

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: "gla1ve is really good at adapting"

Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 25 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 785 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 SK #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 20 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 387 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 708 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 880 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 758 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist Age: 22 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 882 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Liquid #11 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 28 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 822 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 324 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.70 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 477 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 fnatic #3 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović Age: 29 Team: MOUZC Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 967 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 18 Team: LiquidB Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 442 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70