Vitality overcome ITB's strong showing
In a true David vs. Goliath situation, Goliath came out on top today as Vitality have taken down Into The Breach with a confident 2-0 win to make their way into the semifinals as the French organization look to take home the final CS:GO Major on home soil.
Starting proceedings on Vertigo, Vitality began the series in the driver's seat as they won their CT-side pistol and the following round. However, much to the horror of the French crowd, Into The Breach quickly and resoundingly began to mount a highly effective and aggressive T-side, with Cai "CYPHER" Watson acting as the tip of the spear. Overpowering the Franco-Danish lineup, Into The Breach managed to take control and win the half 9-6, making everyone wonder if the Brits could continue to do the impossible.
Unfortunately for them, after winning their own CT-side pistol round, reality hit like a ton of tricks as Lotan "Spinx" Giladi and co. had their chance to rampage on the CT-side. Over the course of the next eleven rounds, Vitality completely mangled Into The Breach, frustrating any attempt by the underdogs to get back into the series as Vitality claimed a confident 16-11 win on their opponent's map pick.
Moving onto the second half, Vitality opened up with the pistol round, however, ITB were able to secure three and two rounds consecutively, with a single Vitality round win in between, to lead the map 5-2. Unfortunately for the British, Vitality secured all remaining rounds, but the last, to end the half 9-6 up.
Switching the sides, it looked like ITB would have a successful T-side, with a pistol win and converting the following two rounds, to even out the scoreline at 9-9. Kicking back into gear, however, the French were able to stop the train, trading back rounds to 10-10 then continuing on to a 14-10 lead.
An opening by Karol "rallen" Radowicz allowed ITB to deny Vitality a fifteenth round just yet, setting the board to 14-11. After taking a timeout, ITB found one further round before Vitality finally reached fifteen rounds. Closing out the final round with three kills, Emil "Magisk" Reif stopped ITB's push on the B-site before it even started; Vitality taking the map 16-12.
Vitality will be playing in the semifinals versus the winner of Liquid versus Apeks.
VitalityInto the Breach| Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut |
46 - 26 | +20 | 85.0 | 80.0% | 1.45 |
 Emil 'Magisk' Reif |
43 - 42 | +1 | 83.4 | 63.6% | 1.09 |
| Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire |
38 - 37 | +1 | 79.6 | 70.9% | 1.03 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen |
29 - 33 | -4 | 70.3 | 74.5% | 0.99 |
 Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi |
32 - 35 | -3 | 63.4 | 70.9% | 0.96 |
| Into the Breach |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cai 'CYPHER' Watson |
44 - 42 | +2 | 86.2 | 65.5% | 1.16 |
 Sebastian 'volt' Maloș |
36 - 34 | +2 | 73.8 | 70.9% | 1.07 |
 Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz |
39 - 37 | +2 | 80.9 | 72.7% | 1.05 |
 Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel |
34 - 33 | +1 | 62.5 | 65.5% | 0.93 |
| Thomas 'Thomas' Utting |
20 - 43 | -23 | 52.3 | 67.3% | 0.69 |
