Zen vs Joreuz | 1v1 Bo5 Showmatch

[@DrZeus108]

We have been absolutely spoiled this week with the phenomenal show matches. Well done on the script for this one Johnny it's another huge success. Fantastic play and I am looking forward to the next one!!

[@jaac4]

does he really script the showmatches or is it just a joke?

[@jblazeisme2329]

@@jaac4 joke

[@chillaxTF]

@@jaac4 running joke that whenever a series goes to the last game, people say nice script :)

[@BawlBag]

Joreuz almost old manned him out of it

[@nathanfreeman7362]

The strength our mechanics were built upon, old man strength.

[@Danny-fi5bg]

Man joreuz plays so fucking smart

[@lucaslenci5439]

L

[@valsim667]

True but on the other hand he makes so many crucial mistakes. He goes in for a challenge too early and tries to defend while being boostless. I love him and all but he can get ahead of himself sometimes

[@dodothedog8551]

@@valsim667 Alot of those aren't just straightforward mistakes but rather sacrifices to keep unpredictability. Not understanding what ur opponent is doing and it not appearing logical at all to u can be really difficult and even tilting to play against. His consistently is very off yes but it's not as bad as it may seem at first

[@VintageCR]

@@dodothedog8551 can't agree more. as long as there is room to stay with the ball, hit the ball or even fake that Joreuz has any form of boost it really doesn't matter. remember a saying that goes; "Fake it till you make it" feel like Joreuz kind of plays with that mentality.

[@DeadShotX-X]

The thing that is most impressive to me about zen is how he recovers in awkward situations. The more lateral spins, the inversions, the perfectly timed altitude changes amidst air dribbles, the chain dashes you name it. He uses it all to change his positioning ever so slightly to stay engaged in the play where most players would concede. Seriously impressive stuff and I hope he sticks around for a while after making a name like this.

[@emalontrack]

be a 15 years old kid that has, idk, at least 3 years playing like 10 hours a day almost every 330 days of the year. Im not blaming him, he has talent but, times makes the thing

[@qrqn]

​@@emalontrack professional hater it's crazy

[@qrqn]

​@@emalontrack but why 330 days what am I missing

[@somerandomchad469]

​@@qrqn hes not hating. Tbh hes saying the truth

[@qrqn]

@@somerandomchad469 sure. But do you know how there are some people that always have to add something negative to everything even when it doesn't matter. That habit makes people very unlikable I think.

[@fluk9149]

that's an instant classic. certainly the highest level, most entertaining 1s match i've ever seen!

[@tubemaster4268]

I definetely agree that it was an incredibly high Level Match. But I still think Lostt Zen was the more entertaining. Tbh Mawkzy Zen was also amazing.

[@undercookedsalmonella2723]

@@tubemaster4268 totally agree, zen makes every game extremely entertaining

[@Shape1999]

wait till you see the next match up, best series i've seen in a long time

[@crythaul2179]

@@Shape1999 whats next

[@Kenny-vs4pr]

@@crythaul2179 Zen vs Daniel, an absolute banger

[@JakesDON]

Like for no spoiler

[@Megaloblastic]

Clicked on this to like for no spoiler, it opened comments and spoiled it.

[@BawlBag]

@@Megaloblastic why click it?

[@Heroo01]

@@Megaloblastic skill issue

[@Megaloblastic]

@@BawlBag on my phone and you have to click it to like it on the app

[@Megaloblastic]

@@QuinquetPourpre i realized too late lol, was still a great watch regardless

[@snoppppp]

30:30 pinch joreuz 32:15 nasty shot by zen

[@frogliza9977]

Also 11:40 nasty shot by Joreuz

[@MartHommes]

Joreuz' leveled up defense is exactly made for Zen's offense caliber which made this so exciting and tense cuz Zen hasn't had to deal with that before. What a great game

[@czeresnia2381]

Honestly it was the best series with zen so far. He didn't just outclassed his opponent in every aspect of a game but had to work hard for most of his goals. Joreuz did an amazing job but in the end Zen is just on another level.

[@Cjs3315]

No idea why or how you think zen "outclassed him I'm every aspect". Bit of a silly take. It went to game 5. They're quite clearly in the same league. Or "level" as you put it. Neither one "outclassed" the other. It was an even series with zen taking the best of 5. That's it.

[@GiggityGooh]

@@Cjs3315lol reread his message

[@jonyele8186]

@@Cjs3315 reread the comment

[@RthereNEusernames]

@@Cjs3315 I mean hats off to Joreuz but you can clearly see in the later half of the series Zen was too much for him to handle. Almost looked like Zen was nervous or something in the first two games. Had Joreuz on the back foot almost the entire series. Not to be "goalist" as Johnny would say in the Toxiic series, but a bulk of Joreuz's goals just came from patience and waiting for Zen to make mistakes.

[@Just_aNobody]

@@Cjs3315 It's not written in perfect English but I he meant to say that Zen didn't outclass Joreuz in every aspect like other showmatches Zen has played. But then he completely contradicts that by saying in the end Zen is just on another level. Conclusion: original comment is garbage but he had the right idea 👍

[@WhiteHurricane100]

Man, zen is kinda redefining the highest level 1s and is pushing the mechanics to the next level.His movement feels different, it's like he has access to more controls than the rest of us. Honestly his car control allows him to make suboptimal decisions sometimes yet go unpunished due to just how quickly he can get back and defend, it's awesome to see someone just try any shot they want without worrying about the counterattack too much. Hopefully this man keeps improving and goes on to have an amazing carreer because it would be a crime for someone this talented not to do very well.

[@potroast702]

World champion zen. He didn’t disappoint

[@MrPatrickbuit]

What an absolutely insane sequence of touches from Zen at 35:20

[@dalcowboiz]

I've rewatched so many times trying to see how he got to that ball for the save

[@Aztronaut001]

Saw it live, and this stream was world class! Zen x Joris and right after Zen x Daniel, thanks for providing peak 1v1 content Johnny (and the players ofc)

[@Heroo01]

Halfway through game 3 I looked at the time left in the video and said "how in the everliving fuck does this make game 5??"

[@wilbertvanvulpen9553]

johnny makes it always like 45 mins no matter what

[@MrMarttivainaa]

@@wilbertvanvulpen9553 Not anymore, it really hurts views because the algorythm hates that for some reason or so I've heard.

[@Heroo01]

@@wilbertvanvulpen9553 KZbin shits on the videos and doesn't recommend them to anyone because the watchtime drops off so badly on those. All yt sees is that everyone left halfway through the video so they say "get fucked" and do a naenae

[@wilbertvanvulpen9553]

@@MrMarttivainaa whaaaatt. thats very sad. Its really hard to not see the lenght of a video

[@triggamusician]

I ignored this series at first until some other YT'ers picked up the topic. I chose this one as my first Zen video. I didn't know the final result. I was pretty sure though that he has to win in order to justify the hype. At the end of game 3 I thought: how is he going to turn that around? At the end I didn't even know what I just witnessed. The mechanical display is so close to perfect. While others make their double flip resets look a bit jank or immediately shoot after the first one, this guy just executes so close to perfection what others can only or cannot even think of. Mad respect! If he keeps improving from this point on then the rest will have a hard time catching up.

[@Koinoyokan01]

I'd have to think Rw9 is the final boss considering who Zen has beaten. Dark is probably the most exciting to watch, but Zen would handle him. Nwpo would be good too. MENA is a 1s prospect factory...

[@user-yv6xw7ns3o]

That's my take as well. I think RW9 has the skill to adapt to Zen and find ways to counter the offensive blitz. I'm making that based on how RW9 has been able to pull off such dominant win steaks against other top players relatively recently in tournaments.

[@xXDarKsliDeXx1]

yep without mentioning zen perfect defense dark would get instant swept

[@aykohd5658]

The best series I’ve ever seen live

[@MrLowbob]

that series a goddamn masterpiece. its insane how many top level saves and attacks were in there

[@Melodia-.-]

I think the volley beginning 24:02 says a lot about this kid: so many folks would cave in that sort of situation in any sport or competitive setting.

[@r3snaadille]

It might be recency bias, but I think this might be my favourite series of all time, Joreuz is just something else. He was sooo close to 3-0.

[@magical5181]

So devestated he didn’t do it 😢. I really thought he had it, I was smiling at the utter dominance Joreuz had the first matches.

[@IkEisawesome7]

One of the best series I've ever seen, and CERTAINLY the best we've seen from Zen

[@БранимирМилошевић]

19:30 btw Elo isn't an acronym. It's just named after Arpad Elo.

[@ryzikx]

ok but what does his last name stand for

[@garybuttherissilent5896]

@@ryzikx everybody loves oreos, no cap

[@andreabaragiola9321]

As a joreuz fan , it gets frustrating

[@magical5181]

Wdym?

[@lenzVisser]

As soon as Joris lost game 3 I knew it was over

[@user-yv6xw7ns3o]

Jeurozz*

[@dr.mikelitoris]

@@user-yv6xw7ns3o jeuroaz*

[@user-yv6xw7ns3o]

@@dr.mikelitoris oh whoop ty, that's right, Juourejzs

[@user-yv6xw7ns3o]

@Luc Germain oh.. *Joris TIL 😵

[@somerandomchad469]

​@@user-yv6xw7ns3o Jorisos

[@PedroPascoaPedro]

joreuz's solos iq is massive and zen's resiliance is unbelivable, it feels like he has a built in coach, what a tactician, he's totally playing with cheatcodes xD he's like a fing evil genious who can download the enimies powers and use it against them. Bro that set up at 34:50 was ridiculous, how does he have that much control? whatching zen play is like watching a best moments compilation, how ridiculous is that? he's that type of good that makes you laugh at how skilled he is. This was the most insane game i've seen in a while, zen just raised the skillceiling of this game by at least 20% such a beast

[@just_bickers]

Can’t believe how close that sweep was

[@Pseudoku_RL]

Zen's gauntlet continues

[@Stick1Master]

Yan, Rw9, Trk basically the only ones left lol. He already plowed through more than half top 1s players in the world in like what, two weeks since his debut (which was also like just two weeks ago), genuinely can't even find the words to describe how amazing it is what he's doing

[@Fiesel11]

I love the fact that Zen was a good sport about Joreuz teasing him with the Vitality decal, shows maturity.

[@maxgallacher5979]

Best Joreuz performance in as long as I can remember

[@RthereNEusernames]

What a series holy

[@juddgrimshaw5885]

crazy to think the entire shroud of Zen's 1v1 prowess was 4 seconds away from being dissipated. Those 4 seconds go differently and maybe we never get the RW9 rivalry.... truly an instant classic

[@nathanaelaldred8885]

I love the ending when Johnnyboi decides to have a go and beats Zen

[@wasabiattack]

Zen's recoveries and general efficiency of movement around the pitch is unmatched. He has become one with Rocket League.

[@MrPatrickbuit]

On a real note, Joreuz is the Nick Kyrgios of Rocket League and Zen is Carlos Alcaraz

[@bluejesus105]

I was expecting the fastest, most mechanical game ever witnessed but actually both played so careful. Rocket league chess game.

[@jst_vjkisoensingh3236]

Great game from both players!! I think if Joreuz level up his mental game he will win a lot more games/matches. As soon as Joreuz lost game 3 you can see him making mistakes he wasnt before and Zen was on top of it everytime but thats the level these guys play at.

[@boblybob74]

22:37 Gotta love the gg's already being thrown in chat. It's like these people don't even watch the game

[@mute1795]

Zen didnt know what to do when he realized that he actually had to play 1's and that he can't just go for clips

[@sloyer666]

Is it possible to make twitch chat disappear ? It´s quite horrible...

[@Heroo01]

Don't look at it bozo

[@JornL]

just dont look at it :)

[@garybuttherissilent5896]

@@Heroo01 Hero again spreading negativity, people who act so negative and mean online usually don't have a lot of friends IRL. Btw you should change your name to villain instead

[@Heroo01]

@@garybuttherissilent5896 Omg that's a good idea. What a well thought out and horribly scathing insult. I sure am feeling devastated right now. Would it hurt you to mention that I've literally had multiple people sing "I can be your hero baby" to me in voice chats across games? Never heard an insult that hits less. I've literally been called people's hero like 5 times online lmfao. Still though, it's just a name lmfao. It's a remnant of an old name that I've shortened to make more concise.

[@patrickbeard9610]

What an exciting match, both players were excellent. Happy to see zen stayed mentally in the game and fought back. Going to see some stressful matches I bet as players learn and adapt to his play style.

[@itsKyrex]

Theres no shot he thought "yea i can score this" at 4:55 hes insane

[@squelar844]

yea fr who goes for that?? just barely missed..

[@cyrnoz1803]

Sometimes it feels like he thinks that for every ball that comes his way, it's crazy how he can create threats from these positions

[@henriquearruda6464]

What a match, first time zen got REAL tested, joreus with such a good performance but zen adapted in time to that play stile

[@joemorris9473]

Even if Zen isn’t already the no 1 1s player it’s clear from these games he will be dominant before long. He’s winning series against players with far more experience, once he gets that himself he’s going to be unstoppable

[@ryanlunzen9794]

Tbf he's definitely a top 3 player atm. He won against almost every big EU player. Rw9 will be tough but he could win this aswell.

[@pistolenbob9876]

party time goal explosion consistently fucks with youtubes bitrate compression lmao

[@crofoh]

Joreuz is the new Fariy Peak, he does not play 1s but you can't count him out

[@heddshot87]

What? You mean "can count on him"? Because the "but" is used for following up with a contradictory statement.

[@crofoh]

@@heddshot87 count him OUT, as in disregarding his ability

[@wanderrlust1833]

@@heddshot87 Bro tried to correct him and just completely failed

[@aspirerl4807]

39:22 This made me SCREAM holy crap

[@precky6108]

Joreuz is One of those guys that can be in the top 5 without playing much 1v1s

[@itsSteaLy]

my fav is the mongaloids in twitch chat chirping like crazy getting super quiet in the end lololol

[@rkmusicandlife]

Zen: does anything Johnny: now that is absolutely brilliant most pros would never even think to do anything remotely like this

[@phaiise]

ur the only youtuber i can keep the bell checked on tbh amazing content everytime as usual johnny

[@OldGregggg]

This series demonstrated a quality about Zen that we didn't know he had before: ability to deal with adversity. Seems like he has a good mental and doesn't give up! Great series

[@willb8673]

One of the best series I've watched live, 1s fans have been spoiled lately Has to sting for Joreuz, one save away from sweeping Zen after he's slapped so many top players recently. Seeing Zen struggle with that defensive playstyle, think maybe Rw9 will be too much but it's hard to bet against him atm.

[@sibrilliant]

That stream chat looks like there’s about 100 brain cells total from everyone commenting

[@iwasadeum]

I'm infinitely more curious in Zen's 3v3 RLCS performance than I am in his 1s mechanics. As we've seen time and time again, high ranked 1s does not ensure RLCS level 3s performance. It can quite often be the exact opposite (1s performance leads to disastrous 3s showings, as the 1s player fails to adapt to 3s, and tries way too hard). RLCS has fully evolved into a team sport. Individual talent alone is no longer enough to carry a team to a win in RLCS. It requires a cracked team with a solid 3s team strategy to win. I look forward to his highlight reels, but I'm very skeptical about how he'll perform as a team, against a strong KC, OXG, and Moist.

[@the-method81]

Joreuz is still #1 in my heart!!!

[@magical5181]

He could’ve won this easily, just unfortunate. Joreuz gave zen a run for his money, zen had to change his entire playstyle. But you gotta give credit for Zen for adapting so fking good!

[@magical5181]

Also, doesn’t joreuz barely play rocket league compared to other pros? 😂

[@phantomfade02]

Zen has the most entertaining play style by far

[@aka5]

Zen's confidence is disgusting and he has the mechanics to back it up... Never seen anything like it. He's a different breed

[@saridium7749]

I love the chat being all lol in the chat when they miss

[@kevinr.3107]

So proud of my french fellows these days! We have so many talented players in the RL scene! Joreuz is a true legend, this game was one of the bests I've ever seen! I can't even imagine how good ppl will become in the next few years on this game, it's already totally insane!

[@AquaficMC]

When is zen vs dark actually gonna happen? Is there any reason it hasnt happened yet?

[@Magani79]

Joreuz played amazingly well, but the adaptations from Zen were better and are so impressive. what a series

[@ElementWTF]

what a match holy moly ggs

[@unddozahaz]

Zen is already a top 10 1v1 player imo. He's beaten every top EU 1v1 player, plus some top level NA players on their server. This guy's no joke

[@SaintTrinasTorch]

You jinxed Joreuz by mentioning how inconsistent he’s been.. Man had a two game lead and almost a full series sweep. Damn, Johnny. 😂

[@NiceRoboT]

Hey does anyone know what happened to Scrub Killa?

[@gesvleeuwen4727]

I’m a Joreuz fan for a long time! But his aerial game seems off nowadays.. In the beginning he really was a mechanical beast. Zen reminds me a little of him! His movement on the ground, but also his free play in the air. I think Joreuz is more calculated now, plays smarter but it’s les fun to watch. I mis the Appjack vs Joreuz days, those games were impressive! At the end Zen earned it! Congratzz

[@frankguy6843]

I just want to say this for anyone that needs to hear it: Nobody is just "Freestyling" or "Not even trying" in a showmatch and if you find yourself making that excuse when your favorite player drops a game you're just coping

[@dopenation1025]

honestly i think with these two it’s a matter of who’s playing better at the moment. You can’t really say one is overall better than the other. Weird to see joruez not play bud usual free play style

[@tehpooksta]

Great Video!!! Been watching since 2016! NEVER STOP PLEASE

[@norman7334]

Joreuz win would have been so satisfying.

[@kcikdubb]

spoilers: = == = = = = = = = = Incredible performance by Joreuz, all things considered

[@Heroo01]

mate those ='s aren't necessary lmfao. Line 5 is the cutoff to make the "show more" appear to hide spoilers. Type spoilers and hit enter 4 times then type whatever you want. You don't need the = signs as placeholders either. Empty lines are saved on youtube

[@Heroo01]

spoilers: you're a dumbass

[@kerzy2687]

Zen has built quite the fan base, impressive

[@envoxzerth3312]

zen showed some crazy resolve this game he is really him real deal 1v1 player cant wait to see him continue the gauntlet with rws and vatira or dark

[@ridley674]

everyone saying "luck" "zen just trolling" in the chat and I really doubt that. His confidence has been knocked for a couple of games. Unless I might even be completely wrong and Zen has had an off couple of games? I really want him to be up there considering he's beaten several high ranked, but damn it was a good game.

[@rnnyeet]

another top zen performance

[@renegade1234576]

on zens climb to rw9 how many pros had he beaten up to this vs joreuz?

[@maxwu9954]

RW9 vs Joreuz PLEASE

[@holysecret2]

Zen's challengers getting tougher and tougher

[@Elitezalba]

Yo if you do a quarterly top 20, you should definitely co-host with Feer at the very least. Honestly, you guys could do your own podcast together, and I'd legit watch the shit out of it

[@basesnake]

Zen makes joreuz look unmechanical which is insane.

[@blakxnz]

with the way joreuz’ defense controlled the first two games i totally see rw9 beating zen, but he’s the only one i can see beating zen atm

[@sobel4511]

Joreuz is physically incapable of playing 3 competitive 1v1 games in a row. He just flops and goes into freestyle mode any time he's winning.

[@wasabiattack]

Where is Zen vs. Daniel???? Can't wait for that

[@hamzazilani6398]

Joreuz looks a complete different player to when he was on top. A lot more defensive and safer play style, but it genuinely feels like he was a more mechanical player 1 year ago. Needed that prime joreuz offence if he were to sweep him but unfortunately it wasn’t there

[@olliered9924]

yh thats true I notice he is not as flashy as he used to be and plays a safer style now i like both styles but I do miss that flashy style of his was entertaining to watch

[@hamzazilani6398]

@@olliered9924 Yh he said he was trying to be less “freestyle-ey” but there were so many instances when he had to go for a mechanical aerial play and either didn’t or just failed it. This might sound like copium but around half a year ago (roughly the time he lost his best in 1s rep) he changed his bindings and settings and ever since then he’s honestly looked a less mechanical player, could be me reaching but it does line up

[@cajatron]

Unpopular opinion, Vitality's decal is very smooth in game

[@envirotek3804]

Zen vs Nwpo? I think the pace of gameplay would be outmatched

[@opcomment]

great matchup!

[@RWMunro]

What are they feeding zen?

[@devinanderson6716]

Gosh darnit

[@oGangir]

Joreuz so smart with the plays, unfortunately not enough because oh my did Zen put on a performance the final game.

[@NexenTriz]

Rocket League Feature: You can create 1 appropriate custom chat and use it in game. Anything inapproriate will of course be detected and disallowed.

[@opcomment]

Not my fault!

[@two-tone6524]

Got eem!

[@BawlBag]

Good try!

[@Heroo01]

lmfao like psyonix could ever enforce that. There's already people naming themselves slurs by using different letters in place of others. This would NEVER work in a game like RL. Community's just far too toxic. I know for a fact I alone would try to abuse the system and swear in my custom chat. I swear in RL chat all the time anyway

[@soureryacoub6179]

Who is next?

[@atrasstoumay]

You dream it Johnny makes it happen.

[@GavinSwaank]

Daniel and Zen have been the top two 💯

[@mateshprince1535]

i was rooting fully for joreuz but fair play because zen's on another level

[@Falconing89]

4:01 that was bar in but jor read it

[@DarkPhoenixDack125]

Chat is just full of Zen fanboys. I get that you like him, that's fine. But when you call every Joreuz goal luck, or say Zen isn't trying, it's pretty sad. Reminds me of Scrub.

[@tristanturner4540]

Anyone got Joreuz fennec preset?

[@brycecohoon]

Always click on a Jor showmatch 👌

[@foxyninjaa]

Who's left for him to beat now? Is there anyone?

[@daetonspicer7728]

YESSSSSSS GIMME ZEN VS DANIEL