G2 pontos bosszú a Vitality-n; kvalifikálja magát a BLAST őszi döntőjébe

G2 are through to the BLAST Premier Fall Final after securing victory in a rematch versus Vitalitás in the last chance bracket, narrowly edging out a win in a series that went the distance and required nearly every single round in regulation to resolve.

HooXi in particular showed much better individual form after having dismal performances in the event so far and especially in the team’s previous meeting with Vitalitás, with the Danish captain stating after that loss that there was “no excuse for [his] individual level” and that he would aim to step up in their next matches.

Ilya "m0NESY" Oszipov also stood out for the team in their victory, being a consistent star that found critical impact in some of the most crucial moments of the game, helping them take things over the line on Mirage alongside Nikola "NiKo" Kovács és a Justin "jks" Vadember.

Vertigo was the battleground where the rematch kicked off, and G2 were hot out of the gates as Nemanja "huNter-" Kovács és a JKS combined to recover a 2vs5 post-plant situation and win the first pistol round. Misplaced stacks from Vitalitás saw two more rounds go the way of G2 before a triple kill from Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut got his team on the board, with Lotan "Spinx" Giladi stepping up alongside him to help Vitalitás climb to a 6-4 lead. From there though, it all came up G2, Niko és a JKS in particular stepping up as their side won five rounds straight to take the lead at halftime.

ZywOo‘s strong form continued into the second half, giving Vitalitás the chance to fight back and reclaim the lead, helped by a triple kill and 1vs2 clutch by Emil "Magisk" Érett. Not to be outdone, G2 answered back with six rounds of their own, HooXi in particular standing out during the streak with a pair of multi-kill rounds as he matched the fragging output of the rest of his team en route to claiming match point. Despite Dan "apEX" Madesclaire‘s best efforts to force overtime, Vitalitás ended up being halted at the final hurdle as G2 took their map pick over the line, edging out a 16-14 win as they series moved to Dust2.

HooXi had a much better showing against Vitality this time around

Vitalitás bounced back at the onset of their map pick, recovering from a pistol round loss by winning a forcebuy and quickly converting that momentum into a strong spree of rounds. A handful of advantageous situations for G2 faded into memory as they were left staring down a 3-10 deficit, with m0NESY being the one to offer a small beacon of hope as he helped win two final rounds to reduce the gap as the sides swapped over.

Dualies from ZywOo locked down the B bombsite to keep Vitalitás in control, momentum which they used to extend their lead to 13-5. m0NESY és a vadász- combined in an effort to bring the map back, slowly inching their way towards tying the score, but Spinx és a Magisk stepped up to deny and grant their side two final rounds to force a Mirage decider.

Ott, G2 bounced back, initially decimating Vitalitás‘s defenses to take a 7-1 lead. It took a massive effort from Vitalitás at the end of the half to reduce that gap, but they managed to do so thanks to ZywOo, who bailed his team out of a number of key disadvantages as they put up six rounds by the break. A pistol win and the economic control that came with it even allowed Vitalitás to briefly take the lead at 11-10, but they weren’t able to run away with the map as Niko és a JKS scored multi-frag rounds for G2, helping them push up to match point before they managed to edge out a win, 16-13, to take the series.