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The party live from the night till the morning
Just a deep, losing forget
Don't be me when I'm in my shape
Cause I'm stuck in a hole and I can't get up
It's something down, wasting time on a sunken cup
Feel the love while I'm drowning with my, with my finger
I'm losing all my thoughts, when the sun's in the sky
I'm stuck in bed, when there's fire in my heart
It just looks like that, I'm losing all my thoughts, yeah
I'm losing all my thoughts, yeah
I'm losing all my thoughts to you
I'm losing all my thoughts to you
Is it not my first time?
I was telling him I'm trying to come
Making ends without a wall
The world turns when I feel hopeless
Don't you need another cat to look at me?
There's some stuff in the hall and I can't get out
And it's something down with some town and a sunken cat
Feel the love that I'm traveling with my, with my favorite
There's a lot of stuff in the sun and in the sky
There's a stuff in there, when there's fire in my heart
It just stays like the way I'm back
I'm losing all my thoughts here
I'm losing my first champion.
Good afternoon London, how are we doing?
I could have missed you guys so much. This is like our last day before our break and then we've only got three more days.
So I'm sorry I was just doing an upset louder. We've only got four more days with you guys. I'm already sad.
But let's not be sad because we're going to have some amazing ballerins like I said I'm not going to be sad.
And then I just saw someone in an Expedition 33 cosplay and I nearly gommaged on the stage without talking about a different game entirely.
because obviously here we're here to see some Valorant today and I just saw my
new friend Chloe over there. Chloe and Frankie one, I'm Frankie two by the way,
are going to be in the free show so make sure you watch the screen when you
see me pop up outside that's Chloe and Frankie's big moments make sure you give
them a big cheer. Also my new friend Karen down there as well. Karen gave me the
Viaton Omen Cat. We're going to come up with them a catchy name for this so I like
So, who is here supporting XLG today?
And you guys are always in the front.
My necklace just fell off, I think.
I'm so sorry, this is an awkward situation in front of all of you.
I just felt it go...
So, I'm just going to hold my hand here because below me is a stage with a lot of holes in.
So, this is the secret between you and me guys, okay?
No one's telling you one.
All right, so we're gonna have XLG fans XLG fans again. I'm just gonna test you again make some noise
And they are going to be going up against Leviathan
I'm loving this matchup
We've got Kings biggest fan in the audience down there lovely to see if they're looking good today and that levietan jersey
And then after that, we are going to have a European matchup for the ages.
I say for the ages, we've seen it several times recently, but it never gets solved.
It is going to be two-foot!
The foot fans are still arriving.
They're just getting warmed up in the corner over there.
That's foot corner, guys, if you're a foot fan, over here.
And they're going to be playing Team Vitality!
I feel like last time we had this matchup, the foot fans were louder.
But it's sounding like the vitality fans are showing up today.
So thank you so much to everyone who whispered in the city
and actually went to there and thought we were going to join us in London.
And everyone who has taken a holiday and done it the legitimate way,
or maybe you just finished your exams and you come to spend your summer with us.
Thank you so much for coming.
I want to hear what you all sound like together, though.
So on the count of three, you've got to make some noise for me, London.
OK, in three, two, one, make some noise!
I'm going to leave you with the capable hands of your analysts, Golden, Boy, Billy, and Mimi.
Have a great show guys, we'll see you soon, thank you!
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Today our top six becomes a top four.
We've got two elimination matches that will set the table
for the final weekend of competition.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to day 10 of Masters London.
And of course, as always, we're coming at you
from the Copper Box Arena.
I'm Golden Boy.
On the desk, we got Mimi.
We got Billy.
We're going to be yapping about some video games, people.
You excited to be in the house today, London?
How you feeling?
That was trash.
That was hot garbage.
Can we do it again?
London, give me some energy, how you feeling?
Oh!
Oh!
Get wearing, okay, wearing, oh, thank you so much, guys.
All right, well, listen, it's gonna be a long day,
so you're gonna need to keep that energy up,
make sure you all stay hydrated, okay?
I'm watching you guys, especially the, you know,
the drinkers out there.
In any case, though, we'll leave it at that.
Now, of course, today we're in the lower bracket,
the final hurdle before the last leg of the competition.
We got two great matches on the docket.
It's both gonna be elimination matches,
Obviously, XLG versus Leviathan is going to kick things off.
And then after that, we got Team Vitality versus Foot Esports
and EMEA Clash in London.
So it's pretty much like they're right next to each other.
I had a lot of these regional matches this tournament,
but this time is much higher stakes.
There's only three players competing today
who have made it to a global top four in the past.
Everyone else, this is their opportunity
to do it for the first time.
There's a ton of rookies taking the stage.
No matter how these matches go, it's basically brand new competitors getting that opportunity.
And I feel like year on year, it feels as though it's year of the rookies, but I feel like this year, especially, it definitely has to be.
Oh yeah, you know, just the new energy that comes into the game all the time, which has add so much to it, and that's my each and every event.
We're always seeing some awesome shake-ups here, but let's go ahead and focus on our first matchup in today's MasterCard fan poll,
because we want to know very simply you know if you're an America's fan or maybe
you're an America's hater do you think leviathan will keep America's alive and
make it into the top four scan that QR code because leviathan they are the last
team from our region Mimi which is so so sad so I'm sure everyone in here is so
sad as well but it'll be so so happy yeah they make it I mean they've been
playing amazingly so far I think it's a pretty solid matchup for them against
XLG, but XLG's had a tendency to surprise them against American students already, so I'm 22, shall I?
I've heard a thing or two about that. Of course, so folks, make sure you use the hashtag's VCT as well as Valorant Masters.
We want to hear from you. But Frankie, she's chilling outside hanging out with some lovely fans.
Let's check out what's going on out there.
I have found Chloe, and now I'm the second best Frankie, because I found best Frankie here,
And I wanted to ask you guys about the matches today,
because you're an EDG, not a fan of EDG, I should say.
You're an XLG fan, because of Nomads.
Because of Nomad, yes.
I'm Welsh and he's Welsh, so I feel like I have to stick
with that national pride, so I'm rooting for him all the way.
And what about the EMEA matchup, Foot vs. Vitality,
given that you're wearing them for National Jersey?
Again, I think I know the answer here.
Yes, I have to.
I have such a soft spot for Sionaro, Cron, Durka.
I always have to support them.
I've been a fan since Wreck of It,
so I have to support them all the way.
But today, Vitality fan.
Yes, today a Vitality fan, yes.
And what about you, best Frankie?
I'm the exact same, pretty much.
Obviously, no man is the only British representation
with Laugh and all the Benjy fish is gone,
which was gotten for me,
because I'm a Harris Vix fan, as well as Foniac.
And then obviously Vitality as well.
We all was fighting yesterday and you weren't, so.
Frankie, you've got to pick one team.
You've just named about several teams that you love.
Well, they're just all so good.
And I think right now the matches
are not great for me,
because I'm fully Foniac normally,
but obviously right now it's just nice to be here.
It's nice to be here, you know what, Frankie?
Well, I agree with you.
Lovely to be here in London.
I agree best, Frankie and Chloe.
Well done, well done.
Always pleasure to hear from our audience,
our fans here coming out in full force.
It's been a blast to get to meet a lot of you folks
and we got plenty more days to go here.
But now that we've got our winner,
let's go ahead and talk about our voice.
Sorry, now that we got our...
You're crowning a champion already.
I am, I am.
I'm already crowning a champion.
Can you hear me? I'm too ahead of myself here, folks. Can you believe it? I won an award for this, perhaps.
Now, though, let's go ahead and talk about maps, picks, and bans, and see where we're playing, and see what our teams are choosing.
Hello and welcome. Today we're going to do Excalgy vs Leviathan map veto, and Excalgy has a higher seat, yet they are choosing their side.
Team B.
Excalgy picks team B, which means Leviathan is banning first.
Bam, Breeze.
Breeze is banned.
And what is your ban, XA3?
Bans, Vero.
Vero is banned.
Now...
The white one picking.
Haven is picked.
And the site for Haven, please.
Attack.
Attack. And your map pick?
Lotus.
Alright, Lotus.
And the site for Lotus, please.
Alright, so we have Ascent, Fracture and Split left, Leviton, Benning first.
Last two maps are Ascent and Split, XLG, Benning.
Decider with Split, Leviton, pick in the side.
Alright, quick recap, we start with Haven, XLG attacks, then we have Lotus, Leviton attacks,
and if we go to the Decider map, we just Split, Leviton attacks.
Everything correct, guys? Good luck.
Man, let me tell you, those XLG boys sure love Lotus.
They do, but I'm worried to see them going back to it.
At this stage, they're one and three on the map.
It was certainly their strongest map back in China,
but I think it's gotten stale
and the EDG game exemplified that.
They still haven't found solutions
to deal with their passive A hold on the defensive side,
which is where they start on this map,
which is also an issue in their previous loss.
And on top of that, unlike G2,
there was new ways shown by EDG
of how to counter-strike and beat this team,
particularly on the defense of playing aggressively towards C and denying them the opportunity to even look towards an execute on that site
This is a very worrying sign for me. Honestly from XLG. I would have liked to see them float it
Yeah, I agree only opposing side you have left picking haven which they've not played this tournament just yet
Of course, they've been leaving that to float showing that they would be happy if it got to that point
But I'm liking to see a bit of diversity in their map pool where XLG are obviously not quite showing the same
It really is quite the clash here right like you got a team that's just sticking with their guns and a team
That's willing to be flexible when the moment calls for it
Yeah, I think the issue for XLG is that for this team, you know, they've made this deep run now
They don't have a super deep map pool that they've been able to show there
They're Haven looked really bad when they played it in the Swiss stage
The Lotus was always a stalwart now that's struggling and it's a question of where's the new home ground for them
Or can they repair their home in time for today?
Yeah, and look, yesterday we did see XLG put up a fight against EDG, right?
They took it to map three, they showed that they can do it,
and EDG definitely took the task to them.
But it was clear, as we were talking about, Billy,
that their passiveness was certainly an issue, especially on defense,
and you saw kind of crumbly on Split there, too.
Yeah, I think if we do get to that Split today,
we want to see that more proactive approach from XLG,
especially against teams such as Lev, who on the other side
have a very aggressive play style.
They love these set trap plays.
And I think that there's a contrast between the two
because Levin very much like to get in your face
and XLG can't allow them to just get in their face today.
Yeah, I absolutely agree.
I think that for XLG, they got exposed in this last game.
I liked my favorite rounds when they were flying regionally
was when they were going for trap plays
of their own with that way.
Looking more proactive on defense,
but I feel like I've seen them regress
to some of the issues they were showing in China
with this extremely passive style on the defensive side.
And for that reason, I think my big thing for today
is just like the defense on the maps of the week,
their lotus looks like it's not up to snuff anymore.
What is the place that XLG goes to to rebounds?
They haven't had much time.
On the plus side, they were winning a lot of pistols.
That's the thing.
You can put in... On the plus side.
We're starting, and the thing is, right,
is that you can build off of that, right?
But I think the only thing that I'm a little,
to Mimi's point concerned about is just the fact that Levy and Don have proven that they
are a type of team that loves to play in your face. They love to be aggressive. It's a different
kind of defense, right? You know, something they say, right? The best defense is a good
offense and that's kind of what Levy are doing here.
Yeah, they absolutely exemplify that. You brought up the pistols as well. They have
to address to the mean. They cannot be winning all but one pistol in this tournament. It cannot
continue. That's that's my piece. Let's see if it's really please.
I think, yeah, let's let's speak about that. Before he crashes out a little bit. But yeah,
I think this quote that we got from King the Allergy is very interesting to me in the sense that he
says that the coaching staff are thinking outside of the box. Now, the expectation that we had set
for this Lev roster coming into this event is they love a set strap. But what I've been really
enjoying seeing is these trap plays that they've been having, especially on the extremities.
And I think for me, it's really enjoyable to watch.
I'd love to know how prepped and planned they are,
whether these are things that King is calling on the fly.
Yeah, I think it's a mix of both when I was talking to King the other day,
he mentioned that he gave a lot of credit to the coaching staff
for coming up with these ideas.
But what he highlighted, and what I really agree with as their new strength,
is that they've done a great job of showing the same early rounds
of set plays that they've showed in Vards in the past,
but having different ideas off of that.
And I think that's a level of depth
that has made the difference between the Levy aton
that we were initially worried would be too counter-stratable
and has instead been able to sustain
in what is a very long tournament.
Yeah, you know, and it does take me back also.
Remember when we were chatting with King,
he was giving us all that stuff
and talking to us about how the team was feeling too.
I know one thing we're gonna be looking out for is energy,
is how the team is kind of putting themselves out there, right?
How hype Sato is getting,
how much he's feeling himself on the stage.
Is that gonna be a positive?
Is it a detriment?
We'll find out, but of course,
following Lev's win over Team Heretics,
We spoke with Sato for this HyperX player moment.
We just played Team Heretics, playing against a team that has so many international experiences.
I don't know, it just feels like a great barrier to overcome.
I wouldn't say that we had any doubts because, okay, we got put down by HyperX the day before,
but after reviewing everything, we just thought, okay, this was just not our day.
We didn't lose any worth. We didn't start doubting ourselves.
Like we never, even for a second, didn't think like,
okay, we're not worthy of being here.
There are a young rookie team with a single veteran in our roster,
and we're doing good so far.
You know, it's so much more exciting to have a strong crowd
cheering on you or even cheering against you I feel like the emotions are quite
similar like if I stand up and I yell and the crowd reacts and yell with me then
that's great and if they don't then it's like equally great because you know I
just meet everyone quiet and in that way it's kind of amazing itself and in both
ways I'm like you know hyping up my team making everyone excited and I feel like
that's a new job for me inside inside this team.
It is no surprise just like in America's the way that Sato works the crowd
brings the hype Billy brings the energy. This is your first you know exposure
seen him, you know, in person. And he's the whole character, man.
He has been the main character of Masters London, the showmanship that he's been showing
on stage, the confidence despite being a rookie at this event as well. I have been really,
really impressed. On the flip side, we have this contrast between him going up against
Raga today, who has maybe been lacking a bit of that self-confidence and needs to hype
himself up. Yeah, Rabao has been to four international events. He has much more experience on these
big stages but it's been this standout success early from Sato. He's been having an absolutely
excellent tournament despite showing up for his first ever and you look across that stage and
what we think about for Rage is instead underperforming in the big matches, getting in his own head,
being unable to find his form from VCTCN which is so excellent domestically. On the plus side,
we've seen good game from him this time. He was instrumental in the comeback there.
It's a couple big rounds that he provided them.
Yes, but when we went to map three of that series,
it was no way to be fine.
It was a turn to the prior.
So I do worry today that the mental for Exology
would be a big factor when I have absolutely no qualms
about Leve being able to keep the energy
that he's had all year.
I do worry about the pressure that Raga has been facing
every time he goes to a global event.
Being able to hit that domestic performance
like we're saying, but then I also worry
towards the left side.
Being the last America's roster here at this event,
doesn't that come with a little bit of pressure on its own,
knowing that you're the last kind of team to fly the flag,
I should say.
I saw Sato on the way out.
I was like, last squad, hold it down.
He was like, eh, oh, good.
So I didn't feel OK.
I honestly don't think they care.
Because even if you get in your head about it a little bit,
you get up on stage.
Sato starts screaming.
You're chilling.
And also, let's not forget, too, they're the only Latin
organization, right?
Like, the team is one of the only teams
representing, you know, players that are from Latin as well as Brazil.
So I think they've been feeling that the whole time, you know,
single match that you can point to where you felt like the pressure was.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I can't think of a match. I mean, outside of the
paper X game, but even then you're like, bounce back after map one.
And you just got thrashed by paper X. So like, you know, it's just life.
It happens that way. But for real, this leviathan team truly unique,
truly fascinating. Both squads really were such incredible journeys.
But for more on Sato and how he's feeling today, Jen Lee,
the icon herself, had an opportunity to catch up with him
to see how he feels.
We have Sato of left here with me.
Sato, this is your first time facing a CN team.
What do you need to look out for?
I think they're really, really aggressive.
Like, and they really like individual play.
So we just need to be extra careful.
Because at any time, someone could come swinging.
And, you know, it's kind of, if you're not expecting it,
it's kind of surprising.
What about winning over the fans?
That's right.
What about winning over the fans?
It's an uphill battle, but I'm trying my best.
Alright, good luck today.
If there's one person who can get the fans on his side, it is Sato.
So we'll see how that plays through here, but focusing the conversation though on XLG,
here's the thing folks, if they manage to pull off this win here today,
today, they will be the only region, CN, with two teams in the top four.
And when you look at how this region has struggled, genuinely,
Mimi, to be able to get to these points, what is accomplished here,
regardless of the circumstance today, is still phenomenal for the region.
Yeah, the lowest average placements every year since partnership until now,
and obviously 20, except for 2023, very early on when that was at low for
the Pacific region.
So I think for the squad, it would not only be a huge flux point for them to make their first top four,
but for China, for the first time ever, for them to have two teams that deep in a tournament.
There's been so many events that we've talked about being the event for China, getting excited for it.
Santiago was supposed to be that. They're utterly disappointed. And this one has been different.
And XLG, this is such a massive opportunity for them to do something huge for themselves,
But also for the region at large 100% and we've had so many of the crowd
Ringing for this region here at this event as well, which has been incredible to see
I think for me when I'm thinking about XLG specifically
It's been incredible to watch them spin the narrative for themselves to spin the narrative of them at global events going from
Barely even being able to win a map at global events now finding themselves in a position where they're just one step away
From that top four position. Yeah, it really is incredible. Yeah, no really
I mean, you know, uh, one of my favorite lines is, you know, you,
you went from, uh, undesirable to undeniable.
And I kind of feel like that's exactly what XLG have done here.
No one really was giving them that time of day.
And then here they come, they make that time of day for themselves.
It's something that you genuinely have to respect.
I know I do.
I know a lot of us here in London do as well.
But for more on this awesome XLG lineup, we have the man known as I am Leo
standing by with Jen Lee.
Here with Leo at XLG. Leo, your opponents today, Lev, they really like to play aggressive and fast, kind of like the CN teams back in your region. Do you think that plays well into your playstyle?
I think I don't think they play very well, but I hope they can bring everyone a wonderful game.
I watched Jaravoss actually and I don't feel like every round they played all the rush
Strats so but we still need to be careful about their rush and hopefully we can like complete a nice match to you guys
Okay, thank you so much. Good luck
In both interviews the thing that I caught respect they know what their opponent is capable of and they do not
Want to underestimate them? Let's go ahead and take a look at the results of our Mastercard fan Paul earlier
We asked you have leviathan leviathan excuse me aren't going to keep the america's dream alive here
56.5 say yes, they will but it's a close one there made me realize to
But we're the america's representatives here. So how do we how are we feeling right now about lev?
I think leviathan is a favorite in this match
I think their style of being extremely active on defense and having a lot of very strong set plays is gonna play well into an
and XLG that I think plays too far back a lot
and will give a lot of respect and space to this team.
I think the way they carry themselves on the stage,
the confidence they have should also translate in this map.
And you combine that with a good map pool.
And I think that despite being a rookie squad,
I see Leve as a favorite today.
Yeah, I think I would agree.
I think as well, you have to consider Leve coming
into this matchup off of a win,
versus XLG coming into this matchup off of a loss.
And how that actually ends up playing a mental game
in a matchup like this.
100% I mean look the pressure is on no matter what this is a monumental achievement for both teams
No matter the circumstances both teams fought so hard to get to this point and top four is on the line a
Goal that these players probably never thought would be possible folks. This is it today two teams are gonna make top four
Who's it gonna be day 10 of Masters London starts right now?
The real glory is not falling off the window, but the glory of being able to stand up again.
And I believe that we are the best.
I know that we have this kind of achievement right now.
But at the same time, we also have a bigger chance to win the international championship.
Me and King practiced against him a bunch last year
So it's definitely an odd feeling
Heard him against someone that we got to know
It's really a shame that one of us is gonna have to go home
We're not finished yet
I'm not finished yet
These teams have already deployed expectations, but only one to make so far is XOG vs. Levitan!
No matter what happens, one of these teams is going to make history for themselves.
For XLG, it'd be pushing farther than they've ever made it, and a bracket before to the top
four.
For Levy and Dunn, not only holding it down for Latin America, not only holding it down
for Brazil, but holding it down for the whole of America's entirety.
Today is the day to find out which underdog has the biggest bite.
Both of these teams, a massive opportunity.
Four rookies on the side of Leviathan.
Where has it been to globals for XLG, but never this far,
never this deep into a tournament?
We look back to the maps again, and the elephant in the room
is Lovis, the map that XLG dominated in China,
that they picked in every match this event,
but are on a losing streak, one in three so far.
That to me is the influx point of if XLG
can fix the issues in time and actually have the get to go further.
I have to agree.
And then when I'm looking at left, selecting Miss Haven, as we mentioned before,
being able to show diversity in that map goal
in one of the most important matches that they will have played this year.
XLG banned this against G2.
This wasn't a map that they wanted to go to at one point.
I'm excited to see what Livia Tan pulled out for this,
considering how dominant they looked on it regionally.
There you can see King holding that stuffy that his girlfriend gave him. He's gonna bring that to the stage with him
He's gonna bring a lot to the stage with him all that experience all that history
Leading these young boys to this championship opportunity could very well be with the doctor order for the Emperor
All my two of them on that stage have been close to this position before for King with Lev in the past playing alongside
Oscar so many other greats of this game and making deep runs at events
owner as well made history early for Latin America all the way back 2021 that
run that put his region on the map it was king after that they've left in
Copenhagen to do the same but now he's back with the next generation of that
region with the best talent the Americas region at large had to offer and
with a huge opportunity to make top four intensity and it is exactly what you'd
want and what you'd expect from Leviathan, but Billy for XLG, you see the audience, you
see the creativity, the fans, the people pouring their support for this squad.
There's going to be a six man on that server, and it's going to be this crown for XLG.
But you heard from Sato on the other sides, he doesn't care about the crowd, whether they're
cheering, whether they're not.
I think when I look at XLG, yes, I agree, it very much is having that six man, as you
mentioned, being able to cheer them on, having so many supporters come around.
to see Lacksey here on the screen right now.
XLG's mascot.
How do I get that hat?
I want that.
I want that easy.
No, folks, this is, you could tell, though, right now.
Honestly, my attention gets drawn to that young man
on that stage right there, Neon.
What a talent.
And what we are really going to be looking for
is whether or not he's going to bring that cold blood
and mentality that he brought in his debut in America
is here to arguably the biggest match of his career.
It is the biggest match of his career.
for four of those players on Leviton, for everyone on XLG.
This is the moment for these guys across the stage on XLG.
Looking at their approach to this when they lost to GE,
they lost to DRG in the Swiss stage on this map,
but they had some days off and looking to see
what they've adapted on this haven
to be able to compete with Leve today.
For sure.
I think what I'm looking at, Leve,
they've not stood away from the previous competition
they were running.
I'm expecting Neon to be taking up those extremities
with the snipers on this chamber.
When I look towards XLG, really only the information that they need to get rid of is that chamber trip across the map.
Think Varga and No Man have been excellent on this double duelist, really seeing them lean into this jet and Phoenix is their kind of identity throughout this event.
The pistol rounds have been amazing for XLG so far.
11-1 miss turn, and a frankly unbelievable statistic, and I think winning one here would be huge.
They're very reliant on the Operator to hold down extremities like you mentioned.
Winning a pistol, snowballing early, stops that from being a factor.
Alright London England, it's time to start the game!
Both of these teams have exceeded expectations,
but only one will move forward, lessen it over, and get ready for Mach 1.
Here are your casters, Pansy and Hypoch.
And again, it's hard to not enjoy this legendary run from both sides here, Mike.
absolutely it can't go on forever for both teams absolutely not I think we
have a real banger here today again XLG for me I think probably for victim to
familiarity in that previous series I was a moment where they just sort of
ran out of steam and kind of just realized I'll go with playing against
that team yeah from there though what a sensational performance so far I mean for
me highlight being neon and currently sitting around top five overall here at
the event. I'm putting Sato up there. Absolutely. Yeah. I'm talking pure stats, but some of
the rounds we've seen from Sato have also been incredible. For me though, XLG, a couple
of individuals have looked shaking us. Ever the discussion with this roster, I think one
of the obviously the biggest talking point there, certainly an upsurge for him, but for
me, I want to see Lysor, I want to see No Man really delivered to there. They're going
to need two versus the left. Yeah, these boys pack a punch on the left side. Leon.
the first attempt and a bit of chip damage done towards Leo. So again for XLG, just get
themselves comfortable in the server. Alright, start feeling it out. Steady themselves, obviously
for level 11, they were once it managed to the best, heretics, as you were kind of alluding
to and discussing XLG, feeling the prawns of facing EVG on big stages. Big impulse to
die here and XLG just has time to pull it through. She comes back this on her way in,
happy way up short, gonna find something here.
It'll surprise the Neon Finn pretty much irrelevant to this.
A couple of opportunities, a big couple of misses.
Bones, however, dives in and out of the spot for a down to a 2v2.
Spike goes down and Raga!
There's your X-Factor, your danger man that we're waiting to see if truly hits his peak.
King, though.
Probably one of the only experienced players to this extent.
At least on the left side, checks Graffiti.
You want a mistake and I'm also focused on Leo that maintains pistol rounds for XLG.
Just don't get pistols versus XLG.
Even here, was it the first two or three opening kills go back in favor of left after that initial pressure.
Absolutely beautiful from Margaret to turn this one around.
Yeah, the real opportunity, Asteroid is 1 for 3 in that situation, which is a godsend.
Really dangerous, and my eyes will continue to look towards Neon here, want to see him
start going early.
Felt like he had a couple of chances, the first, ah it was a peek through sewer, fair enough,
but after that on the side, kind of expected a bit more punch to it.
Not the end of the world, going back in on the bonus, wow, wow.
Yeah, the darts killed him.
Guys!
What is it with darts recently?
I don't know man.
I have this bike.
Any shooters and chat for that life was I want to wear that when is the code word
Can they get ahead of this though see immediately XLG look to capitalize on that information
What no man there just try you try to put it towards the quad almost really expecting one player to be nearby and
It's just
Make it just neon Raga's had enough. He's farming up at some of these rounds
pull it on the headhunter utilized and now with plant in the options and the chances become minimal
can't make a go of this but as you said nothing left in the headhunter
no man gonna be the easiest target but we'll land the headshot here converts number two raga
early ultimate found that's you crucial here where is this going going
I think it was, yeah, but you heard like what two or three classics were in hand towards it.
Maybe took it off with down somewhere, but as I said, Raga here ultimate round three big opportunity to convert.
A discussion really around XLG's pistol success is actually how well they set themselves up.
the start of a half
Okay, back here three towards be starting here for that anticipating maybe a slight adjust
Raga down it's Raga gone that early all that could have been essential now removed from the hand kind of
somewhat diminishing this for us from having
Further threat spikes in gorgeous
Knows the area to work. It has so much support. Look at these rotations
4 on site. Sato looking to see if anyone's pointing their man's hand, but it's over towards Quad and
Happy Wave with 2 back to back. 4 is now down on 8. Neon comes in and they're shutting it down.
The crossfires, the synergies and the trades on point. A little bit of damage really breaks LG
to find in this round. Rago again, I was thinking back to Gossed out of the series where he heads up
and Lotus dying a number of times here just caught again unfortunate situation he wants to scale up very quickly
To make use of that ultimate
Ready intention showing you by itself in terms of pace. I love seeing him up out of the chair
I love it. This guy's on zero to three. Don't care boys got around. I'm up. I love a team player
Again as a bonus and as we noted early on that was without Raga there, but Spikes
He's going for a walk, spikes in, oh he's got happy way, beautiful hit and run.
He's going to spur XLG on, he's going to see here.
The hills, yeah don't want to contest this at all.
XLG reading that early pressure really well.
Made one there criticism previously, not really acting upon that early information.
I'm looking for something here, but King's going to shut that down.
That's from King to kind of, yes, give up the sight,
maintain some of the, I guess, extremity control for the Rotaque to an extent.
To get another go at things, Raga still comes to stand on site, bareheaded.
Nice from Neon.
He's starting to heat up here, and even just that last round,
finding value flash from the wall, binds Lysor.
They're really solid on that Rotaque.
Very comfortable.
Raga gets nothing for the ultimate,
clears a ton of space but they cannot secure the site here. Early opening here. That will
put XLG on the ground. I mean you get a solo in Geva basically on the back of the dart
clearing that early space but Spikes in totally disrespecting any sort of hold outside of
lobby might actually force a little bit of a adjustment here see four towards
mid or XLG and just sheriffs or a couple of sheriffs to play with here Leo
does have a hundred fury though he's similar start here three outside be
find all three magically if I don't think that's who the case of spikes in I mean
I mean, the confidence is just, it knows no bounds.
They are pushing the issue.
They are pressuring down middle.
This is a different generation of Valorant in mind.
They are making this an XLG
going to struggle to get off the starting blocks.
Hopefully this will go up for the anti-Eco as well.
I think as well, XLG,
you have a couple of rounds now
where they just have to be more aware early on.
Yes, and that's a bind,
but I'm just hoping to get a lot of freebie
into garage here, showing some confidence builders early on here for them and getting
themselves one to the good. I'm looking at Sato and Spicey, I guess that was exact
what the walkdown seemed like. And again they are so aggressive, there's no rest for the
wiki but they're being hurried by the hotness fury. Neon in the meantime has found no man,
This is a fight on two fronts. You could not succeed any further if you were left.
We're going to be joined out here as well. We prevented from making any progress on the back of that.
And all that distraction to get maximum value off of Hunter's Fury as well.
It's 3v5 now.
We don't have anybody to pressure to walk down. I have to dig King out of the window.
Catch up to Sato, though.
Where's that temptation for King?
He's heard so much of this now as well.
But maintains composure.
Smoke fade.
That boy not gonna get a freebie.
She spikes it once to swing that.
You can see him.
I mean, these guys are aggressive.
It feels like it's just in their blood the way they play, but...
Trying to keep their call to not give over opportunities to even it up to a 3v3.
I mean, seems like a lifetime ago, but still 30 seconds left on the clock here.
XLG to recover.
30 seconds for fast.
You can see the intention, Lev kind of clearing through C.
Clearing through B and then leaving a very deep action position for Neon.
Doesn't want to overstay either or go too far ahead and get caught in that.
So again they can focus on playing towards this retake.
But XLG they need to catch one or two ahead maybe here.
Close does have.
Reveal ready.
Spikes didn't come back now.
Has dealt with a trip so it will pull Happy Way away from the site.
just to consider the possibility of a flank.
It's at the moment, it's only Raga on the side.
He's got so much to do and so little support!
No!
The way anyone can trade on to that with a smoke coming in towards Quad.
They have completely cleared front sight.
Spikes in knows what's secure and what's safe.
They can focus towards Sua, they can focus towards Quad.
And at the moment there's nothing really threatening them here.
My Sua in happy way!
They're gonna have to dig deep if they want a chance at this.
Not gonna happen then!
I am enamoured with this side.
Real composure on display here.
They can allow this threat to build in the back line.
Slyce and Gosour's deals with the trip.
And happy way, I mean he has to come and check it.
Wilde completely isolates the fact that he's got four members that led pressuring through.
Really well executed.
That flow works right? Sitting Neon deep, not overextending, not leaving him on an island.
I really like what I'm seeing.
For XLG, what is their Coinbase win condition here really?
Is there anything that comes to mind easily?
I can't see it yet.
I mean, it has to be built around these ults.
This is a fantastic position to be in to answer back.
Need to get away, get chipped away at some of the finances for Lev.
I mean, Neon's comfortable here with an operator and an ultimate behind that.
King's going to have a divide up Sato now.
Ultima available, and Ken Lev just looks so comfortable finding these opening pits.
XLG, they want to stack up on one side and challenge this.
Ken doesn't feel comfortable, you see that sort of execution down C long.
You saw previously on the back of the Hunters Fury.
I also want to compliment the proactive alt views.
It sort of blows in that round, kind of utilizing the Hunters Fury in compliment with the aggression down C long.
I really like it. They're not resting on them sitting for that dream scenario.
scenario, but let's see if XLG have come up with maybe a cute level-
Whoa!
Oh!
You can't cure that!
Leon gets finally get overrun, stuck around on the B site.
So they've got that B aggressive problem.
Nice upgrade with No Man, yeah.
Sato, I'm going to drag her, and there's the ult Sato's going to just head on in, wants
to try and get a trade going.
No Man overwhelms, spikes in, clears in, king in the back, blinds the heads, one!
And the team comes down, Spontane the last man standing, yes, Leo does well, but to get back towards denying this defuse would be miraculous, he's trying, he's trying everything he can!
Desperate to stack up here and take a 2v1, actually giving up the defuse.
That fell close.
Yeah, very close, luckily shut down.
down in real threat in this round though. I mean beautiful opening here from Neon but
no matter how we can just follow through here. Yeah great reaction from them I'm there I
should just get into it not let that come spiral away from them. Look where that wink
on here it is everything available now for XLG. Here. Eyes towards Raga I got a crucial
round previously where he shut down ahead of being able to use it and again the other
around I believe towards sea where Kings Abel just get off-site and he sets in motion the
retake there.
They might be disruptive Mike, look at Spike's scene and they've not done this.
They've been aggressive ever about this point.
Spike's scene left to his own devices but put down early.
No man on the case.
He's been doing really well at quelling some of his aggression.
He's got to respect this drone as well, doesn't know exactly now where Spike's in Fallen.
That's really developing behind that pick.
It's like he's still cautious.
Got the information here of the Neuropec.
I just see them. That should be the green light.
It's straight towards Woz.
He wants to stick around.
He's playing into the smoke here, dude.
Does he?
He's still standing! Okay, gets cleared!
Barry heads off work from XLG!
That's a lovely sight-take.
That is where you can set your watch to, sort of stuff.
Well, now, one should be next.
No issues on that front, and King...
Look, he's pretty...
I don't think he's headed this way.
Ooh.
What the whole bunch of this?
Yeah, but I mean, actually, it's well-considered.
It's only the neural theft, and Lars is ultimately invested here.
It's allowed to at least get a bit of a cushion.
And like I said they have to chip away at that string of rounds that level built up now
Still gonna be able to get operators out on the side of Lev
It's a very good indicator. I'm gonna
They couldn't
Greet the aggression once was just waxing again on the solo endeavor usually good for one in that situation we've seen previously, but
Well, no that is one that maybe causes left to be a little more coordinated send an extra body
We're doing it down like C9.
The issue is that I mean,
Swax doesn't spot anything else behind.
Yeah.
No man, so it doesn't give any sort of indicator
as to what the default looked like
or where they were stacked up.
I guess the only other caveat to that
is the fact that people can walk C9
pretty early, but they can't.
You're kind of clutching your store
kind of trying to get a little bit of picture.
And look at the old usage.
It was two out of five that XLG had.
Investing Ragh is in happy ways.
They still have to read a bank on.
And a good break in the chain as well for XLG.
That's good for them to not feel like
This is going to snowball out of control.
We can fairly see how these pressure towards A long here.
Maybe Neon to get on a deeper line.
He goes forwards, maybe up the back of the drone,
but Happy will be there in a similar position where he fell earlier on.
XLG is just poised. They're just waiting for somebody to walk out onto the map.
Well, they've identified at least where Neon is, right?
so operator likely to be noted off the back of that too.
Does that change the approach?
Does it change a thing?
But now it's a very patient default.
Maybe established by that aggression
that Levin's been happy to run a couple of times.
You do need to go down that checklist.
So he's starting a group now.
He's curious to see as well, Sato.
What's the offset in the seaside hold?
I mean, King shouldering here.
You'll get the Impression early enough.
End of the fake here on the back of the drone.
It's going to force Neon to reconsider the steeper position.
Now King's going to have the Impo.
It's a third player already.
Spike's in here to your score.
I'm curious if we can get away in time.
So they want to hold the site.
They've actually kind of taken towards back.
Sight this time.
They want to fight them on the site itself.
Happy way does well, but it's instantly denied.
But Spike's seen full up, stunning, handled by no man.
Right back at you.
Spike does get recovered.
Smoke's still in the draw.
Happy way.
The head blows.
And now the plant is there. Time on their side.
And Mion's got to go wild.
Two on site, one slightly further off towards Long.
You're not going to get much play on this.
I mean, he was spotted so late with the drone as well.
I had this sea hit coming through that they're going
to be anticipating him from a, well, from the mid-side at least.
The camera over towards Spawn to give this one up now.
Actually, we'll sit ahead of the trip.
I mean, you can see behind it, but...
Do you think Leve might pump the brakes for a timeout to see if they can work out kind of this deep hole potentially or are you going to still be happy about it?
I think we're already seeing the adjustment here where they're certainly taking their time.
They know that XLG are going to be anticipating this aggression now.
I don't expect to see Spice in going forward actively solo at least.
I mean, talked about the set piece with the Hunters Fury, that's certainly something they could lean towards.
I think he's there just yet.
For me, it's quite some two beautiful kills to open this up, but no, man, the one I wanted
to see delivered today.
It's only back in form here.
It's doing really good at kind of playing spoiler all the time.
We saw it with the aggressive walk down middle.
That little look towards the sighttake as well.
He's there.
He's the one diving in towards B.
going to work force moments from him.
Operated with Neon. Still obviously there.
Simplistic instants on this approach towards A3
on the other side and the good bound.
He's going again, this guy never knows what he's done.
We're all going to make sure of it,
but there is now back up to this.
It's not just an individual fight.
Oh my God, that shocked us.
It's on the money as Sato as well.
The pounding the problems that XLG have.
This time players were in the right place
at the right time, and happy way to knock to it alone.
The value they're able to get off some of this U-Till
just in and amongst the aggression.
Lev are so good at executing like this.
And again, XLG giving a couple of rounds to breathe, right?
Fight down.
Okay.
Have some space to sit back and be comfortable.
This lobby crunch, absolutely perfect in Lev.
I think we're going to get there in time for King. I think he has to respect this. Previously,
You saw them trying to sit a little bit closer towards backside.
There's from Neon.
But the site now has an exchange.
They're going to be happy enough taking this.
No one backside now.
Let's go up there to do a little bit of chip.
You want to see?
Let's be adjustment here with the plant.
Come on, let's go!
Here comes the other one.
Yeah, Sato wants it.
It's Neon's Connector Draga.
Foils on the ball upside, getting absolutely shredded
That's happy way.
Oh no!
King!
He sees it all!
From up above,
catching the flank coming through.
Dubuze is going to be there.
Moving on a show now.
And finding these adjustments.
I mean, as soon as they get the green light here,
I mean, just look at the kill feed within, what, a second and a half.
Everything.
So well coordinated by Lev.
These previous things.
Oh, the tag is where I'm at right now.
I mean, even a little thing about the flash onto the second blow from the Hunters Fury.
It's just fantastic to watch the synergy, the precision as well.
SLG, again broken by.
Bladestorm, Raga just missing one.
Could be crucial here for round 12.
Well, I've never seen Big Valley of that ultimate just yet, but at least we've seen Cycle through it.
Yeah, they're still looking for a post on C.
Kings are moving, starting and holding his home of the sea site.
Left now and unison getting back together. The reveal's stunning. Spikes him, he's here.
Flashed up on the other side, could be difficult.
Them to find value now. Sends Paki, Zarp, and Stab.
What?
Oh, how do they make him look so easy?
Look out in the middle of nowhere on the reset here.
Lev just looks so well drilled embracing this chaos and XLG just suffocating once more.
A4 lead here for Lev and well deserved XLG a few rounds here.
He showed it back. Again just look at the value from the utility.
So many reveals setting up, so many pre-kills for them.
I feel a real joy to watch here, love, loving what they're doing.
As said, this young generation, hard to look away from.
And XLG with four, have a little bit of buffer,
but it's not a lot to play with.
But it is lead map choice.
So don't think it's over just yet.
There is still plenty of room for them to work.
But on the side switch, XLG have to lock this down so, so early.
They have to hit the ground running here, Mike.
So again, as soon as we are ready,
I think Frankie might be standing by.
once we get the green light for that we'll be going over to it but I think
Sato's led them now as well however let's have it over to Pranky to take pause for thought
I found a big thanks and this is your first time in London isn't it this is my first time
how are you finding it it's awesome the people are nice and beans on toast I think that's insane
you rate the beans on toast yeah well I can't eat the beans on toast it affects me in a way I'm not
I'm not going to just cast on a broadcast in front of everyone.
Tell me though, Valorant is taking you all around the world.
How does London compare to previous events?
I feel London is a lot better because the people are nice,
you know, and anywhere you go, you hear so,
you hear a lot of stories, right?
And every person is so expressive and loud.
I mean, it's such a vibe.
You're describing me, I think.
Walk in here like 10 stories.
I've got only 30 seconds though.
I want to ask you, who are you supporting now?
Because I imagine you were a global eSports fan.
Who is the team for you now?
For this match, I think it's Leves.
You like the Fast and Furious.
I like Sato, he's a vibe.
Yes, he's always a vibe.
Very, very quickly, indeed, I need to ask you.
Valorant Masters Mumbai, can we make this happen?
Hopefully, next year, maybe?
Oh, fingers crossed.
Let's go back to the stage and picture it.
OK, let's head back to the stage.
Man, I love this.
Sato's already getting the crowd.
Riled up here today, certainly winning hearts of minds.
You can see it in the server too.
It's a belief system behind Leve.
Back to XLG though, their work cut out for them.
And lacking a little in some areas here.
Like I said, I'm in fighting really hard for some rounds,
but this coordination from Leve, outclassing them
in some of these retakes.
It's like scene 17 and they get to come back as well blows with ten assists
You see the number of times he is setting up these freebies
All right XLG
The mark has been drawn at eight to four and Leo gonna find neon a good scalp to claim at a start of a pistol round
XLG have been good on these
If you think there's a team that could
walk this score line back it very much like it could be them however let's
still be careful here blows is there with the spike
one at least and now a second care no it's bravado a plenty isn't it the way
they play such compliments
happy waiting to fight too don't touch on spikes and will pull a third of the blows as well
it's just king left here in the pistol oh man we'll find the head shot another
the conversion here for all of us at that for XLG.
They are so good at pistol rounds.
It is seconds and none here.
They've got to be leading this tournament so far, surely.
They just got a shot to open as well.
Just looking at the pressure.
Onto A-Long gets beheaded.
Can they stretch this a little further?
Again, followed from round 3, it was 5 rounds in response by Lev in that first half.
We have a little more from XLG this time around.
Gonna be looking for a pick here, actually, very quickly into Garrick's.
I mean, I thought it happened, I had a chance to be overwhelmed, because it was an SMG of Sheriff.
And they're trying to stick around, apparently, it's there.
Lightyear, you better be really careful, this is not really your site just yet,
But luckily Leo's gonna catch a push from Gary.
Vitalo died, Dim Sato with a second!
And Spike sin, make him expect a killable!
But, No Man is not on the site.
He was elsewhere.
He took the long oil road.
So Spike sin's got time, but he doesn't know that.
I'm out of here.
They've got a Spike here.
He's desperate to bait out a peek.
No Man actually.
Again, with a clue to a lot of space here,
won't be expected now on this time if we see two.
That's really nice.
The turn!
Goal back again!
His impact is powerful!
Spicey was looking here so long as well.
She's backing up.
He's thinking he has to be coming from long.
That's his...
Goal back just coming back through CT.
But again, one of these trades on the side,
and everything's so well-spiced.
Back to back, right, Klitz?
I mean, look at Karma composed as well.
Michael's now in hand and if you look at XLG, what they're going to be bringing in here
have to protect the purchase going forwards.
We're going to obtain that springboard.
Round two conversion.
I mean, firing any miracles.
Okay, that's a show of force, should be able to read into that pretty well.
Now he's just got to hold the... room.
That's not the man he thought he saw, so now more eyes turn towards this and they're
just going to double down.
No man's here to find Neon, if anything they should spur on the seaside tape.
Can he survive?
No!
How many ways got him dead?
This bonus gets incredibly scary now.
Rockweights here, rifles in hand, four Lysor and Raga.
Spikes in Conkko, any privileges in his tricks?
No, nothing revealed, but let's get off the back of that.
Well, those can see at least one towards C-Long.
They've got so many issues coming their way.
Sarpo from the top, set the 10, Pov, base givey, challenged by two.
Faith in Spikes in to hold the back line, but Raga turns it in time,
pushing up towards C-Long, they've seen the ball now, blows in at Unison.
You never find just a fair fight.
And no man, the one who secures.
Oh, can't do it again.
Lev's up the casualties, but they claim the round.
A ton of damage done from a seemingly impossible situation here.
Happy weight.
Luckily in position to pinch on all that pressure.
There's a real shame, again, beautiful opening here from Leo.
Sorry, Neo, not the Leo.
Yeah, there's a moment here, you think, Lev?
Maybe I could have moved shorter here in terms of disrespecting those upgrades, but I'm able to course correct.
It's just that like, spicing blows combo for me right now that it's hard to look past.
So XLG has got to start now, no man.
I'm gonna get caught with a little bit of chip on the way out of that early peek.
First up through garage for Salsa, he's mostly space taking here.
Does he get any input?
It's not ready!
What's on Earth is that Sartor?
He was meant to be information at best!
Hey, deal with the trip and just need the player ready.
Bit of a blunder here from XLG.
And this one's done, it's wraps.
You don't get back in here.
No!
I don't know if they just completely misread it.
We're out of sight.
I sleep at the wheel there, Mike,
and what a pivotal round to completely lose focus in.
have to hold on to this operator now
no man too away from a bladestorm but won't have it to offset potentially a
stretched by. Raga doesn't have his own either.
situation to be in now level find double digits here building up to some key
ultimate as well obviously Sato's investment opening this one up three as
as well. It's even, yeah,
space. It gets to absolute
sitters in spawn.
They're not sure what's
going on here.
I mean, well, maybe they, maybe
they hear the Molly and they
think, yeah, he's bollied off
window to go all the way
on to Cypher.
Yeah, a bit of a head
scratcher.
Maybe a sign of some of the
pressure that they're under.
I mean they cycle one rifle across but has Leo got anything?
I don't think so. Nothing. They could do with a calf with very little mice or whatever.
It's forced out of there quite early on.
Left looking. This is all in.
Every directs, yeah. It's not really hedging their bets.
It's all towards this A side of the map now.
Where's the re-fight? Oh it was individual!
What's happening to XLG here?
I'm just not expecting bodies behind that.
It's obvious he's baiting off the drone here to get tacked.
These mistakes are starting to make some real issues, and Lev are going to laugh it up.
This is going to be 11.
No, man, you're going to be forced to save on this.
XLG, this is a horrible way to lose a bit of focus here.
Operates to be considered.
That's the hold on to this now.
This mind standing for Lev.
That's where that financial lead they're able to establish very early on in the first half
In the bounce back looking near on perfect for them here as well
These are just such confidence builders too aren't they you just feel like you can do anything you want
I mean Raga said that here is that it's that double swing
I'm okay with that being to check a second player, but it's so obvious that spikes is baiting off that drone
You have to be together
Yeah, it's nice to be something to set that emotion is what a dry swing onto the tag
They help the help not paying off
That's happy
there and it's just taken into account the previous round where there's clearly a
miss-com or a total misreader the situation. There's a lot to consider now
coming out of this timeout. The oldster play with Raga just missing one the
Bladestorm here but I think it's really gonna offset this by an awful lot. I mean
happy way is gonna get a rifle you look at what else here they're gonna be
missing one once more whether or not no man's happy to just take a lesser weapon
and take use of the Bladestorm.
I mean, what, Leo came in with a classic in the previous,
so I'm happy to force up around the previous bad bite.
But I'm a little nervous seeing blows
and spikes in with their ults as well.
We've seen that they've been quite happy to be proactive
in utilizing them and having some set plays
around them as well.
So they do see an opportunity,
I wouldn't be shocked for them to invest here,
to get up to that 12th round if they fancy it.
In Passato, a little off-cycle now,
but that's fine, Neon, only two away there.
getting into a very scary position here, Lev.
And the way they've done it is quite impressive.
So the attention this round is on XLG.
Can you get on the same page?
You cannot fall asleep now.
I saw looking to play forward and speaking of forward, XLG
on the bird here.
And here we go.
I'm sure this line is coming out from Leo.
And it does get a bit of information on this,
but they did get that secondary punch.
Probably they didn't, Tag.
They get away with that one here.
We'll call that a little bit of aggression in mid.
So you'll be able to heal up that damage from the Hunters' Fury as well.
You know, no man, just picking up the mantle towards C, very passive line.
I think I exiled you.
Do you want a Fire Attack? I want a shot!
It's a fine Raga.
You find one himself before falling, so it is a one-for-one.
I don't know how blows got that, if I'm honest, I really don't.
But it is down to a 4v4 and this was just kind of a look out from XLG, trying to get
a bit of information through on Garage and pushing a bit deeper on it, but that's obviously
been handled.
to go in now. I think a happy way to consider the rotation, but to deal with it very quickly,
I'm going to have any freedom here. Paranoia to potentially trap.
20 seconds.
Slow it down, please.
So, we've got a shot glass, we're going to do some decent work here, put the pop on
the back of this Lysor, trying to hold the line, going to lose his life, 44. No! Still
10 seconds left. He's been quiet to deal this point, but what a way to roar back to the stage now as King
It's gonna get a 1v1, but for no man his options are clear. It's simply to live
I saw to what double his kills here
What's LG up to seven?
I'm just over thinking this one ever so slightly again, there's no clear option
Especially with the info they have after that initial one for one, but waiting a little
too long and maybe anticipating XOG to go forwards.
As we can see with a very passive hold on C it's never going to happen, they're just
looking to control towards mid and stop any sort of threat developing onto the B site.
I think it's time though, isn't it?
Spikes, you're just going to have to set that one out.
But hold on to that one.
Yep.
An early shot of course towards a main.
Reaction coming in.
They're just trying to bait them in.
They want them to repeat some of these angles.
Spikes ends at 23 to 12.
I don't blame him.
Clear discussion had as well for that time out.
XLG, do you not want to entertain
seen in sort of chaos or brawl in the open round bar, rear explosion. Sue is here with
the drone. We'll get potentially the operator on a much deeper line. This could be big,
but no matter. Great catch after Smythe.
Beautiful. It's just very controlled. Didn't have to go too far for that. We're concerned
for Raga here. We know they are willing to pressure this. We know Sato's success doing
this. He's got Raga. I'm already waiting on this. I guess Lysor's here, but I don't
Again, they've already started to thread the needle towards his C-Site.
Does Hathaway stick on this? Does he stay?
He's going to be picked up on it, but Leo with a great shot, can it deny him 30 seconds left?
He's not on any sort of backline pressure, and speaking of backline pressure,
No Man is on the way slow and steady, he'll get there.
But the Sight has issues, and Hathaway supplies a mini-sartan!
Sensational for the unmanned!
And he wants more! Hungry for the fourth and the end!
the line-up off! Five potentially calling!
Hold on, my bad, Zayac!
Zayac's still got behind there!
Oh, five for the young superstar! He's up out of the chair!
The old Larson in eternity here!
Just where you think no man can actually get back behind the reset!
What a round from Zayac!
Just to the last second!
I
See turn around
This is an advantage situation of XLG gonna garbage in here that just can't hold down. No, that's sort of pressure
Coming out the smoke towards CT
Raga caught off guard once more also play with him in a bite. It's just awful
XLG
Bollack isn't it?
Oh look at the focus towards mid and B now
Really hedging their bets
And all the attention gets drawn towards garage right kind of conditioned by what sato's been doing they have to react to it now
Should be quickly quell than it is spikes in removes any further fast finding it doesn't even tell them anything either
He's able to command so much respect.
Look at everybody else on the minimap.
It's just him posturing up.
could go huge though. It could. 30 seconds left. Oh, shit. Ah, they're checking everything.
And Spikeson hasn't really left this point. They're walking on water,
Mike. It's all looking so good. Freestyle alive, and you already noted the buy was far from ideal.
In 13 seconds, they made the right guess to go to more day. 10 seconds left.
I guess everybody's still just expecting somebody behind Spikeson. He's just running away with this
now. Lysol will fall. All coming apart here for XLG. That's just Raga. I want to be five
required here to extend play on Haver. Raga, Raga, Raga, nowhere to run. Let looking stylish
Today, they're my choice. They're my win.
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Here are blows of left blows.
What is your read on XLG? How can you beat them today?
I would say that our reading is pretty much the same as we would do with any other team.
We don't have any special preparations for that.
So we just do our best to do the preparation that usually we do against any team.
And that was the case today.
Alright, playing your own game.
Again.
You're a coach owner of Lev owner.
What was the key to forcing XLG into uncomfortable positions because you guys didn't really give
them that many options or that much space to play around with?
I think that having a solid map, you know, I think that we have a bigger map pool than
many people think.
We are not only a team that want to play like Split or Assen, we have like a really good
map pool, really balanced.
We are showing our cards on the tournament.
I'm happy that the boys playing very well.
We just execute our game plan perfectly.
Do you see this as a guaranteed win for you?
No, there's not such a thing as a guarantee.
Win, now we have to play a very strong map of the opponent.
So let's see.
All right, thank you, and good luck.
Thank you so much for that, Jen.
Yes, Leviathan managed to pick up the win on Haven in dominating fashion.
And even though we saw a good start for XLG picking up those two pistols,
maybe that could have been something to get going with.
No, instead, it was Spike and the boys in Leviathan that absolutely ran it down.
And Billy, it is incredible to see Leviathan just sticking to the game plan.
And Coach owner saying, we got plenty more to show.
We have balance.
Yeah, I love to hear that.
And I love to hear the confidence coming in from them as well.
As you mentioned, Spike's in having an absolutely incredible map here,
but also blows in the way in which Bose was being able to set the rest of his team up.
I don't know how many times XLG just weren't shooting out those recon darts and getting caught off the back of those trap plays.
Yeah, taking a look at the timeline here. I want to pay attention to what rounds XLG are winning.
They only got seven on this map. Four of those are coming from the pistol and from the anti-eco after that.
If you look at their playoffs run as a whole, all three matches that they've played,
and you're comparing the pistol, anti-eco after you win it, and the bonus round to the rest of their rounds,
37% of their round wins are from the first three. These guys are pistol merchants.
It's what's gotten them this far and I think when they regress to the mean which will eventually happen.
Yeah, like you noted that earlier in the pre-show you were talking about the pistols and how yes
It was a good thing that they were picking them up
But it also was part of the problem because they weren't able to get value in the other areas as well
But here's the thing though folks one thing that stuck to all of us was the aggression the way that levied down for playing
the plays that they were creating the little moments. This one in particular was super sick Billy. It was just a cool setup to just get happy way off of this position so that they could put spike right where they needed him to be for sure. You actually see a shot back up with this as well to get rid of the Cypher chip just in case there wasn't a player holding it. But it was these kind of rounds in the early game that helped
that momentum. You see the
run just then where they push
out a then you see the next round
where they do some form of
track play in mid and then the
round after this they decide to
push the next extremity that's
left on this map is of course
C. I think for me it was just
really impressive how they were
able to constantly catch XLG off
Garden. It's not like these
things were really ever being
exploited by SLG either. Always
felt like they were caught by
surprise. I think the issue for
me is that XLG often on their
attack sides across maps like
like playing with a very strong club strong side normally playing like four ones or three one ones so
It's kind of difficult for them when they see aggression to actually be able to quickly react
onto the other side if the pack is there and live by going for these aggressive picks by
constantly giving them issues with these set plays but that xlg was permanently on the back foot
in that first half and love just got to snowball it despite losing both pistol hey haven's the type
a map that allows you so many options to get really creative. You have a lot of lanes to work with,
but guess what? So do you have the same thing on Lotus? So the good news is though this is a good
map, statistically, historically for XLG. The bad news is, I think, well, not at this event,
yes, and I was going to get to that point, but now as we go into this here, you've got a Leviathan
that's playing with the utmost confidence, and on top of that you have an XLG knowing that that
that leviathan is feeling themselves.
This Lotus game is obviously make or break here
and XLG, you have to be feeling it.
I think for me, I actually find a lot of confidence
in Lev choosing to start on the attack here
going up against this triple Sentinel composition.
I think that that shows that they just completely
disrespect what XLG are trying to put down in front of them.
We also highlighted how XLG, at times,
were liking to fight in front of that Sentinel utility
in their previous game.
This time round, I want to see them playing
a bit more passive and being aware
of Leviton's exclusiveness.
I think that's the answer over towards C,
but when I'm looking at their game yesterday against CDG
and the previous one against G2,
the big issue was when they were flying passive A-holds,
they had no way to hold against that.
The read that they changed into against CDG
was put Roger there, put him with an operator,
but he got ran down by Edward Gaming.
Lev should look to do the same in this half.
Weaknesses have been shown, time to exploit them.
Every single time though you count on XLG,
they find a way to bounce back.
Is that going to be the case here?
Or will Levyetown shut it down?
Let's send it back over to your casters,
Pansy and Hypoq.
Well, they've got to find a way right about now.
Lev have already established they are an aggressive team.
They know what they want, and they're here to win.
But Mike, looking at Lotus, do you
see a world here for XLG, where a reality can actually
turn this around for them?
I really do.
Yeah, I mean, XLG for me, they've
just fumbled way too many times
or loads as you expect coming back in here
for it to be much comfier.
Pick vs. Lever is sitting at 0-4 this year,
but they've got to tighten up some of these defensive rounds.
Again, this composition sits in a really weird spot
where it really shines on the attack,
but the defensive anchoring just didn't look good enough
for me.
Unfortunately, Lever, I think with the pace we saw
on map one, certainly not going to be given much freedom here,
even in the opening half.
know, in a very big amount of damage done towards Hapuway.
And this is with keeping in mind Ex-OBG's excellence
in pistols.
They've had to give up C-Sight, which, now you can see
the caution that levered displaying, because there
could have been people behind that.
There could have been more to this.
But with that initial headshot handed out, it's done
incredibly well.
And it should be noted pretty soon the smoke will keep some
vision removed, and they actually walk in this Hapuway,
reads it very, very diligently.
He feels up, but gets pressured again.
Get on the fight.
Secure enough time now for a plant.
It's pretty aggressive here towards the spawn.
Happyway still hasn't made progress back in towards the site
just yet.
Conscious of a lurk, it is there.
Hasn't shown his head just yet.
It feels like a really long way off.
So we've got to hope that these four players on the C site
can hold back the flood that XOG want to start with.
Neon can be noted. Paranoia are up trying to back away if he can.
They're gonna hunt him down.
You can see all that, Utah, just to force him back
with his happy way, with a great delivery.
Neon can at least trade that out,
but still that flank is on route.
Stop it, Neon.
You're not meant to get that.
Started as an IBE.
Left looking to turn the tide here.
From the very word go, the pistol round this time, not XLGs.
And all this utility nets them next to nothing.
I mean, happy way finds the kill,
but they're still not back off the site just yet.
Again, the wall comes up,
and there's just enough pressure over the top of it.
One enemy, one enemy.
Maybe a little bit of a different investment here.
Maybe could have cut sightlines long enough
to at least get a half, refight back off that.
And great decision, though, from left to go hyper-aggressive
allowed this lurk to really, really build up pressure.
Ready!
Oh, that HL.
Send the scarf ring away.
Heavy, heavy, stack it.
No, man, Leo ate that.
Yeah, no man getting the heal.
Leo, you're not gonna have that one available.
Man, that's gonna be the first player really spotted here.
Oh, God!
keep your head down. Oh, I saw putting Tristan Bullets basically and they're trying to refight
on this to maybe alleviate some of the stress of it, but spikes in, putting on a show. It's
all too simple so far as King, yes, will be noted in his position now, maybe information
for further on, but the round certainly looking highly likely for left, King just gonna find
happy way so for standing I'm concerned there you go be concerned even
we're pissed around win rate so do you have so they set them up for many
advances on the halftime and also both fumbles
praying to God Lev can't drag this any further a bonus conversion here for XLG
only two kills to note when you open a couple of rounds here so no early alt progress
they're really bolstered a seaside hold in terms of utile but it might just
upstream to be here look at very pacey
i mean you can see it can be disrespected pretty comfortably sato already on site and looking
to extend further spiky is landing these shots like an easy pin
Oh man, this guy's built a little different stock in the building and this is a five round!
This is the best chance!
The line still runs off a 1v2.
Can he stick the landing? He's being hurt, he's thrown!
Neon! Thumped back lines!
Oh man, this feels like momentum is there!
Running rings around XLG right now.
Here's the point where XLG try and fight back into the line share of his stack.
It's always a secondary threat.
Cleaned up here by Neon.
Oh, good surprise we could see a very early time-out, maybe ahead of round four, but...
This could spiral our control so quickly for XLG.
Spikes seems on seven to one.
Tearing it up here.
And you can almost feel the confidence in how they're approaching these rounds.
Just going to see if he can bait anyone into an early fight, not to be had in much deeper
utility setup now.
There's only really a bucky on the side of a couple of sheriffs here.
The way would have to go huge to stop this onslaught that hides in wait.
I'm actually waiting to pop the cam here so they can capitalize on that.
So you don't, it's a surprise not to see them waiting to smoke out, but...
All there to catch, but they can capitalize on it. Yeah, just forced away good utility from them.
You can see the stack from XLG was almost tailor made to try and deny this.
But not able to get to the angles they would have wanted to maybe punish some of this space taken,
but Neon waiting for anyone to try and walk up on it.
All players now in attendance.
It's going to be a bloodbath, it's going to be messy.
Has really had the way to get the first ball rolling
and Rager on the follow-up down at three here.
Lev walks into the trap,
and now they're getting isolated from each other as well.
The reflight comes in here.
Neon trying to alleviate some of the pressure put towards King,
but he's not feeling it either.
They're making it look like a walk in the park today,
There's no man left on 20 HP and he is dead.
So well handled by Lev.
Again, when this wall goes up, there's a real chance of XLZ to isolate some players here, but...
It's just a weapon dip.
Super sharp from King as well.
They're desperately trying to play this Bucky in, but it nets them nothing once more.
Four in a row here.
Four, Lev.
And you can only imagine the confidence already so in a mouth is the buyback in for XLG and it feels necessary now for the issue being what's after one way from a show so with some crucial
Ultimates here to again capitalise and shut XLG down. Yeah, we will be having a listen in this round as the early attempt is made. Let's have a little listening now for the left side.
where's the stopping power where's the resistance Mike they just walked on in
they have again switch up here from left the buy back in from XLG they don't
want to give them any sort of comfort set up here I mean happy way and Raga
desperate to hold on to these weapons operator netting nothing and again been
a big conversation point number of times they're in this situation Raga does find
a little late to it but good for a second as well. They're still going to be hunting.
They can call it and they're going to get it. Operator gone. That could have been a lovely
piece to keep him to hand. There's going to be a timeout coming in for XLG at some point, I mean.
Yeah, even a couple of rounds ago you're almost feeling like it's leaning that way.
You can see it here ahead of round six.
Then Ultimates started to come online for XLG but not many kills to note here.
it. You open the stretcher out there just being run over. And it feels like such a long way off,
right? Because you have to stop this confidence, this mounting, but it's not just kind of this
unbridled aggression. It's well crafted. You can see the utility they're using to kind of
set these site takes into motion. So many examples in map ones, well, that coordination and display
once more, but again, a little bit different in terms of the requirement, but they are just
winning out the crucial gunfights. Like I said, the anchors previously on this map for XLG,
not really holding up in certain situations. I mean, you think back the last few series
for XLG, it's what, happy way of one in one in five rounds, he's getting two or three kills,
just brute forcing something, but it's just not going to be enough when leather death holding
like this. Yeah. And I don't know what you're meant to do though. The problem is you're sitting at
zero to five. Your finances are not looking good here either, right? You've got sheriffs and bits
and pieces to come in with here. So you're going to have to suffer through this round.
Again, when there's nothing to offset a buy like this,
sure, you can play aggro for a trade, but again,
the res was a big talking point previously as well.
Even though that map won in terms of when to kind of play safe.
And that be the win condition of some of these rounds,
where I was falling so often.
Again, not to take away the spam through smokes a number of times
by Smokey, but this is very few positives right now.
Port XLG has got to be brutal.
That's their approach here.
Right place, but again, Raga falls so early.
No potential for a trade.
And Lev just bulldozing this man.
They're hunting them down.
It is just that death ball, and it is perfect.
Five standing, a flawless round here for Lev.
Six to zero.
The plan that XLG came up with has to start now.
Even here, I mean, yeah, less of purchase, but spacing is just dreadful to go forward and try and isolate something.
They can't isolate someone, but Raga's on the angle so early.
TP out from Lysor again. He's punished immediately.
And you don't want to go out with a whimper here. That's the thing, right? This is the brutality of the Masters.
You have teams like this, but once they get that wind in their sail, it's hard to deny.
The Brexel G, can they stop the rot? Can they stop the bleed at this point?
Again another situation half the way on an island. Semi-committed here and listen,
there's not the right way to get that, just getting out now.
Exel G, might lose to really address the back line here, but King,
you know, I slayed both kills here. Three Bs found outside B.
You can't be giving them those sort of fights beyond the same page.
That's right decision as well pressure towards the back right find a lurk early on getting advantage, but your lurker finds two here
And happy waste has been battered down on 10 HP and live on gonna respect you now
You've got to try to do something to stop this and individual fights will not do it the right idea and the wrong execution
The lights off
London, but damn, doing this in a elimination match.
You can see it, you can feel it,
XLG down in the Dolphins now,
and Lev Sky high in approach.
They won Lomand dead,
and they're gonna get their wishes.
7-0, barely breaking a sweat.
elements of prostration. I
saw just randomly TV here in the
mix of this. And again, the sort
of thing that could just be a
death sentence in terms of the
morale of the team. And more
wind in the sails of Lev.
Yeah, the live crime statistics
going up here in London.
Sadly, for XLG, it compounds the problem, doesn't it?
As you said, the feeling of that happening
is going to weigh heavy now.
Full purchase, money, not an issue for Lev.
Everything, looking perfect.
XLG needs someone or something to go right.
Sattuap.
Well, it's in the right place, but...
you know what happened previously with that anti-Eco?
I'm down to anything. And again rag on the other side of the map. So no intention really
of playing around the resident situation either. I mean, no chance to which probably
stacked up like this for left.
Right. It's that trade timing. There's just no opportunity to get one and reset a little
bit. They fight together. They are on the same page trying to slow and steady the ships on what but
they're already coming. Raga, you're gonna stand against the four?
Fortunately, they might be looking elsewhere. They carry on.
Just now, a couple of players headed towards me, but that bunt shut down immediately. Sato on the
the other side will find Raga. It just goes from bad to worse for XLG. Tipping into the
back lines, I mean King already looking at this.
He is in the right place. I guess you could argue it's at least a 1v1. And he does fall,
so 2v3 spikes him on guard duty in this smoke. Waiting.
Right side look here has a glance and takes a life, Lysor position will be noted from
earlier and all three waiting.
Arms wide open, left look untouchable in this game.
30 seconds left.
So it's just getting walked all over here.
XLG at least get bodies to the right side of the map quick enough.
Try and bail out while I get there.
Looks like I-
Let me even reuse that.
Well, they're maybe expecting one person towards B.
The rotation is just so late all the way through spawn.
They need to get a chance to shoot their guns.
I mean, they're a move so quickly.
the team. But the TP here for
last saw that invested
previously. Operator back in
hand for Raga. It's been
inconsistent at best. Look at
Nion. Look at the confidence.
He's found the happy way
already. They're faster than
their own rotates. He's
straight through towards that
You're meant to be a master at this.
You got three.
There's the first.
Give me a second.
Give me something to believe in here.
Pulls himself into a corner.
And they just pivot.
And the benefit being though, XOGR are open towards the spawnside.
So Charles here to really cast a level of cover.
They have to be conscious of where the hell Neon's gone.
They're just walking again.
They're walking further through the map.
And they can.
There's no concern.
Oh, Walter.
No!
This was the best chance yet.
The wireless is on here as well.
And look at the catch, somebody.
Oh, crap.
I mean, just look at what's happening.
Spike seen two freebies to find.
Last saw an hour, 1v3.
They are capitulating under the pressure.
And it is compounding left.
Just taking liberties, Mike. The whole map's theirs.
I mean, this kind of reeks the similarities of, like I said,
XLG almost hitting that round where...
I don't want to say what they gave up, but they just ran out of steam.
They just weren't landing shots.
They weren't together.
So many issues rearing...
...rearing their heads and...
I'm not sure... I'm lost for answers, really.
XLG have to try and fight forward somewhere.
I mean, neon city 12 when you see the way he's played this round,
it's just total freedom to do whatever the hell they want.
And that's the hard part, isn't it?
Right, because again, composition wise, they don't have someone who could be
you know, how neon's playing potential even Sato, they don't have someone who can
spark it. So when you're.
Yeah, you set pieces with this composition, just amount to nothing.
If you don't catch two or three players in the open round, Lev will just bulldoze their way back into that.
What do you do? Stack four people behind a step, he's like that.
Rager's obviously shown he struggled to solo anchor. Happy way, similar story for him.
Just these very, very flimsy wind conditions, never landing for XLG.
Old tier to invest in another showstopper. I mean, you've got a TP.
They're on the side for XLG with just not seeing the plans in place to really get that
value from some of these ultimates.
Leo seeing it 0-9 as well.
Tough to see in a lower bracket.
Unfortunately here, I mean not many other ways to cut this.
Look at the timeline.
They now need to see if they can recover some dignity in this really or even a chance for
the second half. XLG, do you have any fire left in you? Raga trying. Gonna find Neon.
Hunkertz. There's no fear on the side of Lez. They feel like they never had fear. They
don't know what it even means at this point. Spikes in hunting them down. Leo gonna get
on the board here but Sato still controlling every aspect of Chris. Is this gonna be a
secondary ace from Sartre in the other series.
They are going to give it to him.
100%.
Not going forward just yet.
Still a little bit of respect shown,
but Raga with an operator.
A 1v3.
You ready for a miracle?
I'm all aboard.
Well, there it is.
The call to action follows.
to get the kill but we've seen it before. Lev now just untouchable. There hasn't been a change in pace.
There hasn't been much to really hold on to here for XLG. This has probably been the closest round
yet and it nearly ended in an ace from Sato. Yeah, no, yeah. We're gonna see the thing here,
it's just so hard to stack up. No, no, no. It's so hard to stack up and really guarantee value
off a trap play like this because level just feed into it. The way they're playing right
now, they're not going to see a panel and go guys run away. Don't die. Freeze. They are
fully in control now. And anything. Of course they are. Happy weight is at least going to
try and stand his ground on that. Take away spikes in. Level the site with 4 though. As
I said, if you find one, there's still a whole lot of bodies behind. Get checked on and put
to bed, Lev avenging their fallen teammate in merely a moment.
You still need to plant the spike, boys.
They're a little ahead of themselves here, but Neon, again brimming with confidence,
again dealt with, maybe.
This is the one there, maybe.
And even Leo to come online, Sato.
Bit of a man at the moment, sure.
Oh! Stop it!
Don't you dare! Don't you dare!
and no man. Please. Thank you.
a total green sheet here in the
first half, but two left standing
and again still there's just a huge
shut down. Operator still in hand for Raga.
That will just switch things up once more. Again, he's going to be the solo anchor. Again,
this wall hasn't really bought enough time. Any sort of security here in playing solo
towards 8. I mean it's almost like the first 10 seconds you want to see the
rotation got it yeah and god yeah life's all moving this time. They're not
pulling fakes they're not even that slippery it is all direct it's powerful
in his punch. Raga trying to stand his ground but they're already so close by
as said that wall is shredded in a second and Neon's already waiting it's not
the prettiest pick up but it's fine it's got the job there Leo trying to maybe
help our rug but this opens up to maybe the option for a pivot if they fancy it. King unable to make moves
outside B just yet so Lev will call a freeze probably the slowest approach we've seen but
probably adds in the situation to map one egging XLG into re-clearing some of this space
but they are tucked for the time being. Yeah and it's hard isn't it right you just kind of
then post it towards backside you're playing on these deeper lines you don't know where they're going.
They're white, patient in approach.
There's go further, while go the one to set it up.
Okay, 4v4, 30 seconds. It's going towards B.
Here, our way to the utility coming in from no man.
No, no man here.
Tap on the spike and that should egg Sato on to find the pick here.
They're going back towards A.
caught on the way up, that actually takes out Sato. They've got to really make this one stick right about now.
Raga, you've got to play this just about right as well.
Towards B, back and forth. They go looking for a bailout and it's Lysot to go down, back lines being eviscerated, and Lava to nowhere!
Just blip the script again. Raga in a 1v3.
Rez is there, pops it, and it's punished.
Bowslow's gonna send out the Seekers by a second, get himself to the adjustment and jump in and out!
This has been a one-sided half!
Simply outclassed here, XLG barely a response in any of these rounds and it's just one to pin their hopes to Lauren.
Lev teed up here to completely sweep this series.
My ally, my enemy, my fear she will find out after this.
I
Just a deep, losing focus
Don't talk to me when I'm in motion
Cause I'm stuck in a hall and I can't get out
It's something down, wasting time on a sunken carpet
Feeling love while I'm drowning with wine, with my finger
I'm losing all my thoughts
When the silence of the sky
Has to start giving back
When there's fire in my heart
It just seems like that
I'm losing all my thoughts too
I'm losing all my thoughts too
Well, if there's any day to hope that
XLG's pistols come online. It's gonna be right about now, but we're asking a lot. 11 to 1.
I mean, the score line not too far away from XLG's pistol record, to be honest.
Coming into this series, but yeah, I mean, there's just so few positives to even
pin hopes to hit. I mean, Raga short in the couple of kills in garbage time in some of these rounds,
That's about it. You just haven't seen any of the wind conditions. The heavy hits is that you do see in XLG's
Good performances really landing here
We Leo what it took eight nine rounds 20 we get a kill more man seeing it two and eleven
Happy way another one that comes up huge
sing a three and twelve
Instead of spin simply our class left a running a rings around XLG on their map pick
I don't think really there's just no rounds to slow things down to get control of the tempo here to make this composition works
Cut a pretty bleak figure for XLG, but the proofs in the pudding and it would be round by round if they want even a
touch of hope here
And it starts with a pistol
Chosen the right site to approach. They've got a plant 5v5 now in the post
Time to deal with the shoot here as well
Remove fairly early so the clock shouldn't be a factor here in terms of lefts approach
Very thing being margar's wall
Smoke kind of allowing a little bit more play for neon to work closer
It's Sato and Petrago right in the firing line.
They couldn't do anything about it.
There's more pretty common support.
And this is now becoming an issue.
Leo Hapuway digging deeper,
trying to find something.
Neon's fighting.
They don't care.
They want to dead.
They want to buried.
And they want to stay alive.
There's a situation where you want to see XLG go forward,
not sit behind this U-Tilt
and leave things up to chance left.
The coordination gift for one small
Again, I mean I love one small
But a couple of players win out their engagements that's not been happening
In the coffin here certainly feels like it left already on 12
It's everything that XLG can gather, invested into this, to what could be facing the music
in this round.
The Lev fans singing, chanting them forward here.
XLG, gonna get a couple of boots on the site.
That's about it so far already.
See the rotations, Lev are not far away.
Let's get on to site here, no punish on the plant, as that U-turn will be littered now.
Here, Leves, protocols. Sound of the pistol here, how to address this.
Media pressure onto the back lines.
And here it comes, starting to wind up the pressure here.
Neon just on the back and now, God! Big shots from him!
A heart beat, heard! The three still alive for Leves, and away we go, in towards the site.
King gonna clear the first, and Bows at the end, on back to back, damage, Raga and Nomad.
Have to hold on, and Raga, finding form when necessary.
And I think Bows knows that this one is out of reach.
XLG, gonna extend play for another round.
Bail out here from Raga, the question being, sustainable.
very much down to
great catch is that beautiful shots with a sheriff
it'll be enough it's a long road back in here
well yeah I was going to say past the on the bulldog here
only a shield alongside that
they can't afford to make this even
Close. XLG need this one.
Well, I mean, they just need a huge cushion as well.
Yeah.
Gates haven't even really stabilised off that.
You look at only Lysor.
And the full rifle.
The front door for the time being.
Swax scene.
We'll see what you can do with a classic.
And some of these 50 rounds.
Maybe this is a sea hit but it's like they're gonna find themselves comfort here initially
on to be.
Alright.
Moving that over.
Raga.
Gonna have to pause on the plant.
Right away from Reds so heads up work from them.
Again it's kind of neon is the X factor, yes there are a couple of those classic bullets.
Can they break the lines now?
I mean really here just let them keep them interested long enough where a couple of
people will die that would do enough as well anything to shake the purchase to
keep the finances limited also on the other side leftist don't want to give
early-all access
take a look see if you can maybe make some progress for himself
Oh, very nice. So just to get him into the game attached here. There we are. So Leo going to find a good couple. King and Neon going off to give it up to the spike. Four, maintain. Three rounds for XLG.
to Leo. Yeah, getting too away from Alt here.
It's something for XLG to rely on.
The other side, Sato just missing two towards the showstop,
but Neon just passed halfway for a Bladestorm.
Do or die now, still a bulldog.
Well, Guardian swapped out here, actually, for no man.
Watching for it.
Once again, it all rides on this.
Only really net them what?
Another couple of rounds in terms of comfort.
Without you, you can't even use that word here.
I'm on Lotus so far.
Merely controlled here towards Rumble.
Clear out.
Space here, I've got any information.
They're already rotating in anticipation of the seaside hit.
Yeah, they're here pretty early.
XLG, about to walk on in.
Does anyone go down on the way through?
He's very low now and he's been caught.
Squats him a one, good trade from Leo.
Sight now on the scrutiny,
under pressure, blows from a catch one on the cross.
But that's good from King.
It's great from Leo.
It's down a three, down a two.
Make it just one man standing.
Hopes and dreams riding on one man's shoulders now.
Gahal you into hand.
Hatch, you're going to get it.
and dreams riding on one man's shoulders now.
Goal into hand.
Has to rethink his approach.
Some time left to play with for sure, but
it's looking bleak here for No Man.
Sato already considering the possibilities,
rotated very quickly.
The coverage is good from left.
No Man has to pick up the pace.
you would need to equal his entire kills in just this round.
And I think we can see it, the positioning from Sato,
potentially the checkmate to this,
but no man's still gonna give it everything he's got.
Time to show us if there's anything left in attack.
Can you find a miracle today?
Lev closing in now, the three players shoulder to shoulder,
of course, no surprises.
And that is a barrage of bullets, his way,
trying to deal with every piece of utility.
Oh, Sassel, the one to secure it.
And Lev, fearlessly chasing the chance
to make history for themselves today.
Absolute domination here from Lev.
XLG, unfortunately,
sort of struggling for things to click.
Again, really impressed with some of their earlier series,
but certainly think back to EDG and here,
I'm just, I'm just running out of steam and the confidence lacking was always a discussion with Rahal go on the roster here, and unfortunately I think that's replicated.
Respectable finish at least.
Absolutely.
It's a shame to see them go out like this.
You see that potential to their run to this point, they've shown that they have such capability, but to do it when it matters is a different skill set all together.
And on the other side, the flip side of things, the Viet-an have looked terrifying to me.
Young, hungry and up for the challenge through and through.
Respect shown here on the stage as well.
I mean, Neon and Spike's in too.
Start from the left side.
Take it, everyone!
Three of the most exciting players we have here in London.
And continuing with that ball.
They got a statement made, obviously going forward here with the teams that are left.
Lev are here to scrap it now.
Yeah, the dangerous underdog for Schnoar.
I wouldn't want to meet up with those boys.
The form they're in, they are looking locked in today.
The question becomes how far they can go.
So just exploding and arrested.
They're hungry as well.
You can see how hungry they are.
I want an opportunity to truly change some of my tower, but we're gonna send it over to Frankie down on the stage for the horizon post match in view with Sato.
This probably is one of the most hyped teams we've seen on stage in London. In fact, I'm gonna call it they are the most hyped team.
Sato, we're gonna bring you over because it's a joy to watch you have so much fun on this stage. Is it as much fun as it looks?
Yes, it is a hundred percent. It is a hundred percent. It is and when you started out your journey here in London
Did you expect to make it to the top four?
Actually, yeah, I think we're a really strong team. I knew you had a good shot at the tournament and
You know, but as it goes you don't even think about it
You just the only thing in your head is like to enjoy it off
Well, this roster was solidified about seven months ago. The synergy is on point
How long did it take to really get things on form?
I think it's difficult to say. I'd say it's probably after Neon turned 18 because then he actually had the time to play as the full team.
But ever since we got together, we were always good friends, same age and all.
And King is maybe older than us, but it feels like sometimes he's the same age as us.
And tell me about the words that you were saying to Neon just before Mat 2.
Because we saw you gave him a little hug.
I don't know. I think it's just something that happened last series where
on the going to the third map he came to me and then he like Pap talked to me and
then and then I fried so I just did the same thing today.
So Leon was your hype man? Sorry?
Leon actually turned out to be your hype man.
Yeah I know isn't that crazy?
No it's not crazy because when we look at you guys I mean on Halon for example
you're a team that has the confidence to let that clock run down I mean who needs
a plan when you can get an ace like that?
Oh, I didn't even notice that I was going to ace.
I was just so lucky.
But, you know, it's great to have an ace.
Another one, you know.
Yeah, I was going to say, get another one.
That wasn't your first on the stage in London.
One more thing before I let you go.
Have you got a message for the fans around the world?
You have a loud audience here in London,
but I also know there are loads of people
back home in the Americas cheering you on.
What words I have to say to them?
Yeah.
I'd like to thank everyone
for supporting us and you know I've seen a lot of good words about us online and
it's just great you know I just feel more confident. I also like to give a
shout out to Corbin Lee because I know he's watching and I love him.
Well we love you, congratulations we will see you in a few days time go meet your
fans and as for you guys stick around because we've got an E-N-A rumble coming away.
Thank you so much for that Frankie and of course massive shot of the Sato ball of energy always love hearing from him
But once again, we're joined here feels like it's been so
Long since we last talked we got King here folks King congratulations my man. What a victory for you guys
Let's talk about you know coming into this matchup
I knew you got heard early had some experience with XLG right now
You'd scrimmed them a little bit so you were at least like knowing what you were coming into this
But XLG put on one hell of a tournament here. Were you a little worried that maybe we're gonna get a new version of XLG?
Honestly, I wouldn't say worried in a way because I think everyone in our team
Knows like they're very good like we I personally respect them a lot because as we said we we scream them a lot last year
I have very good relationship with the coach because of that. I have very good relationship with Raga
Yeah, and even in their match against a global. I sent a message to
To the coach to raga like that. He's insane that he need like that's how the confidence and like he's a great player
That's awesome. And then whenever we are gonna face them like why did I have to lose this?
Given a pep talk to the enemy
No, but I mean that just also goes to show to rights like the sportsmanship and the way that a lot of the players you're contrary to like
I'm sure a lot of fans online a lot of you guys haven't you know do respect one another so I think it does go without saying right?
Yeah, I want to I want to ask you to this is for you not super unfamiliar
Make me a top four you've done it before in Seoul back in the day
But this is the first time for all of your teammates being anywhere close to this deep in the tournament
What's it been like getting to see this success through their eyes and them achieving this?
I mean they just feel so special all of them are such great kids. They're incredible. They are always full of energy. So
seeing them happy feels like I know dog I feel like I'm the proud dad you know
I know exactly what you're saying because it's a good feeling yeah I mean for me
it's still even though I was top three it's still like an incredible feeling but
for them they deserve the world so I'm so happy for them yeah I am too it's
amazing to see them achieve this but on top of that it's it's not just that you
guys are making here and that it's this achievement for them I want us going
back to the early days for you. Does this remind you at all of those like early
Latin achievements? Because for owner he was there in the run at champions with
crew that started for you it was Copenhagen the breakout event where
people started to really respect South America as a region. Does this feel like
the next step for South America as a whole here? I have to agree with that
Simon. It does feel like the next step. If I have to compare it with my
for the old Leviathan. Back then it really felt like a lot of doubts. We knew we were good, but we didn't know how things were going to go.
We were always like, okay guys, let's go, let's keep it at all, keep the energy up.
You knew you had it, but in the back of your head it was like...
Yeah, it's like we're still...
And now it definitely feels like, guys, we're insane. We feel the confidence and we're fully sure of it.
So that's like the big difference in that team and this team and I tell you what if you anyone wants to go back
Look at that team play versus this team play you see it in the server and I think that is the coolest thing about that
You have a lot of product brother. Thank you. Congratulations. We're all proud of you as always you already know
But that is gonna do it for us here, of course all bow down to the king as always but coming up next
We have a great matchup. It's gonna be foot taking on vitality
Who is going to survive this EMEA clash and I believe they're going to be taking on you guys next, right?
Yeah, depending who wins, we play the winner of this match.
So who do you want to face?
I mean, I don't want to pick anyone. I just whoever plays best.
Whoever wins?
Yeah, whoever wins.
Yeah, they're just going to have another game.
Just another game. Love it, love it.
Alright folks, like you heard, we're going to have foot and vitality.
Take the stage in just a little bit.
In the EMEA clash, you don't want to miss.
We'll see you on the other side.
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who has seen this match so many times in the past.
It's Billy, but this time though, folks,
I would reckon it's a little bit different, right?
It definitely feels different
because there's so much more on the line this time around
when we consider it being an elimination game
at a global event.
But yeah, I think that these two teams should definitely
know each other's tendencies at this point.
Certainly.
It's the first rematch we've actually had here
in Nasters London, and these teams,
this will be their third time flying it
in just a few weeks after being the upper final in Amia
and facing already here.
This first game during the Swiss stage
was such an influx point for me
in Vitality's kind of run in this tournament
because what I felt like it was a very close game
that could have cleaned up and closed out
faster than some of these.
This is where the individuals like Chronicles started
stepping up.
This is where their approach really showed through.
I think this was the game to me
that really proved the resiliency of Vitality
that this was a squad ready to go on a run.
the thing is, it's been a close affair every single time that they face off against one another.
When I think back to regionally as well, back in EMEA, when I think back to here at Masters London,
it has been close. You could argue that FOOT maybe should have been able to close out in 2-0 both times that they played,
and FOOT have been having issues in being able to close out maps.
I think for FOOT, they're a team that you don't really want to go up against after that loss against PRX, the estimate as well.
That is a very difficult opponent to come into today after such tough loss.
I will say, though, if one thing we do need to bear in mind, right, for foot, is that
that struggle of being able to close out the game, we're fine for top four here.
You know what I mean?
Like, PaperX don't got that problem, EDG certainly haven't been having that issue.
We just saw Leviathan just absolutely roll.
So that is going to be something that they 100% need to be mindful of.
But of course, for Vitality, they want to complete this lower bracket run.
You're going to be looking at a few key individuals there.
And that is going to be actually a unique one.
the brain trust of that young man right there, Yampi, and the coach, Pal, both incredible
minds for the game, Billy. You're very familiar with them. But one thing's for certain, both
those guys are going to need to step up and give this team the resources they need in
order to push forward.
100% and let's not forget the partnership that they've been able to build over the course
of the past year, both together on BBL, Pal kind of leading the way and helping Yampi
get this IGL experience and teaching him the ropes, I guess, is kind of fair to say. My
that the game is going to be
a better game. My issue is
pal can only control so much
outside of the server, And of
course we need to see the
Amp really be the leader of
this team today to be able to
control the situations. I think
when I'm considering back to
regional performances at times,
there was too many cooks in the
kitchen too many players
trying to chip in too many
ideas to the point that things
got out of control, and we
really did see that throughout
the regular season back in
of course, Paul and Scott are the ones that have been able to do that for them to be able
to get to this point.
Yeah, Chronicles saying that the pressure got to them some in that match. And I felt
like that was certainly the case on map three of that series against PaperX, the fracture.
Yeah.
It felt like kind of a complete crumble from Vitality. PaperX could do no wrong. But earlier
in that series, there were great signs, not too of split. I felt the Vitality approach
was excellent. They played a very passive attack side, gave PaperX nothing with their
normal defensive aggression and have fantastic execution when they went into the late round
hits, had a great game out of your prepare as well. It's rare that you see someone beat
paper X that dominantly on a map. Yeah. That to me showed their prep and also their ability
to not let losing a bad map one get the better of them, which all goes back to the leadership.
But as you're saying, the issue is still that third map and what happened after that great
game. Yeah, that's right. You got to be able to lock up those critical matchups here a
a lot going to be on the line here for Yampi as we had an opportunity to catch up with him
gently standing by.
Here with Yampi of Vitality.
Yampi, what is the silver lining of this lower bracket for you guys?
Silver lining?
I prefer the Elisabeth line myself, but yeah, I mean it's every match is a high pressure
moment and you know, I think getting to send all the other teams home, I think that's a
very satisfying feeling and I think that's what we are looking for the most.
Great, that was a good answer. Thank you.
Yampi just hit me.
That's a great dad joke. I don't think anyone calls that. It's terrible. It's so good, it's bad.
Of course though, what has been good has really been seeing the way that foot have been approaching these maps.
I mean, go back to that game against G2 and how G2, I mean, you could point to some of the flaws of G2 there,
The reality is, guys, Foot really have been unbelievable.
And Billy, you're familiar with this team.
You know what they're capable of.
But what I'm seeing here is a squad
that's playing with very little fear.
Yeah, and I think that that's been a benefit for them
so far throughout this event.
When we consider the Rookies, of course,
Yetejay finding himself back at another global event
hasn't been here since 2024.
But the Rookies, as we mentioned,
showing such a fearless approach.
And I think when you come across a Foot
that are in this kind of form,
that is a scary team to go up against.
This is a meta that came to Turkish Valorant.
This is the way that these teams have wanted to play
for a long time, but it's really never been a position
to go into it.
And I'm so happy that this is the event
where we get to see those rookies, Zeus, Soft,
guys that have been talked about for so long,
playing back in Turkey, playing in tier two previously,
to get this opportunity in their very first year in VCT,
to not only make it to a global,
but to be able to live up and deliver to the level they had.
There's a huge difference in experience in this game
four of those foot players stepping in for that first time, but thus far they've not looked
fazed by it. Yeah, of course, it's going to be like we say a tall task no matter what, but I do
feel like this team has met the moment here fighting for top four. Let's see what Jenley has to say.
She had another opportunity to catch up with the foot camp.
Hey, with first cross dally, cross dally, you guys have so far exceeded all expectations,
But as you get deeper into the tournament, this is when the pressure starts to build.
So how do you stay grounded as a team?
We're not feeling that much of an excitement.
the beginning of the tournament was much more, you know,
nerve-racking for us.
But right now, we got used to it.
We got to be adapted.
We got used to the environment.
So we're not feeling too much of a pressure or excitement.
We're only going to focus on playing good Valorant today.
Foot doesn't crack under pressure.
Of course, so it's going to be pressure regardless,
just because of what these players are going
to be playing for here.
A top four spot, an opportunity to go up against Levy at Don.
Let's see though, where we're gonna be playing and check out our maps, picks and bans, let's take a listen.
Let's put, Vitality has the higher seeds so they're gonna pick their side.
We pick team A.
Alright, team A, then Vitality is banning first.
We ban, high ban.
Even is banned, and what is your ban put?
Precia, ban Breeze.
Alright, Breeze is banned and Vitality is picking the first map.
Gregor, what do you think of Cheesecake?
What do you think about Lotus Cheesecake?
We pick Lotus.
Alright, and what is the site for Lotus?
We saw defense.
Okay, and your map pick?
Ascent.
Ascent it is, then site for Ascent please.
Yo, yo, defense.
Okay.
And we have fracture, pearl and split left, white altis banning.
We ban fracture red.
Fracture is banned and pearl and split left.
We ban pearl.
Alright, and last map is split and white altis pick inside.
We pick attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack.
Quick recap, we start with Lotus, foot defense.
Then we have Ascent, Vitality, Defense, and if we go to Split, which is the Scyther, Vitality attacks everything, correct?
Good luck, guys.
I think Gampi saw he was on 8 mile or something like that, just trying to bust a lyrical 2 out there.
Yeah, he better hope they win today. I don't know about the SoundClock crew.
Yeah, it's gonna be a little tough to get off the ground, but folks, this is gonna be a good one here.
You got two teams that are hungry for this opportunity to fight for the top four to keep EMEA alive in this competition
Let's go ahead and bring out your two teams. Here's vitality and foot
When it comes to elimination matches
Every round counts
One wrong decision, and it could all be over.
Playing with his foot once again, to team matches has been super close.
It gets me really hyped up because I know for a fact that they want to get revenge.
And that's why I'm excited today to show that we are the better team.
The last time we faced Vitality, our mood was going down and our mental was falling apart.
But after the EDG loss, we fixed it really quickly.
And I just thought my head got spayed!
You're all super star!
Looking like a nightmare!
I think it's going to be an easy day.
Oh, I'm sorry, but...
Actually, I'm not sorry.
You guys are going home. We'll take it from here.
Like I'll see how you should guys work.
From now on, I'll take care of the enemy.
A team that track falls past the leadership's set!
It's Team Vitality!
They might back bruises, but they'll back down on their enemies!
It's us!
You heard it in the hype. You heard what they were saying.
He's saying, I'm going to take over, I'm going to dominate this.
Meanwhile, on the other side for Foot, there's an opportunity for this young team to establish themselves as the kings of GMEA.
This is a massive matchup here. Top four on the line and of course your series play out.
Lotus, the scent and split if necessary. Mimi, what you think?
This is just a huge match for both of these teams.
They've both waited for a moment to go this deep in a tournament for a long time.
But I think it's especially true for Vitality.
Foot was a breakout success.
These rookies came onto the big stage
and they've immediately delivered to the global.
On the other side, Vitality.
They've got players who are always here,
who are always in these moments.
Some of the greats of this game in Durka, in Chronicle,
but it's been a long time since they've been back
in a finals weekend.
Fighting for it today against an opponent
they're so familiar with.
And you know it would mean so much to both sides
across the stage.
You mentioned FOOT trying to solidify themselves as the Kings of the AMA world if they were to win here today
Not only would it be the best global placement that they've had
But I certainly think that they would crown themselves as the Kings of Turkey
We saw BBL go to Santiago FOOT missed out on that first global event
Had to come back into stage one with a complete roster rebuilds
Sociable now leading the charge on their opposite sides
Yaki his teammate from last year
And then when you're looking at Vitaliy, of course, you know it being so much them, but we only saw them get challenged realistically for the first time against paperwraps yesterday.
But you consider the run that they've been able to have throughout this tournament so far.
Certainly so.
Her foot, this would be a culmination of years where Turkey has been expected to be great where it's been talked about how crude their players can be.
16 games delivered in the past scene in the early days.
Alpha taking on the flame with Fanatic.
But now an entirely Turkish team with that chance to make top four.
Do you serve that nation's best performances in the past?
Yeah, but standing in their way, you got some goats, guys like Chronicle,
who have been there, who have done that, and play with such confidence.
And he's sitting alongside his teammate, Durka, but also that young man up there,
We really see him blossom cyanara in this tournament
Initially there was concern of his nerves are gonna be in place
But no this guy is showing that he has that steely resolve that is necessary
To take you to the top of the mountain Billy and you look at the caliber of this roster
The mountains have very much been within reach, but this roster was built to lift global
They should be at minimum top three at global events.
They should be making it to grand finals.
The pressure is on them now to be able to continue that run.
Yeah, if anything, I would say it's more of an indictment on them rather than foot because
foot here, they're showing that they are not just punching about their weight class.
They're making their own weight class in the process.
Meanwhile, you've got Vitality doing everything that they can to hold on to the crown.
But let's see what we got with our agents here.
And of course, the first battleground Lotus, we saw this earlier on, compositionally, not
much change in here, Mimi.
The biggest difference on this map is that Vitality is playing with the Vy's and the
Viper versus Foot going for the Double Duelist.
If Vitality can afford to play slower on their attack side, can re-clear towards A, and on
their defensive side, have better tools to hard hold sights and to re-fight space into
A, but are sacrificing that utility that makes your macro so much easier in order to put
the rookies in positions where they shine.
Saffonsus have been outstanding this tournament,
and they need to again,
a footboard away today.
And you saw Vitality struggling
when they started on the attack in that series
against PaperX yesterday.
They need to get off to a better start here today
to continue any sort of momentum they hope to have.
Yeah, and all my eyes kind of just go to Durka there,
because I want to see what this guy can do.
He was a little slow at the start,
but then he started to ramp things up in the series.
So the question is, has he maintained, or rather can he maintain the form that he had at the tail end of that last matchup?
And of course, deliver this vitality team the kills necessary to secure those rounds.
If you look at history, there's no doubt he can do it.
Doka and Kron, some of the greats that it's been a damn long time since they've been here.
Folks, it's do or die. Top four on the line, and we got two excellent caskers on the mic.
Welcome, Brent, and sideshow.
Thank you very much guys and I couldn't put it better myself here.
This elimination game between EMEA teams is going to be that EMEA on EMEA violence, dual
tie for continuity here at the Popper Box Arena to continue that tournament lifeline.
Both teams are going to be desperately grasping for it.
And there's a lot of history between these two, decent history as well as the desk has
been going over.
The last two times that they clashed, three maps, bangers, clutches all over the place.
I think a lot of the full fans would believe that they should have won those games, but they let those crucial moments.
Some of the most important moments slip out away from them.
The Matpools had adjustments as well. Vitality won both times by picking Pearl and winning in ridiculous clutch scenarios.
They decided this time to pivot to Lotus. That is a big shift, a big change.
The whole Matpools going to be shifting and changing.
Some familiarity in terms of some of the previous times. These two teams have matched up, but we'll get into that later
We look towards a sentin possibly split its foot versus vitality pissed around a bound and it's vitalities map pick
Looking to put pressure over towards mound early here with their utility as they walk two players into test
The head clean off almost immediately sign our
Activating two of the best performing young players from EMEA
Okay, yeah, not big, Norm is getting caught into the cross, but he does manage to take
down one with him.
It's a good opener here for Vitality, Norm's going to be opened up now, it's going to be
Pasha onto Socia, but what to do from this position, already a player down, Nade's going
to be sailing into the back here to slide off, Fangoli's already done the damage, even
the dump.
More time for the reinforcements to arrive at, short pause, Vitality is going to take
him out into his own hands, insane shots, and still the offset, once more, but into
the 2v1, now to the 1v2, up to the side,
Kostily Bailey alive, the spike in their grips now.
So now they're left to reclaim it.
Kostily goes down to a single shot.
They get him expected to readjust the angle.
High low, almost with a collab, but listen.
One play by foot, discipline there to secure a pistol.
Critical one at that, to be honest, with Vitality's map pick.
And Vitality got out to a really good opener too.
Proper going 1-1 in that spot is nice, but Soshville's done the most here, anchoring on A.
He was alone for a while, but played it safe.
Played these nice angles too.
We'll be tracking for this whole match that narrative that the desk was again reminded as of Soshville against Yampi, the two IGLs, former teammates.
Soshville learning a lot during his stint on BBL, bringing it to foot.
There's a lot of history between these two tiers, between specific players as well that we'll be making sure to hit as we go through this one.
There's a fast-settling splay over all the C-man, looking to see if we can get potentially some action.
A couple of kills, going away on the eco, but Vitality just poking, probably see if they can pull out the U2.
And Tidehaw is gone, but right-click, the classics are doing decent work, backside control, the energy, only with a sheriff.
He's been swiftly dealt with.
Zeus, having laid to the party here, but he ice-up lights up.
It's not synced up at all, probably.
Paranoia just going way too wide and glimpses up for Xen, barely alive, but listen the job is done.
He's booked, barely get it, put together all Xen's security at eco.
Expect more of these rounds there coming down to the wire.
If rounds like that where the weapon advantage is so enormous of being decided on a knife's edge then,
one in the rifle rounds will be too, some had to come out with some magic there.
Bailing this team out of trouble.
But this is destroying the bonus round idea. This is just a pure eco, basically, with
Sop having a tiny bit of danger in his back pocket, and a lot of money to spend on an
AWP in the next round.
It's pretty conservative in terms of investments for just a couple of sheriffs. Now one bull
top to buy around here, Vitality. Opportunity for them to put one on the board. I'm going
to take it slow to begin with.
There's a very large trap set up over here.
There is, yeah.
I'm not sure whose contact they're going to spring it off, but there's four players waiting ready for vitality.
Typical for them, but a vital wall.
Opus case quite a bit.
Social Bull is going to be taking loose contact here.
Two players in a bait and switch set up behind the box.
He's going to be aware of it, he's getting out.
He's going to kill Fordham.
He's going to walk out.
How are they going to be triggering this trap play? The clearance aside, I was there, but the shots still ringing out.
There's plenty of players here waiting to see if they can respond.
Hallelujah! It's beautiful!
Near side of the whole lot.
Diffuses the danger almost immediately.
Nice one.
Really well played, well controlled there by Valtality.
Sayonara's weapon might have also fallen into enemy hands
if Prophek hadn't been fast enough there to put the punish down.
Well handled.
But this was not the round the foot we're really investing into.
It's the next one where we'll get to see Sop with the Operator.
Dirk is gonna clean up things easily towards the end.
He hasn't made the most progress towards the showstopper, which would be probably your biggest hole on the attack side.
But the ampy's got his.
I think a lot of it is going to come down aware Sop's decided to play.
David, nice paranoia. Oh yeah.
Yep, okay. Pumping himself up.
It was nice.
Sop is getting caught off. Sop is going to look to try to take this angle right over towards Mal.
It's pretty common we see neons.
They're doing this quite a bit.
They're trying to get ahead of the one way that's going to be propped up potentially
here.
Yep, blinds on the side.
Oh, profit's on the jump spot angle.
It's a high low setup.
Cooked up here.
Vitality waiting for the overextension, perhaps, but look at that sightline.
I don't know, just waiting for somebody to peek straight in.
Vitality know these angles, though.
Not willing to make a mistake too early.
They're also going to be aware of the fact that the money...
They're going to be aware that there's a possibility of E op.
Sop can hear the Pallery, knows his door's going to be open behind him, starts backing up.
It's in danger here being squeezed, there it is. As soon as the door opens up, he's going to have to back up the treat.
He'll back. Very good discipline here from Vitality.
He's like gaffed into the corner here, Pallery's poking out.
Sop has an adjustment and a blind shot in the dark. Doesn't come up with the goods he was looking for.
And now the game's coming back over towards the B-pop.
Kostali, defending this one with a wall in his face as well. Zeus needs to be pushed off the angle of the critical.
He'll start thinking about it.
Onto the rubble, it's social and it takes him out.
That's just blind-spy. Okay, he's spanking it through.
Adam Hightall's going to be scattering down and attempt to make it over towards the B side.
The wall, though, cuts it out, slows down the approach alongside the thorns.
What's going to be broken by these players are separated out through main energy.
Just decimates them, slams shut the door in their face.
It's just perfect. It's not
really much of a chance of him
here. This is around where
Yampi took his team into a late
round B pop through the vice
wall. Baiting out that vice
utility early on is going to be
absolutely crucial to get in past
foot. You have to make sure that
you deal with the op as well, and
they never felt confident enough
to get close to see. I'm not
even sure whether they knew that
wall was going to be there for
also gets unlucky but yeah it still would have been a gamble the way that he
takes the fight against Zeus there's no guarantee he would have been there for
that pinch through blue room.
That's how a team can have to reassess about how on look fundamentally good from the foot.
And these teams they know each other like the back of their hand they've played so many times.
Six maps against each other just in this tournament and EMEA playoffs.
Exactly right since 2025 the more recent history between these two rosters it's always been by
Vitality's taking it up.
Very close games.
They have been close, always being in a possibility
in a chance of foot, but that's story foot really.
Always playing a lot of teams close.
Genshin picks up here, moving, sobs,
hop, bobers towards Ruffle.
Yeah.
Yet a jank, one away from the steel garden,
defends with sociable on the seaside.
Vitality are taking man away and threatening
that they could be going for the C-exec.
The Nade might break some thorns, it does,
but they still haven't baited out the vice wall,
And they don't even know that the Vice Wall is there, it could still be a pun big.
Yeah, I'm supposed to deep over towards A.
I thought it was going to be causing issues, but he's on the line here, you tilt, primed.
This is the up, the up.
Now they're waiting out of sight lines for now.
This wall up could pose problems.
So, waiting for now.
Crouched.
They hit the pounce on the chance, but as soon as the wall goes up, they'll have to respect it.
That's good patience.
Out of the way, yeah, that is good patience.
You don't want that to drop and then Dirk could be already on the line already. We're gonna see it now
Just waiting for
Spokes generate first one gonna be coming off that angle and now making them move towards this ace. I was about 30 seconds left
It's actually not a lot of time to work for it here
But the inside isn't being reinforced at all this DTP might help out
That's gonna be so join us was a blue man gold. How is that happening lighting up towards a bitter end?
It's do so will go down
Sign out a massive open and out of pit as well, lays it onto the B site, giving a fight a bit of cover for Foot.
Line, fire and spam, you have to be the name of the game for retaking the operator, never ideal and the product was finding kills like that.
It's already decided for Foot.
Slow, methodical round, but Yampy very much in control of this one.
Despite not baiting out a vice wall, Sop just got pushed back by layer after layer of the smoke utility.
That showcases really nicely the power of this Viper-Omen Comp on Lotus.
So, he might have to take a risk in some of these rounds and start stepping forwards, risking it,
but the more risk you take, the more chance of vitality you're going to punish and get that opening kill.
Absolutely.
He chose respect this time, so should what goes... trying to lure somebody in.
And Kron is going to be sticking around to try and punish him, so should what he even get out of this.
It's going to be going down on the ship, but all could.
I'll show that was 100% worth it, but they're going to keep a little bit of damage on the vitality economy, I suppose.
Okay, instantly. Time out taken by Foot despite the one round lead.
I would imagine the coaches want some level of input in order to put Soap's operator in a better position.
The way that you just saw him get pushed back and back and back, if he's going to get pushed back like that,
he probably needs some help from another teammate to get him on a deeper line.
or at least to get a teammate there ready to fight over it.
Yeah.
I think Vlad, I mean, there's just a lot of good stuff to talk about with this coaching
staff.
The prep that they have had coming into the event has been excellent.
They reinvented themselves.
They started playing quite different compositions, moved Zeus away from the Phoenix.
The ideas that they've had, the anti-straps that they've had, it's all been very good,
but that's mostly been prepped against other regions.
They've been the team to eliminate Americans.
They've been the team to be able to battle past critical matches with Pacific teams early on that went against full sense.
In their matches against Vitality, they've actually struggled with that kind of stuff, with closing out the big rounds.
Stop in the case of some of the regional matchups when you're playing against teams that know you so damn well.
Different tasks, even if the stage is slightly different.
We'll see you there. It's a battle for both of these teams to see if they can reach new peaks.
Vitality, a team that was custom built really to lift trophies.
Only one hoping to find himself in an elimination position, but same to be said for Foot.
I'm going to see a clash.
Eventually, over the walls, there's a rubble side.
See how slow Vitality is in taking this for now.
There's going to be that Seasnade sailing up towards the side.
No one home though, Vitality.
And here, all these sound queues, mass rotation out by Foot.
Vitality don't want to opt into that when the ults are so good from foot and immediately you see Zeus starting to transition over towards B.
His showstopper could shut down any kind of B reaction.
It's going to be slow though. Dirk has got the attack operator.
Vitality is going to want to move around the map and put him in positions where he could be able to generate picks.
He's got access to the orb so he's going to be able to earn a showstopper himself.
Just waiting for the right time to do it. They hear some advice you till.
They're worried about a trap play as soon as they touch the orb.
I'm actually worried about the possibility of the wall being there too.
And spotted though.
Zeus is leaning in this direction. Spike starts to come.
Both of these races are going to have showstoppers in the back pocket.
It's about to get explosive on C.
It's going to be messy, isn't it? Thorn's still not broken.
So we could just wait for the right time to strike here, if possible.
The crew starts to come online and it's going to be sailing us towards Backpillar.
as a result of it, up towards the top, angle, yet a chase job just to really buy time and space for his team to get into the retake.
Zeus sidestep with the prowl, and Ford still has an important kill, so no one shows up and I'm going to retake him.
He's only going to be taking this one forward, still guarded.
He's going to be cutting away the guns, but Dirkka out of range of all of it.
How is Jaffer getting away with it?
Oh, this is my man, he's running a mockery over it and has forced the issue for Social.
Got to back away, got to save the gun for another day.
That entire round branch could not have gone worse for foot.
That is an absolute disaster.
Dirk didn't even have to use the showstopper.
Zeus got killed before he even could.
And Yampy's getting away with murder in waterfall.
Social doesn't even get to keep the gun.
That's a violation.
Yeah, it couldn't be worse, three to three.
Black side of the foot timeout, too.
The only thing that could have gone worse is if Zeus put the showstopper on top of himself.
Yeah, exactly. At least they still got that one for the next round,
but the money is not going to be good for foot.
What happens, guys? Not an easy game already, what? What happened?
Yeah, given a chance.
There is a big difference in experience for these two teams.
I think that's one of the things that contributed to those missed opportunities for foot in the last time they played against Vitality.
The last two times they played against Vitality.
Vitality, they got that experience, they got that composure that comes with knowing you can win.
And Foot had crumbled in some really important rounds.
Most of the time in post-plans though, it wasn't like that.
that. Yeah, this one goes. It's a nice idea. Double up with a high low. I'm still going
to be causing issues for them. A slight gap in it. Lay it down by foot themselves. Rotating
around here. A slower pace of play by Vitality is definitely doing a lot to pick apart their
position. Paranoid is going to be sent by Horwitz here. Another smoke as well. Drop down.
Just make things awkward on the street.
I forced the players back in the way.
Crustali's getting good information, but again, the referee's not good,
and we're looking at the B-pivot.
Crustali, now you're being pinched.
You're looking to one way or the other.
Three! Okay, just trying to back out of the in-court, completely unaware.
Just trying a little bit of miss here.
Snakebite.
Vise a bit of peace of mind for the plans to go down here for Vitality.
They are looking well-drilled, locked in.
I've put a looking lock down.
Zeus isn't going to want to invest his all in this situation. Not when they're in a 4v5.
I need to see some miracle shots.
Raffles out. See the door.
Opened up wide. Stopped looking to pull attention towards him, but already stepped up to the challenge.
It's side-hour.
And an unreal game so far.
Shot is just going wide there from the marshal. Time already ticking.
Far and away. Yammie going hunting.
Looking for the kills.
Last one left is YeddaJay, and he's not long for the world.
so far Vitality in control. At the moment this roster is showing you the
potential that it has. This is an incredibly disciplined and successful
attack side so far from Vitality. I think this tournament is probably the first
time that they are anywhere near living up to the promise the potential of this
roster. It was built as a super team, it's built to go and contest for trophies.
If Vitality win here, eat a foot win here. You're in the top four in a tournament.
But they'll be looking further. Will be.
I wish things had really solid form from Vitality.
But I want to put the pressure on them more than this.
This next rightful round's got to be it.
It has to be. Early fight over towards A-Rubble.
Already got the space deep over towards it, but they're hard committing with the abundance of bodies here.
As soon as this curtain drops, it's going to be spoiling the surprise at Sop.
Stop, squick onto it, Satchel's by Turkey, just barely gets out of dodge.
They don't want anything to do with this one, but there's no fast reaction called for.
So she was ready and waiting, but he's way out on the open, Yedajay's going to cover his back.
Trigger with a wall, just good for the Vise-Util, but still hard committed.
Thor's going to be opening up, Paranoid connecting, Yampea's in trouble.
Going for the bailout, and that's a slow, mechanical element that's going to squeeze Yedajay.
Trying to stand up toward that pressure.
He's eventually going to go down, 3v3.
But they were the team that was actually going to be running the trap on Yampy there.
The speed is up! That's lovely.
Ninth ball, scanners out.
And one shot and a dunk does find the mark.
That means the plant's not going down.
Zeus up onto the flank here.
Still with a showstopper in the back pocket for these teams.
Durka not aware at all.
The horn big reveal.
The lights in them all up.
Poppy just looking to see if he gets disjoint.
Snap back away from the seas, but it's all watched for.
Sop puts him into the dust, into the grave.
Four to four now.
Don't give it up so lightly
So finally finds a moment to be able to have some value
So in our drops of all they're hoping to get the punish, but subs quicker on the trigger and now that home was everything
Yeah
Don't think they were supposed to swing that no caught into scouts doesn't see my game for them
there. Zeus utilizes showstopper previous round. It feels like Durk has just been holding on to
his forever. Wait for the right time to use it in strike, but see how this gets utilized now. This
is a, again, Vitality heavy, but it was his A presence, but they've got nobody watching any of
these areas. Soap, so damn brave, deep push out towards B. Flank is going to be approaching,
surrounded on every front. Vitality, aware of this. They've been doing a lot of
of pumpfakes into A trying to pull out somebody util and pivoting into B.
Still got enough.
It feels like a culture middle.
Someone's going to be, but loose.
Brock deaded.
Zeus is going to be hard onto the plank here.
And here he goes.
He's going to try and put a stop to it.
He does.
So we're going to be handling going to be holding this one back.
It's not seen if you can pull more out.
But it's been baited into these fights.
Master player advantage now for vitality.
Dirk is still with this ultimating traffic.
Oh, it's being surrounded here.
Put the switch side step in this one, but so should what has a bullet to the dome.
Put it to the town, out towards the backside, now on the overdrive, already fighting their footing.
This is the Turkish aim.
Entirely empowered onto the retake.
Why didn't their time well there?
Dirk is still not using the showstopper in that spot.
Never felt comfortable to be able to pop here.
Didn't get the read on when foot, we're going to attack them.
What a fumble from Vitality.
They're actually done with the first wave without Felly nicely. Had to post one position.
No, she's not going to be happy about that one.
It's a 4v3 where you have Razalt in a post plan.
You should be able to convert that, but as you said, foot swarm in.
Pop the Razalt.
Yeah, I mean we were saying it.
And he hits the time out.
Pen on the no foot, time out button hit.
Er, Durka, why didn't you see...
Is the button working, Durka?
This is a tactical timeout though, not a tech timeout, so I think his alt button is presumably
still working.
Yep.
That could be the Coinbase wincon.
Yeah, I think the Coinbase wincon condition is for them to actually use some of their
ulti to this spot.
I'm rare the ult plus it is.
Yeah.
But I think what they're trying to do is play fairly slowly and get a read on what foot
are going for, but they didn't have the information in that round all five grouped up towards
Rubble.
And foot to their credit.
It's a really good idea to be going for something unusual like that B-push
in a round where you have a big alt disadvantage.
Because you get the flank retake going, and that's where Sob can shine.
What was Foots' big strength of being able to pull those over G2?
It was how tight they were playing.
Yeah.
And they're spacing the way that they traded off each other.
I think you demonstrated there with Sob and Cross Starly.
Fundamentals are being rough solid.
Sort of like that slip of times when they let the mental, the pressure, I think,
moment take over but now we're seeing a very strong start from foot it might
finally be able to best vitality this year early days yet of course map one
but pressure is on vitality stop again with this op line taking it nice and
early deep walk up both sides here young people just wants holding it out as soon
as the current drops again this is gonna be carnage stepping forwards it's broken
So it was right there and there it is.
In strange, Durgus finding it, but he snaps to the side back again.
Spikely reclaimed, as the fighter is one out,
favoured for Vitality with player advantage.
A pretty important tactile now, I would say.
Durgus hits the ult, comes back, lands down to earth,
spins and hits another.
Creates a player advantage for his team.
Vitality go not eager to rush into anything.
No, they love slowing the rounds down in situations like this.
A little bit like that.
Straight onto the B site, looking to see if he can spot out.
He's going to be wall-steaded, thorns on top of it, Sop, he's right there, he's going to get the opportunity to go down, he's brave as anything!
Paranoia one-matter, still secures the shot, lightening fast, so he didn't get any energy, waiting to play up this pressure.
2v2, oh my!
It's a decent try by Punt. Vitality though, just a little bit better.
Sop felt like he had to bail, even after getting the punish there on the first shot.
I'll add a little bit of a gap with the rest of Vitality coming in.
Oh, look at that movement.
Ridiculous of Durka.
And well-held on the angles here from Cron and Profek.
Closing out the round.
Another close situation that goes away by Talady.
Brings him up fight to fight.
And it pushes Butts' economy back down into the dirt.
I think the big thing though that Yampy still not quite doing his baiting out the vice wall early on.
That was a bit tricky there. They asked a lot of Durka.
but he delivered, same to be said, when Kron and Profit were left into it.
They don't have it this round because it's Niko.
They're not even choosing to invest into it.
We're going to see this one fast, looking this way across,
but there's plenty of players waiting over to see Mal.
I don't know, doors opened up.
Turkey might be in a bit of trouble here, Paranoia's good.
You're not blind, it's up to Yampi to see if you can defend over the shoulder
with the right force they have.
You'll get to put that squeeze on.
Just dissecting a hold over the wall to...
It's a risky idea by foot, but when they've got the weaker weapons,
you can understand it.
And it's also good protocols for vitality.
You see the way that Durka tucks? It looks like he's in the open, it looks like he could be punished,
but Yampy's got his back from a very long angle there, as the other players come through Mount 2.
And the spawn keeps building up up to 12 kills now.
Yeah, get another ult online by the time we get into the final round perhaps.
Point to it, just three away, going hunting for the stragglers then.
Vitality, flawless from them, they take the lead in the tower, that's despite losing a pistol round.
They're looking strong on their map here. Could have been some questions when they didn't go towards farm.
They would have a perma back. They would not that they do not want to play.
So, it creates that open question for Vitality.
That's the question we got later on. I mean, map 2 of Ascent.
I can't seem to be banning it out a lot.
We'll see when we get there for now.
One more round to play in this half and one more half yet to be played.
Top immediately up onto the right and his shot just goes wide.
He was moving.
Inaccuracy.
But look, going to the skybox.
That's lucky for Profek.
It really is.
Same slow beginnings by Vitality.
Heavy leaning over towards A, but he never wants to rush into things.
Top takes another shot, just indicating that he's there.
Still stays in position though they are leaving a completely up to Yedajay.
He's got the steel gun in his back pocket. They're hoping that that's enough.
It's so much pressure. Place on his shoulders. Walls being stoked out. Baited out now.
It's going to indicate quite a bit. Vitality have been leaning into the B.
Splits off the back of this one. Paranoia is good to see if they can push this back and away.
Already space taken. Siren has already deep-pated a little.
That's incredible patience from Yedajay not just ripping the ult there.
Even though he was hit by the paranoia. He still was just waiting to see are they running at me?
No, it's a pump fake. He saves the all that could be the round winner right there
He could massive tool to save for this one again. Paul's gonna be opening up wide, but yet a changes needs to
Tight so you can survive this one. No real commitment from vitality. They're looking for a little bit more
No one's gonna be broken yet a jake just spoil reveal this position
That's a night for now. They're still kind of gonna be let loose at least but over the walls to be side
This is vitality taking
Searching over the wall.
They're so deep.
They're already deep, deep into CT and over the walls, heaven.
Cyan Arrows capitalizing.
Yedda J now, feeling like he has to fight his way out of a box.
Plants already down.
The time pressure already mounting here.
This is foot that are scrambling for any sort of foot.
Hold as proper.
Fuller to the top.
Yedda J taking out.
Stapping to the side.
It's a leg shopping, not enough for the kill.
Master player advantage again.
Turkey without watchful eye.
Now with a shot from the earth.
Stop.
This damage done.
Suffering up.
Stop.
But what more can you really do about this?
What is that?
Vitality!
Almost beginning to end here, but they were in complete control
for a select few rounds, 7-5 at a half.
And went dork against his ult on line.
He drips it immediately this time.
Stylish as well, the way that he finished off.
That kill. Crazy.
Yedajay did what he could, but the rest of his team let that
massive gap in BB a big problem.
Finally did here still could be anyone's game seven five
Hell of a competitive half overall, but for now, thank you standing by we're gonna send it down to the co-streaming booth
We've got the biggest foot fan in the world standing by
This is a really serious matter
We've had several noise complaints from the co-streaming area because allegedly a British man has been seen in a foot jersey
Yelling screaming
Chanting over the balcony and he matches your description sir. What have you got to say for yourself?
Well, I mean, I'm just trying to push back, you know, we had the EDG game.
There was a lot of EDG fans here rooting against Foot.
So I'm just trying to push back the title with.
I mean, we've got Yinsu supporting Vitality over there, Boaster's there,
you know, supporting them as well, telling me Vitality going to win too well.
We've got biased casters here, Josh, Saichu, Wilkinson
supporting Vitality as well.
So I'm just trying to push back from all the bias against Foot.
You also contractually obliged it as well.
I mean, but I'm leaning in hard, you know.
I can hear you leaning in hard.
I need you to teach me and the audience some footchance.
You want me to do one right now?
I do, yeah.
OK, I mean, this is a once in a lifetime.
I'm going to stand up.
Camera man, get ready.
OK, here we go.
And so Chubbub came over from Navi.
He only wants to play with Crustalli.
And so came over with a message.
Awful, fine, don't play for free.
Am I being a bad word?
I didn't say.
You're very lucky that I remember yeah, I might have been fine
I never normally give my microphone away, but I did it for you because I think put needed that right now
Yeah, they prop they probably did I mean to be honest
I still feel okay 7-5 still winnable for sure
So hopefully they can just win a second pistol here
You know start here in that seaside with double jewelers and win the and win the game hopefully and if they win
Do you oil up? Is that the word you use?
I think let's go there. Okay
cool. Well, I hate to
disappoint the people holding
the TNB oil up signs, but
never mind. Let's get back to
the game. Just don't real. I
don't think I disappointed. I
mean, every way of the years at
this point, he's committed to
doing it. But when the entire
tournament, there you go. It's
just a very okay. It is. It has
been a competitive half, but I
think the thing that he's not
that he's not discussed there is that foot won the initial pistol and so they
probably need another it feels like to be able to get back into this all big
performances from Zeus and Sop on the top of ULIS entry.
Deep point nice and early key and you're right this surrounds actually gonna be
required an essential at that vitality. Chicky set up over towards B main, bait
and switch, Siren hour is gonna be tight here but he does reveal his position
and now stepping forwards, he's gonna try and fight this paranoia. It's good yet he's just flying, firing, back pedaling,
Somehow comes up with a kill. Now we're seeing the pivot over the wall.
So, Blue Room, Durka, bat time to go into the Reload.
It's somehow still living with it.
40 HP and a dream.
They's going to be recoiling, rebounding, pushing them back away.
How is Durka still alive?
Self-remotable directions here, shot through the wall, barely alive here.
Suffered up the foot, opposition.
Roppek cleans that kill up.
He was getting still, but Kronikul, up onto that low angle.
Has main control now.
We're going to be put down into the grave once more.
Or Sop, Sop, some are vining too.
And a 2v2 is what we've landed into from Big Saffi and Yampi.
Right off that pressure, it's just in time.
They get in such big performances out of key players in these moments, Vitality.
To shut down similar attempts on the other side, a 2k from Sop.
There's suddenly belief that it gets dashed.
Vitality's pistol, going 1 for 1 here on Lotus. They've just been better in the rifle rounds.
He should be under you, David. Can you just do something?
That's a classic call for me, I think.
Put now under a lot of pressure. Once they get the rifles back, they're going to be down quite a lot.
Assuming the Vitality can clean this one up and Dirkus could through it with the Outlaw, man.
Opportunity and a feast for him.
Build up to whatever else.
It's far away now, but with the Outlaw you never know.
You see that deep smoke laying down.
Horde's not going to be dealt with.
Just going to reveal lots of profit.
Going to DTP surely with a punish.
They're trying to step up to it.
Classics.
Finding a couple of targets.
That's risky.
That's risky.
That's risky.
It's anything vulnerable, but I think they know inclination.
Shots going wide.
Still it's traded.
You're handing over potential weapons.
If you could be reclaimed.
I have a plate.
So he's his hands now still walking forward.
That is danger.
Still here.
Now a full committal, Satchel.
He's back, he's just knocked out of the corner.
Satchel zoos his forwards.
Side step and Kron.
Hits the mark, hits the shot.
Spectre in hand, but Yedda J.
He's going to be revealing his position.
He's spotting his players out.
Side step and Kron and Kron.
Masterly trying to dodge and wean.
And down!
And all secured in the end by the Ambi himself
So many rounds have just come so close
And yet put a missing that extra piece to get them across the line in this round. They had no weapons
It's a mad play from Sayonara. That one honestly straight through the snake bite
And yet a jay
This is for the first time.
Haha, right!
As I can say, in his brain as disconnected, he just walked down into the open and got WACKED by Zeus!
They're elevating the cortisol levels of the coaches!
But it's pretty stable, to be honest, with round two!
Both of these teams almost lost up to Convert and the Pistol.
And it's a potent eco from both teams, you're exactly right, mirrored.
It's not going to be really a proper eco from Vitality, they got...
Outlaw, but investing into a couple of pistols, not too much in terms of bites.
Everybody's got the full armour as well on foot, so in theory, Durka shouldn't be able
to find too many opportunities with this weapon.
We're not risking it, but we are going for an aggro-peak push, out towards B. That's
going to be, silently, a wedge inserted into the middle of the map here.
The wall's going to be stunting them for now.
There's any attempt of a retreat back over towards A or C from any of these planes?
might get caught up.
Drink wash.
Prophec could go for a teleport, but I think someone would hear it.
It depends if you can find just the perfect timing.
Yeah.
But just slowly looking to see if they can take control, baiting out the vice wall, at
least over the sea side, but the rotation is cool for vitality here, stacking over the
wall today now, Durga, shots, actually connecting at least with the one of them.
Socio will knock down a 61.
At some point these ANC players, they have to reunite and they're going to have to go
through or past Sayonara and Prophec.
already you can start to see the damage might be done here profit gearing up for it level awareness
rifle aim is on point with the baby switch sign I just did straight past the wall
see if they got that level of awareness they do hear it it's comes out boom bro gonna be broken as a
result sort of he's getting some ground but not aware of this one turker so close now being
grabbed down this is carnage and already the city's players squaring up can't be without right to
reclaims it but put the bullet to the dome so he's finally stopped for that outlawing to have to
The sub gets the word now, through the door, Cron, stray shots, maybe an opportunity here.
That was going to be pointing this one out though, foot, you're going to see that discipline,
the high low set up, this is exactly what I needed to navigate it.
Really nice there towards the end for foot, some absolute carnage moments in the pool
as you're saying, Durka trying to keep them back with the blast backs, madness.
Definitely a dangerous moment there when Propex got the Sharon train, but Foot navigated it fairly well, kept their economy looking good, and importantly got up to the first alt.
Zeus outpacing Turka with more access to those alt orbs, more access potentially to the plants as well.
My eyes are on him. Zeus has been one of the players that has stepped up the most from Foot.
I think putting him on to stuff like the Raze has just opened his world up.
Speed activated. Slow take over towards this.
A rebel by Posh Shots as well.
That's going to be a showstopper committed.
Blazer retreating, but Zeus is biding his time, holding it down.
But he doesn't know which way to commit it. This one, dissipating.
Off the back of all that pressure, at least they have taken side control.
Clearance out towards A, but there are players holding out.
Reinforcements arriving. Vitality rapidly approaching.
Stay fight ricochet's back. It's gonna be delaying that plan a little bit now and the players are floating all the way in bodies
Rifles watch rain into the angles here. Yambi's doing so much that work surrounding them still garden
It's gonna be pulled out
Also the back in a way here might also you're gonna be locked down to the secondaries, but so I stepped here
That is chaos being called for so she will try to take advantage of it, but they're still a player down plan
We'll go down
Wasn't pushed back this time by Vitality, going exploring with the risky plays.
Punish by Chronicle himself, side step, good movement by Profick.
The trade might be there, but Yennajai, no long for the waltz.
Beautiful fundamentals from Vitality.
Yeah, I think that's a great way of describing it.
Chronicle's holding the stairs push.
Durkin is the only player to get hit by the SteelGarden
and yet protected the entire time.
One player over towards that drop, one player in heaven.
There was no way for Foot to be able to get in on the site
and actually grab that kill.
Sayonara and Propbeck.
They still did such a great job at creating that control
and waiting to group back up.
At this point, Foot desperately needs something.
Anything. They are down and they are losing
almost all of these rifle rounds.
They're going to take a tactical time out here.
It looks like Vitality maybe should have been picking Lotus in the previous games that they played against them.
I mean apparently they could be set up for success as well moving forward.
I don't know what footgun could come up at this point, the money, but I'm at a bargain bin.
That's what they're scraping for when it comes to weaponry, foot, don't have a lot.
I think you've got to be hoping if you're foot.
You know Vlad, he'll give them an idea for the next rightful round, but on this eco you're just hoping that Sof could pick up an ult or go crazy with the neon ult somewhere.
You really are just relying on someone having a hero round to get you back into this game.
into this game. I had a great
potentially to pull some of the
ultimate out of vitality because
Santa builds up to some of the
big ones. It's one of the biggest
ones they've already got. So it
is vitality's mad pick. But my
god, they're playing like it.
It's been a very, very big game
so far. It's competitive up to a
certain point. But now firmly in
the driving seat, four round lead
to make it five scrap over
towards mound where's who slants an early kill with a vandal hey there could be
chances for foot
possibility to hear a rifle in his hands
he's gonna be meeting it though, Mourn's gonna be broken and dealt with there
Mourn's not gonna be layered down
just as faithfully they could be fighting over towards C mound control but
dissipating and pulling back now
so but love to get that altar
really would, or open something it's gonna
Force Chronicles release.
Rock and death, 70 Utah, the thorns, and the wall's going to be
already triggered, TTP's up and about.
This is foot looking like they do want to commit into this one.
No messing around, there's no pump fakes.
Walking away all the way into the side,
but that controlled element of vitality,
steady hand and steady aim.
It's not in this far, already got that player advantage situation.
It's up the sop, overdrive now, uploaded.
He's gliding his way all the way into the back, forcing out the ultimates.
forwards, can't quite score for the five properly.
One HP to the K, kicking inside, step in the C's forwards again,
but his right falls just too potent to the hands of Vitality here.
We have to use the one ult for their trouble.
Another great round, another controlled round, another one where Foot
crash up against the rock to no avail.
Vitality simply holds strong in good positions.
High low, punish off the song, stop him from running away with the round.
And every time he feels like Foot and building up a little bit of momentum, it gets...
it gets rude.
into the next big all-time vantage favors vitality once again
they've been allowing foot to get into the sights you can see four of these
rounds have been based on retakes they're happy for put to get in as long as
they don't control the important positions chronicles left alone on sea
because he has that still rather than his back pocket to play with we have to
delay even if you do speed up here some self-pub, it's going to be around him. Gold's trying
to delete him by you too but it's a Suze to one deleted. Experience, he showcases Sion
R immediately inserting himself into a one undone position. It's only for Chronicle to
play off of alongside Durka. Durka rotated very quickly with the showstopper. One for
issues here. Sop just walks up onto the line and I must see a showstop.
Uuuh! Used!
Just goes wide here.
Damage!
Damage done, but no kills claimed.
It's 44, one minute onto the mark.
Prophex reinforced as well. There's still three players here.
Dangerous.
Positioned for foot to be in.
I mean, a pivot B here looks great.
I don't know, perhaps.
Store's going to be open and wide.
I'm sure it does have the space already.
I don't know what to deal with.
It hasn't been vated out.
TTP from sociable.
Gimpsons way all the way in, and this time it's, yeah the wall's gonna be going up, cut some out.
Eventually fading away here by Talotty.
Shown up patience when it comes to the retakes and they have big ults for it.
Michael's down though.
Huff goes off, surely going to be the ghost signal.
Profek's still with the Paranoid playoff as well.
Yappie, Profek, Kron, they still have so many tools to deal with this.
But, they have to find a player to be better than they've got outside of the Steel Guard.
This three player is out of range of him, but it's going to be predictable in terms of the locations.
Look at that, it's a paranoia and an aide, it's perfect with the util.
Push his players wide out to the extremities and it puts the professional to the A main
with a random spam rifles at hand.
Gnagy just come up with that one still.
It's a TTP, Profic, shuts the door down and out of the fuse can be stung with safety in mind, surely not.
He pushed, stopped, trying to blind it.
And now they know nobody's on it.
Has to be the full stick, Chronicle at the top looking to pull them out, but he's already lost the wing cons.
Looking for the kill.
And at this point, a round one, out foot.
They're barely able to find the perfect line, the path to victory in the midst of all of that.
They hold on by the skin of their teeth there.
Crostali with a big ultimate.
Knocking all of the sound cues away from Vitality and play all their health as well.
Spam delivers the kill onto Yampi.
And then that pushback through.
Pulling more and more players off of the diffuse.
The damage is large, but they need these rounds on the board.
and they're still going to be able to get a fight together.
It's only Khristalinga has to go with the Guardian.
It's to be dealt with here.
It's not broken, it's a big reveal.
Reveals at least that that TTP has crossed up and towards the side,
but they do defend it with Durkin taken out.
Play with the hot hands.
Not going to be available anymore,
and it pings out with the gun.
Let's see if they can exchange a Guardian for a bit of a better weapon
by telling a scrabble and just backpedaling.
Let's see if they can survive! What is that?!
Just with the Guardian spawning through the smoke.
Momentum shifted in this game here.
Foot putting together one big round and now in a 5v3.
They can start closing this gap.
Gotta be able to get through this one though.
No mistakes, no opportunities for great players like Cron
to get back in.
They are headed towards his side though.
Yeah.
All of Chronicles capable of the experience, the tenure.
The cabinet is filled to the brim.
I have a score to settle as well with some of these players.
We'll see it. Holding it. Slide off angle towards the back here.
Has called for help. This Prophet going to be joining him, but still just through the five.
What do they handle it? The phone's going to be dead early here.
An eight sailing up the towards and over towards the top.
Cronon is just the one with a trade. It's never a problem.
Here it is. Miguille. Answer the up-p! Pressure behind.
Sound cues and a pressure made. Nobody was certain to face him.
It's a mad dash. How did he respond?
Contemplating where the hell do you go to Trollpoint?
So now he's on 70 HP and have a tap.
Yampy holding his dove.
Up towards the top though with a seize and he knows that this plan is not being committed.
Now he sees it all.
Pressure's on.
Gustave sticking.
Gets the plan down but he doesn't know where Yampy is.
It's a guessing game!
And how the hell did Vitality win it?
Two rounds now.
Yampy is delivered for them on the C site.
By just rushing his opponent with a light weapon.
He steals it away to Mastali, who's got a small smile on his face, as he watches Lo to slip away.
11 HP.
And that's a 3v5.
They got themselves in such excellent positions to shut that down.
How is Yampi ready at the beat-off?
Oh no.
As the C-Head comes through, they understood exactly what was going on there.
Mami could not have been more perfect.
What have to convert rounds like that if they have a chance of getting past vitality?
He's not here, but this is the last real chance to survive in this map.
I tell you, just looking for the finishing moment really here on Lotus.
Yeah.
Four sheriffs.
Get some pieces of spandex raining down.
How the hell is there no time to be done here?
These zero bullets hit the getter.
Somehow avoiding all of it here.
Neo seeing Bulama across the board,
scared of the prospect of the outlaw.
But now this could get messy and be caught again.
Moving away here,
gonna go with a chance to really deliver.
There it is, Bullet.
Sectored at home, potentially.
That flash is excellent, see.
Can't quite escape, but surely he's done a damage.
Kastali, wall, do you have a shot?
Sherwin is hands.
They don't know about Durka.
Exit, sing, Durka, up onto the flank.
This could be everything.
Unaccounted four in his position,
and the mouse is poking out.
Damage done.
10 HP to Nate Sailing down.
It's going to be a perfect play up for a Salute Q.
It's the star's corner, the corner.
The damage water done there.
Round one out by Talotty.
Locking up there, Matt Pick.
He steps up to the plate, and he can knock this one out of the park!
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That's what that is, that's what that is, that's what that is
Here with Coach Pall and Vitality Pall, did you see anything you would like to add to
the game to make sure that you guys pulled it out to all?
Yeah, a bit of flippin' disciplinary, nice.
I think the score probably doesn't represent how messy that game was
and how many opportunities we gave him to get back into it.
I think it should have been a few more our way or a few more their way.
Yeah, we're gonna need a lot more discipline if we want to close this out relatively cleanly, that's for sure.
Thank you, that's an honest answer from Paul because he was shouting,
Yepi, stop fighting, Gro!
Thank you so much for that, Jen.
Well, look, I mean, pal, with that brutal honesty.
But look, if you're coach, pal, you have to be at least somewhat pleased
because, well, folks, we have our, you know, Verizon high speed moment
of the match from Vitality.
And most importantly, it was from the likes of Durka.
This guy constantly, Billy, bringing the heat,
dropping a cool 20 in the server.
This is exactly what the doctor ordered for Vitality.
Yeah, Durka is the kind of player that will be able to have individual moments
throughout a map such as this one. I think it just goes to show the kind of
caliber of experience this kind of roster has right. You can always rely on
Derricka to come out with some crazy plays such as this one. This was ridiculous though
getting the off the drop back down for a second on that refight and I do agree
fast assessment here that there were quite a few moments where I think
vitality started to let things slip and had to rely on a bit of the
individualism to bail them out but what was great was that they were
delivering in those moments very consistently whether it be the yampy
clutches or the jerky multi-kills all of those guys were stepping up in those
rounds to count messy and I can understand the frustration because I
think for coach pal he looks at these players especially the veterans on that
stage you know yampy chronicle Durka he's looking at them and saying hey guys
like these like weird little moments we got a cleanup like we are one of the best
teams in the world veterans guys who've been doing this for a super long time we
shouldn't be making these kinds of errors which I think is like maybe a little
the game. It's not going to
be a very difficult game. It's
not going to be so harsh, but at
the same time, maybe necessary,
considering your fighting for
top four here at a global event
when I think back to pals team
last year of that BBL roster.
There was a lot of overheating.
There was moments where there
was the lacks of discipline, and
yeah, sometimes that does
happen here, but he is the kind
of guy that is always going to
keep it honest, keep it real
with the rest of his players.
You know, guys, let's not get
too excited and think that we've
won the series yet by over
hitting in those kind of
moments. Of course, young people
was pulling out of her Oaks
and those kind of last chance
back a little bit. It would be more positive. I think in the second half it was a really
good approach from Team Vitality. In particular, I liked how they were going for early aggression
on one side to shoot foot away, but then quickly calling away from that and playing a lot of
set retakes. When you try and hard anchor against foot, their double goalers are so excellent
at just destroying you on those rounds. But they were constantly playing that step back
and then fighting forward to flood once footed expended their utility. That's exactly the
right approach. And the execution on defense was quite good.
Yeah, no, it truly was, but of course the question on our mind is how does Foot respond?
How do they bounce back?
Well, that's going to start with the coaching staff, so let's send it over to Jen Lee once
again standing by with the main man, Vlad.
Here we have Coach Vlad of Foot.
Vlad, what is it going to take you guys to take it to map three?
I think we got to just give our energy because like we didn't give anything at all in the
waters.
Thank you so much.
And Foot's map pick is coming up and it's going to be a set.
That's right and we know that a send tends to be a great map for Turkish
Valorant but I do want to take it back to what coach Vlad just said there about
energy and I understand that especially in this environment you're gonna need to
like ramp that up and you know that the Chronicle, Yambi they're gonna keep the
emotions high Billy on that stage for the Vitality team. Well we spoke to Vlad the
other day and we had told him that he is on the team that is probably the most
that you're going to be able to
lift those kind of spirits for
the rest of the rookies on this
team to the global stage. And
yeah, I think going into ascent
though they can find a little bit
of confidence. You know, Vlad
had also mentioned to us that
they're happy to finally show
their diversity across the map
pool and being able to pick out
ascent in the previous series
that they play in. And I think
especially when we consider how
in the previous series that they played and I think that if you're vitality that
maybe caught you by surprise today I don't know if that it's a map that they
maybe would have expected foot to play into. Of course it is gonna be
challenge here for foot as Billy had mentioned. They have played so many
matches more than anyone else so you know those boys must be reeling but you
gotta push a little bit more if you want to make it to that top four. It's been a
a month since Team Vitality have played this map and we already see a change in the composition.
Previously it was Durka on the neon. He changes over to the jet on this one.
An icon on that agent. And this game for me is a clash between the new and the old.
It's Durka on his iconic agent. On the map he's always been excellent at against the foot team
that is so young, that is so hungry, and have one of the best up-and-comers-in-soft on that role.
We need to see so much more from him, so much more from Zeus in this map if they want to stay alive in this competition.
I'm really happy to see this pivot over from the neon to the jet. I think that this suit stack up perfectly, especially when we consider the sniper uses that we're expecting, especially starting on this defence, how they're going to fight for those extremities.
Think as well, we need to bear in mind this was a map that Vitality didn't really like playing in EMEA. They didn't really show it. They banned it in that grand final when they had the double map ban advantage.
and foot. The other day, came out swinging on this map, showed how great it was for them.
I'm looking at Zeus on the stage. That was a highlight for me in being able to set
Soap up into these great deep angles on the outlaw in those positions.
Looking for Vitality's answers to mid-control on this defensive side. I think Foot did a great job of flying into a lot of splits against you, too.
Using the wall to facilitate those ideas. I think Dorkosov is going to be a big win condition for them in this first half.
Footy sports are going to have to dig deep, folks, if they want to take this to map three.
but we have seen them do that time and time again.
Does Mike Taliedo shut the dream down?
Let's send it back over to your casters,
Brent and Sideshow for the call.
Exactly right here.
Ascent coming up.
Best opportunity for Foote to see if they can.
Correct that previous map.
Take it all the way to split.
For both of these teams, there's parity
in terms of the goals that they're reaching for.
Obviously, trophies are in the back of their minds,
but the chance for both of these teams, I think,
to as well reach even higher peaks than they have in the past.
as an August players themselves.
We look towards a center here foot.
They've got to put their best foot forward now.
An opportunity here to see if they can even up the series,
take it all away.
One of these EMEA teams will advance,
but they have to cannibalize each other
in the regional matchup.
There's only space for one of them in that top four.
And I love the comparison between the two jets
that we're getting here.
It is the old against the new.
The legacy jet of Durka, who's been here
from the very beginning versus Sop, a player that was more known for the Neon to be honest,
who's come out and mastered London and just looked incredible.
They're about to be treated to one hell of a clash here.
Rock's already got that util ready.
This smoke's gonna be laid down, paranoia.
Safe for now.
Vaughn's to stunt this one, but Fudda not messing around.
It's a deep dash off the back of it, paranoia,
but that's gonna be a connection from the Recon.
He's gonna be revealed into the corner.
The Shukta clears him out.
So Fumma's going down in a process of the heel in the back pocket.
deep cage, he's there for a window of opportunity,
flashes back to the side though,
he's gonna be surviving for now,
almost taken down, so.
The first class between those jets
ended up being a stalemate.
Dirk has taken a bunch of chip damage though.
Both sides, some also weak as anything,
but the first plant down now and a flank
is starting to activate, vitality.
Putting pressure now on multiple fronts,
see it's gotta be cleared up,
a sociable, there's really gonna contest
our tangle with it.
Dirk, oh, what is that?
Snaps down, straight to the Dirk,
It's just pinpointed that's illegal mini about pressure of everything the rest of his team seeing now. It's all
Absolutely
One nigga though at a height pissed around the vitality
I'm sorry one of the stoker just done with those two kills
The first one is
Disgusting the second one is just
How on earth has he got?
SOTIALS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT PLAYER TO GET THROUGH
TWO PLAYERS ON THE FLANK, SOTIALS' JOB IS TO TRY TO DELAY THEM
HOLD THAT THE REST OF HIS TEAM COULD FIGHT
THROUGHIN' US, FOR FOOT, IN THE PISTOL
THE DIRK HAS SHOWEN YOU WHY, HE'S SO GREAT
I MEAN THE WAY THAT HE'S CHALLENGED IT BACK IN OFF REFIGHTING
THE TIMING OF HOW HE FIGHTS IS SO GOOD ON DEFENCE
THE REST OF HIS TEAM'S PRESSURE THAT THEY CREATE
Keep going on about it, but just for his own play, you get to see the tenure and experience made manifest.
Oh, there's a great reason why we had high expectations for the Vitality team.
Because of what these players have done before.
But, looking to see if they can explode out and catch a player on the way.
Here he goes in the hand, it's not the right.
Gun has got a job, it's too super. Ends up taking him out.
Not really a weapon to reclaim, but Chronicles already insert themselves in for a main.
They're looking to see if you can plug up the gaps.
But now that warren hand has to come in.
There it is, Chronicle.
Hopefully playing again on the sound cues
the pressure that's created from the rest of them.
And Tynar happy to plug up the gaps.
This one-two punch of Turku Kron has been a menace here
early on.
They're the two players you're looking for in Vitality,
the big names, the ones who know what it is to win.
This is a region that's been starved of trophies for so long.
Yeah.
I haven't lived in a trophy since 2023, no fanatic even at this event, but we do have
Durka and we do have Con. We're in a different jersey this time. Change of the tides. I hope
some dreams on EMEA, but one of these squads will be dashed at the end of this. Pressure.
Looking to push out through Gelato here. Yeah. Shucked down. It's going to be missing
a trip. This is off the one way timing being dropped, perhaps? Yeah, not too short. Social
he's just got knife out right now there he goes here dissipation there's a flash up towards
it's over dropped it's a double up play starly disengages wants nothing to do with it
oh make it moves over the wall see if i'm not about walls gonna be causing problems again slow
i'll be finding a mark there our all shots ringing out stop left hand is just 10 hp
no gil inside forum and he's flying is anything yampi cross spam
Ending ahead.
Soon as he hears a switch, he in-hits.
People feel that from the dark too.
There is danger here before they are crumbling.
But he's got to try and punch a hole straight through it.
Anyway, Yampy!
Yampy!
He's not done for any marching.
Absolute domination from Foot Set-Up.
The value that they got from the light weaponry was sublime.
Durga hits a 140.
Yampy chips it down.
And that's footfall.
He gets a wall-back feeling before he's even used the Recon.
He barely aims there, doesn't he?
Yes, I mean, there is.
Scatter and a shot's hoping that he can pick it up.
We look lost, we look lost.
We look lost.
Racking for the miniscule super.
No break on the Recon star.
That's going to be incredibly frustrating.
But also no bait on that vice wall.
Just popping in, getting scrambled by the gelato push.
There's a question about an experience. Might be rearing its head once more.
We're talking about it. Foot.
They do crumble, and the pressure's upon them. They've never been able to best Vitality since 2025.
Vitality have already taken down EMEA number one seed. They got their revenge game.
This was supposed to be foots. They should be coming into this with fire in their belly.
Wanting to get one up over the team that's constantly held them down.
that's a nice shot but enough for the kill the wall just saving yampi there
splits through mid from foot vitality give them a little bit of that space
after Durk had peeked early on just ready for it though. Durk is watching one
after you look at it looking down the main and there's Drop it your time to shine
get right up to it into the spotlight and he delivers you get a check see if you
could do anything at all bit of damage so what picked up the spike is only out
of reach now yeah it's a mild overheat and also profit is okay for a moment
that profit was the only player but having saying our spot of it trapped him
yeah it's good for it a little patience of surprise that powers interview in the
coach saying that he needed more discipline from vitality it's too
sloppy for his liking but they're doing the best to really pump the brakes
Yeah, I was surprised by that as well actually it was more negative than I was expected
There are some sloppy moments where things came down the clutches
But they would there were fewer than in the previous times that these teams have matched up
Actually, but I'll tell you have been pretty well controlled. I
Think some of the tension might perhaps be getting to even the coaches
I need to see a big step up here for anything to turn this around down by four rounds
Guns in their hands that Biden had time for now waiting out for the pressure
Suze can try to play for the old over towards a they'll give them options
Ideas to play towards but sociable's got to come up with some kind of game plan to crack this difficult defense
It's posturing and either side right now
Now Harker middle foot
Feeling quite tepid in their approach
At some point as we reach that minute mark I'll have to gear up into something
They're backing off and going over towards B. This bait and switch setup with Durkin and Sayonara could be brutal if they do tread into B main
Can't already broken earlier here. We're gonna take a listen in to see if you can deal with it
F the hundred left!
One more, bro.
I didn't hit him.
I know, bro.
30 seconds left.
I'm going to smoke. I'm going to try.
You can do it.
You can do it.
It's a comedy of errors from foot there.
That's diabolical.
It's all gone wrong.
They lose stuff inside of the ultimate.
And Zeus was to play with the Reds.
He died to a headshot.
All gone wrong.
There's only 14 seconds left.
There's no- Well, where are you going with the spike right now?
There's no time.
10 seconds left.
Where's the avenue?
They've scramble themselves completely.
They don't know, why do we even go here?
You have no choice but to save.
This is foot that are just losing their head at this point.
That round is absolutely diabolical.
What a moment for us to have jumped into the comms.
Stop slow down on the entry, 0-0 and 5.
Killed by his own Huntsman's fury,
and then the player that could have raised it
might have been able to keep up
even a shred of the momentum to trade.
So slow.
Lestagic on foot.
Instantly.
Yeah.
There are still two players on foot, five rounds in without a kill to their name.
The coaches have got to take a moment.
I mean, is it going to be nerves?
Is it going to be just trying to get them to play more like themselves?
They are trying to have a slower approach to this.
They're prodding, they're looking for utility.
It's difficult to deal with.
You've got Turku going to be aggressive with the AWP.
So, in Arakah, it could be Flash peeking.
Lots of different trap setups to run with the Phoenix in the comp.
Yeah.
And you also have to depot and deal with the Vice Util somewhere.
I said it's always going to be hard when you're on the attack side, but they do look lost just to take vitality's coaching staffs. I'm sorry. What's coaching staffs own words about what they were saying about their team. They do look lost.
They're going to turn around. I got to pick up the hopes and dreams here.
There was that Coinbase wincon, but that's going to be it. The morale needs to be there. Some urgencies from foot, some belief in themselves that they can do it. Is it getting shut out here?
I think the Coinbase win condition is gonna be mental. It's going to be the coaches instilling some level of energy back into the team.
They don't look like they believe that they can win right now. They don't look like they think that they are going to come out on top in these skirmishes.
It's constantly backpedaling and fumbling.
Now, from an instant of foot, the highest positions they've ever been able to reach in the past, that 5th, 6th position, they've got to pick it up here, that's what they're going to be staring at once more, a rinsing repeat of the past.
There is so much to deal with, like you said, Turku's operator.
One step to get around, a traplator, hold on, Siner, Siner off and go Turku.
That's primed! He really does.
Wait it out. Take his time with a shot here.
He can't burst. This is a gage.
Pushing.
Up to the side. There is that dash to this engage.
What a dodge from Sop.
Barely out of dodge.
They've got things into a 4v4.
Unfortunately, the play with the res has died again.
Getting easier.
This is the ultimate that's supposed to
create those advantages from even situations.
Talotir's so fluid right now.
Moving around the map.
And this is a crazy spot.
This spot, poking over towards the B main angle, Turkish is suddenly jump-hopping, he's hoping that they'll be over towards that cat side of this three players right in front of him.
Are they aware of it? Syon pulls out! It's a good trade!
Kostali, straight on it, on his heel, still guarding.
Full storm flowing here, was catching his players caught into the corner. 45 seconds left.
They're so worried that they were going to get Pete from cat there. They're scared, tucked into Klux mid.
And a cowering at this point.
I give him Profic, all of this space on A means that Yampi and Kron can double up B.
It's really likely that the spike is headed B, but actually it's dead.
30 seconds left.
Looking to go through every piece of vice utility with 30 seconds.
Two thorns, there's a wall.
FNT forwarded towards it to break it.
What the hell can they even do?
Shrop down takes up one step, but it's at least two players past it.
You've got a lot to clear here with only 15 seconds left and Profic,
he's still got our main control here, spotted out.
But all he's got to do is buy time and arrest the team.
The Neusons, the Thorn in their side, plant, we'll have to go down here for Starling, gets to the middle, there's no actual pushback from the other side of things.
My Tati, a gearing up for the retake, 3v3, but a post plant positioning, a lot to account for, deep throne, but I'm taking out, they just got the signs of lag, they know where Profick is still, up towards Heaven, it's Chronicle.
Rapid now onto the approach, just trying to see if there's any noise being made that he can play off of.
can't waste it. Let's see how this one goes. What's it feeling pressure now as it all opens up?
Right, the counter-spot! Sociable just gears up towards it. The thing is not enough to claim that
kill. There's a 2v1 profit position here. Essential still, but time ticking away. What is that?
1v1 now, profit. Hunting, gearing up for it, but the time ticking again. Smoke covers it up,
the circle shrinking. He's got to stick this all the way. There's no real second chance.
And oh my, what's the time?
Holy Daaamn!
Barely won out.
And it took everything from foot.
That's Profick's first death.
Almost stole it away right from underneath him.
That round comes out of a tag timeout.
I gotta be honest with you, I was worried the entire time that Ful were gonna let it slip away.
If they hadn't shockdotted the first pawns at three, the whole round could have been over.
Could've been over.
Could've been cooked.
Thankfully, Kostali's got that presence of mind.
And a big clutch. They needed rounds on the board.
This half is obviously still recoverable. There's so many rounds left to play.
There's just been tough so far.
Gearing ups.
This spectre shown of course at a main angle.
Albus still gonna be laid down on either side.
Deep dash.
Forward, stop though, he's gonna be blinded up here and he needs some help.
More on the opposition.
A counter force! Lovely with the movement.
Makes it awkward here for Propaganda.
He can't stand up to it.
Back-to-back entries from Sop in these rounds.
He's having a kind of live in the final few moments.
Robin is needed.
I shot, I just can't stop the drone.
Unfortunate timing.
But he's hardly not done yet, but his blunders across the board.
Are you still blinding?
Absolutely everyone.
Did a spam.
Tribute of floorboards.
Crisali's going to be taken out.
Raise those there.
They need to play for the rest of this now.
The scurrilry soft forwards for you.
Go on to a crisp.
The wall just cooking him alive here.
This is Carnage and Chaos.
Trying to thrive in the midst of all of it here.
Controlled tempering aggression vitality taking a sweet time now Bladestorms in the hands of Turker
He's already leading the charge for the backstab but I don't know where the last few players remain
He goes down and a random spam, knife faked them away
So shabble
And the hell have you gone away with it?
That's unbelievable scenes
Chaos 2 players trapped in hell
And the knife comes out stabbing away in the dark
How will they manage to recover this?
Vitality Dissert is ridiculous.
Just ridiculous.
Slashing away at his former teammate, his old IGL, and comes out on top.
A little bit of relief, a little bit of tension dissolved there.
Two nice rounds though, back to back from foot, or at least two successful rounds.
The first one, definitely down to the wire.
Even that one, they had to recover from being downplayers.
But Soppers landed them entries
to make the rounds winnable to begin with,
and they have ideas about how they wanna play.
He's only got two kills for now, but like you mentioned,
they've been hivital, essentially.
Essential rounds where he's entered in.
Enabled foot to at least get two on the board.
Vitality gonna take attack time out here,
but frankly, I think the way that they're playing
is working. They might want to adjust something based on that A-exec. Coinbase win condition
for them might be to try to shut down the APOP. They've been using Prof X positioning
over towards Jenny time after time here and relying on his paranoia. But with the way
that SOC plays, you know, they're dashed towards Jenny, hide inside the cloudburst. He's not
really under that much pressure even when he gets blinded. So I could see them wanting
to change things up and they aren't going to move Crop over towards the A site.
Could have been pressured so much, despite the win, no players really surviving, so the economy is just
a little over the place, Sopple up the knifes to play with, but half armor gives opportunities for Dirk to thrive.
He's not going to be watching for this one though, he's in the opposite area, this is very fast.
Up the gut, straight away, he's trying to put the pinch on to these anchoring players with a TP.
Reinforcements arriving towards the top, but there it is with the updraft.
Hold on, Yampi's life is going to be claimed, it's still with the reveal, and the off-back are not expected.
to Sayonara. He's doing his best now. Carlyar forwards, but there's an activation up to his
mid-energy. Spontagal the rotate, and Corvin to pivot back at once more. Good cancel.
My assist is in.
Norefept also going to be revealing a couple of these player positions, kind of called
trying to bait and fake like he was. Over-rotating. Altered their own. What is this?
So shriveled. It's going to be surely meeting, yeah.
What are you doing?
Commencing!
Because he doesn't want to cancel it and just keeps right in front of Sayonara.
Ridiculous.
2v3 and now making a 1v3.
The foot coaches are not going to be happy about this round.
Scrambling.
The tension in the air with this team, you can tell.
You can cut up with a knife for the way the foot are playing.
Decision making. It's all over the place.
It's been such a great run for them here at London.
But it feels like they're losing their heads a bit in this one.
The last two matches against Vitality, they've all done the three.
They've all been decided in incredibly close moments.
His fast beatbox, not a bad idea, and the decision to cancel is fine.
But then each individual player makes such bizarre decisions.
I mean, look at that. Yampi can't believe it.
He just landed in his lap.
I think this is where you see the experience difference between them.
When they're playing domestically or when they're playing in a Swiss stage,
they're keeping up with vitality.
The bright lights are not shining too far in their face.
Here, they're crumbling.
They're getting way too much.
The money's low and around like this with foot.
Talty gone for an acro plate, mixing it up entirely here.
Overwhelmed though, in terms of the presence, we're still getting one.
There's troubles. Does give away a gun if they can be replayed.
That smoke from social is supposed to let put get the weapon threatened like they could be going out into a and profit just gets on an angle above it.
angle above it and punishes them so hard. Look at these angles. Socialism is
greedy for that gun. Prophex stepped up enormously too. He's at max where he just
comes alive 11 and 3 right now. It's like a tournament to be having.
Sane games all throughout. Matching pound to pound with somebody most experienced
player in the game on his team. It's not enough of vitality to just have
Durkha and Chronicle playing well. Cyanar has been amazing too.
An attempt at a punish on the deep draw on the other chase.
Core with a go, and there's that mid fight. Again, shut down. Vitality.
Seemingly one step ahead.
Really nice splash for the reed fight, but good trade as well to make it possibly winnable.
Waste of the shot! What is that?!
Fairly out now.
It's a cloud burst. Drops down at his feet. Heels all the way back, but...
Being scrambled, put into a blender.
Stally did not want that fight, he had the spike alone.
This Anguayamp is surely unaccounted for, he's going to explore it.
Hold up, what's going on here?
Go for the clearance.
Straight down with a swing, but it is tepid and profits right down to the bend.
Here it is, players up.
Shorty in one hand, wide swing to the other.
These are the kind of plays you make when you know the other team is terrified of you.
Yeah.
The fear is palpable.
Vitality experience enough that they can sense it.
Take full advantage of it.
They're taking liberties in this game.
That went through his legs.
He did lucky.
Kostali not going to have too many more chances, I don't think.
He's had two brushes with death in this round from Durka.
The man with nine lives.
He's going to need to expend a few more of them, though,
if he wants to be able to win this round.
Foot needs some kind of miracle moments to come out.
From someone, from who?
Anyone at all, Profick.
My position here.
Kostali's none the wiser.
Eight to two, Vitality.
I'll look under selling it if I say they're running away with it, but they really are.
You expect the front sides on this map to be dominant, but a lot of the rounds are just over immediately.
Or at least if I tell them to get up to such an advantage, you just can't see the way through, but...
Still raiding people in.
Final two rounds in the half.
If they could recover it here in an A4 and it would be dancing in the streets afterwards
That would be a fantastic outcome for them. A4 half as best they can hopeful here
They don't really have the weapons at all regardless another deep dash in soft is being left to the more
Against the rifle in the hands of chronicle. He's willing to just slap them down
Dismissed them. It's good for the mental gameplay. Just really trying to gear up
And they are really lined up outside our
Just spray transfer all the way down into main and these players are bills crunched into mulch
nine rounds now the vitality
And look at wars that last round and a half to see if they could put a proper cap on it
Coming in expecting this to be a redish game vitality decided to be more dominant than they have been any time to hold played against them
This is the vitality that turned up against Heretic Street.
Something has changed between those playoffs in EMEA here to London.
Vitality have leveled up.
Evolving as a team, looking better and better of each passing game here.
Turker forwards the impression, but off the scurry.
Supports to take an unfavorable fight.
Last hit of that one is going to be doing some other damage.
We're going to have to have a steal guy, they're going to be uploaded already.
Forward's perfect, perfect!
The flash is perfect!
It's a good transfer, but stop is going to be taken down regardless.
The running back is going to be bringing them straight back to life.
2v2.
Foot.
Desperate for every single chance they can get, they've got to hand the spike overs.
Just want to have a res online with this one, but we can't be...
We're talking a big game all the way through from Chronicle and Durka, but can't forget about this guy.
experience reigning in a game now that they expected at all they're watching
for potentially you're in the sound cues but upside-by-side waiting for the
main pressure backs just poke it out he's hoping hunting for that early kill
a bit of spam from a shot top pressure but here we go shot accuracy stop straight
on it, and they can't afford to go.
The wall hits!
Sianara!
Damage!
Oh!
How the hell did they keep doing it?
That's incredible.
The layers to that, the way the Yampi makes it feel like it's only him on the flank.
Pure bait from Sianara, and delivers the 3k dunk at the end.
How vigilant would work for the flank and then they immediately turn their attention away
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Those absolutely new here
On the real stuff first half from Vitality it is pure pure dominance
We're gonna hear from Yampi now in his hyperx play a moment before they look towards that second half potentially a finish
Paper Racks definitely started super well. They kind of forced us to do mistakes.
We were not coordinated at all on the first map, but going into the second map, I knew that we needed to reset and fast,
because if we don't, Paper Racks are just gonna run us over on the second map also, just like they did on the first map.
So I'm super happy that we could reset on time and play together as a team and actually bounce back on the second map.
Heavy emphasis, heavy stack in middle divide, is ahead of this, by a long way, Yampy looking vulnerable but gets a gun out in time.
The second next challenger turns around, squads there for vitality, stunned, Yampy dampens all of that aggression.
Footplay style is a lot of aggressiveness and a lot of unpredictability.
Player that stands out the most is Sociable.
I watch all of their voicemail videos and the way he's leading the team,
Even though sociable stats are very good, he is even more impactful player at the stats.
A great IGL can lead the team in every situation, and especially in the toughest moments, need
to lead by example, and need to make calls to the whole team trust.
represent EMEA as the sole representatives painted out in their compatriots blood.
Vitality, their whole aim is to just live up to the promise of this roster.
And this is the first time that we've seen it.
The dominance that they are showcasing across some of the matches in this tournament
starts to show you glimmers of who they can be.
And the trophies that they're looking to hunt.
On the other side, I thought Poo had done so well at shrugging off
the pressure that came with being the villains.
But we need to see more from them now.
First half looking scared and cow about vitality, let's take a listen in.
One, three, two, one.
Head CT.
I'm clear and right.
Nothing right.
Market, cross.
Nice.
I'm just going to scan the spot.
No, I don't have spot.
I'm going to scan the CT.
CT on my.
CT on my.
I'm on CT.
I'm on CT.
I'm on CT.
I'm carrying you.
Let's go.
I'm peeking.
I'm peeking.
I'm peeking CT with you.
I'll just plant here guys.
I'll clear it anyway, but...
No one's side.
Shut the fuck up, you fucking Baldi.
It's blinding for me.
That's what it takes, apparently.
That's what it takes, apparently.
I mean...
I'm fucking on the pistol.
Yep, looking at this one.
This one for its completely wrong direction, completely lost. 11 of 2 vitality.
They are running away with it.
I was all ready to just talk about how vocal Sayonara is in these comms check-ins.
His experience to the others.
Oh, very vocal.
That pistol should be a death knell for Fudd.
They're gonna force up
Four stingers
Not even really the weaponry that you want on the defense side of a cent. Nope
They're gonna have to adjust their setups just to try to create these short range fights
Vitality
This is a red carpet. Yeah being rolled out right now even though they're on the attack side on their opponents map pick
On the most defense-sided map we have
Swing, Tron needs to be dealt with but he's already been pushed off the wall and you're right Vitality
This is a red carpet being rolled out for the squad
Set their sights on trophies when they were forming this roster
haven't been able to live up to it, but
Gonna change the history books this tournament at least going the right way about it
Looking for a date against Levitan
And sayonara up against neon that could be an incredible matchup
Look at the year candidates from each region, I think.
We're acting like footer out of it.
I mean, I'm not going to try and sell you a bridge.
I need a few more rounds before I start talking about them.
The plane's scared.
At the moment, it feels like they think they're out of it, too.
Yeah.
In this fight, we take it already one step ahead.
The blind is good. Doug is still playing as the kill forwards.
It's in the transfer, so she bought even to doubt.
Trying to play with the back of the pressure.
Swapping all the way in, but again, that swing.
Again, that swing for the smoke just unaccounted for.
Like I've been saying, it's the entire series
as long as a player's attitude and vitality.
2B3 now on the retake, not even the right weapons for the job.
Chronicle is looking to hold them back at the door.
Fade away shots and snappy stop, Durka.
Magnetic, straight to the Domasus.
He's been a monster today.
Durka has been absolutely monstrous.
I think it would have been fair to come into this game if you could have had it taken.
Oh, I actually think that Sops would have performed me better.
I think Sops is going to bring it to Durka.
I think that new rookie energy is going to overpower the legacy player.
I wouldn't have said you were stupid for that, but man, Durka is dominating and he always
turns up to global games.
Ending ahead.
One round is all they need to destroy Vitality.
every peek with every bit of pressure that's placed on the shoulders of foot.
They keep opening up even more mistakes.
You can see it in the way that they're playing.
It's wide swings, not set up at all.
It's there from a thousand cuts.
Mitality perfectly happy to dish this one out.
The Starly is doing its best.
It's three quick kills with immediately.
Evened out.
Blade Storm in a hands of Turker.
Reclamation there of the spike.
Get a J.D.L. just three HP and surely,
surely can't get it done full speed ahead here for Vitality but a top four in
their sights minimum. Get a J, force it just walks straight into them.
13-2 goes about saying this was absolutely unreal. The experience difference that these
squads made manifest as Vitality looked to go even further in the lowers.
EMEA versus EMEA, a rematch, but by times, you just weigh better this time.
The region hasn't looked at the trophy since 2023, but Panatic is not here in London.
Durka and Chronicles still are.
The survivors of this EMEA gauntlet, here to remind everybody what that legacy means.
Durka was outrageous.
And massive put in the foot, they had a great run.
I've enjoyed watching them, the prep work, what they put together.
It was very strong. Great performance.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of them in the EMEA.
But my God, they got jacked today.
Fatality.
No one wants to be ahead. The shooters were hitting.
They're going to relish in the roar of the crowd here.
They look to see if they can give it to the next opponent coming up.
The leader's going to be Lovettan, a clash of America's in EMEA.
A top form represented by every region.
Haven't had that since 2025, Toronto, where we saw Wolves in there as the China representative.
Vitality take their place, representing the best over EMEA.
Something these players have either been familiar with for DERP and Kron
or are stepping up to for the first time with people like Sayonara.
A beautiful mix that's come together at just the right time later on in this season.
a blend of inexperience, but veterans leading in.
We're going to set it out of the stage.
Frank is standing by for the Horizon Post match interview.
Please take it away.
Apparently, I had to take Yampi for this interview
because he's got a joke lined up.
But that game was not a joke.
So let's take him to talk about that, first of all,
once he's finished signing this hat.
Yampi, I'm waiting for you.
I'm waiting for you over here.
We've got to talk about the fact that you haven't made a top four
at an international event since champs in 2021.
What's it like to know you've made the top four here in London?
Yeah, I mean, it's a nice milestone,
but we are not done yet.
Like I said yesterday after we lost the paper axe,
that we will bounce back,
and I'm super proud of the boys how we did today.
So, yeah, I'm just happy.
On Lotus though, were you a bit too happy?
Do you think sometimes the jokes got in the way
and things got a bit too silly for you
to not close out quicker?
Yeah, I'd say so, but it's also, it's fun to have fun, right?
and the mood was good and I think we play better when it's funny.
But there's limits to it for sure. If it starts going bad, then it's time to series up.
You also have an insurance policy that's called DERKA and Chronicle.
What's it like having those guys in your corner?
Yeah, it's amazing. I can just roll around the game, have fun, make jokes,
and they've been for me, so yeah, it's amazing.
And talking about Assen though, that was really the day of the rookies.
Profek really stepping up Sainar, that incredible Molly moment, around 12.
What's it like seeing those guys perform at their first international?
Yeah, I mean, it's incredible to see this confidence.
You know, I told them yesterday that we need to forget that we lost,
and I'm super happy for the expression we talked to you,
because it was the first loss for them in the international stage,
and the way they played today is incredible.
Also props to Parlen, Scott for that ascent, it was all them.
So, yeah, thank you.
Now you are going to be representing EMEA in the top four every single region is represented
Why is Europe going to be the strongest? I mean us of course
We know paper acts was tough yesterday, but I'm sure that we if we have a rematch that we can have a close game
Now for the first time at this entire event
I heard that you actually requested to do the interview yampi because you have prepared a joke for this moment
The floor is yours
Yeah, but I saw sideshow on the desk and he's known for being
on his podcast. So you could say this job is his side show. Thank you.
I am so glad that he didn't take the microphone from me to drop it. Congratulations to Vitality.
They've taken the final spot in the top four. We are going to have to rest the stage for a few
days though, but one way back on Friday we'll be having more incredible valour. We'll see you then.
Okay, hold on. We just, we get like audio pumped into the crowd. We just gotta boo this man.
Okay? Unbelievable that Yampy just got away with what can only be considered to be one
of the worst dad jokes I've ever heard and our audio isn't going out to the crowd.
That's not credible. I was ready. I was ready, man. Don't worry, Yampy.
We will get you one day somehow, some way. Now, of course, so we have the main man, our pal.
actually pal wait are we are we hot to the venue we are hey everyone real fast
can we just boo the crap out of yampi for that terrible joke
boo you yampi get him out of here get him on a yabam
get him on this get him on this an open mic tonight
take him out somewhere again how is it playing and being a part of this scene
with these guys because they seem like just such characters man yeah you're
right. I think that's the polite way of putting it. No, it's a lot of stress. They are very
talented, very experienced, and it's a really nice mixture of people that really, really
want to put their best foot forward, do everything that they can. And yeah, sometimes that's
fantastic. On days like today, sometimes like last night, it's less than fantastic, because
everyone's got those same standards, and when you don't hit them, it's devastating. Everyone
feels that, but I'm really happy that boys managed to reset themselves properly and bounce
back today. Last time I spoke to you on broadcast pal, you had just qualified for London, it
was a pretty emotional encounter, I think it's fair to say. How do you feel now though
that you've made top four at the global event? It's a bit silly, I should have probably tried
qualifying for more than last year, I think. It's close, every single time, it's close.
Yeah, look, it's pretty special, of course it's in London, of course it's here, of course
it's this time of year and I think that for us it doesn't come as a shock, like we expect
that we put in our performances and we let those results take care of themselves as the
saying goes, with the fact that it's got us all the way here, okay, we've only really
beaten foot heretics and then one other team, but at least we know we're good in the MEA.
So it's now just right looking forward to the rest of the challenge of what this next
weekend coming brings, but of course it's fantastic, I think this was also my personal
goal, just make it through to this finals weekend and have a lot of fun with it.
Okay, let's talk strats and stuff now and preparation.
Happy the first time we've done that.
Yeah, we've never done this before.
Never, never.
Talk to me about preparation for the map that you're coming into today, because I feel
like you guys picking up the lotus and not going for that pearl, which seems like the
kind of obvious choice, maybe not because of how close it had been the last couple of
times you two had faced off, but yeah, talk to me about the map that you'll process coming
into today and the preparation for that.
Well realistically, like these foot guys are good on pearl, they've always given us
that's a very, very close game the last two times we've played and it would be the most
predictable thing just third time round for them to come in, they expect the pole, right,
they expect maybe the Haven and then we say, OK, right now we're just giving them a free
playground. So yeah, we thought we'd throw a curveball their way. Obviously their Haven
is a fantastic map for them, no one's really been stopping them on it, so it just makes
a lot of sense. And yeah, just throw them a curveball and see how they dealt with it.
happy with how Scott and I prepped for that ascent last night. It was worth the late
night. So you knew it was coming? Yeah, those were exactly the three maps we were expecting.
Hopefully it then left them with a bit of work to do in the moment, but yeah, we were
happy with that. Hey man, well look, you guys did an exceptional job. I mean, what we were
seeing up there, and I'm sure like, we heard the interview earlier that you did with Jen.
They were a little, a little down, but you were just straightforward about the team.
You know, you were just like, hey, this is what I want.
It was just spinning.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So what did you guys talk about, you know, when that happened, or what was that conversation
like?
There's not really too much of a conversation that needs to happen.
We kind of had a bit of a joke about it, and you can see Yampi on the screen there,
and some of the other boys just, they have a laugh with it.
I kind of took a piss and said, look, boys, you've had your warm up now, you've had your
warm up scrim.
You've taken your fights.
You should be warm.
Let's just rain it in a little bit now and fight them with our comp where you need to,
especially into the airs on certain parts of the map,
where it's appropriate, but otherwise, just sit back,
let them come into the setups that we have prepared,
and the boys did that exceptionally well,
and the setups worked as planned.
Yeah, when you used the word discipline,
I think I got a little bit alarmed
that we were going back to regular season,
and maybe you were referring to the communication
that was happening in terms of discipline,
and too many kicks in the kitchen, too many voices.
No, just people wanted to swing, to be honest.
Okay, okay.
I think we heard a good example of some of the comms
in one of the best 10 rounds.
Oh, we did.
and some good camaraderie.
I mean, we had the crowd laughing after that one.
So I think that gives you the best insight.
Yeah, man.
Hey, dude, we are so thrilled for you guys.
Obviously, congratulations.
Always a pleasure.
Much respect for you as always.
I appreciate it.
You already know, baby.
And of course, to the Vitality Squad organization,
what an incredible achievement for folks.
That means we're down to our top four.
Can you believe it, bro?
You're in the top four, man.
It's a little bit silly seeing ourselves up there,
but top four is not what we want to stop.
So, we ideally want some revenge against Paper X, that's for sure, they're a pretty good team,
but we've got a lot of time to face first.
So what do you think about Leve, man?
I think they're good, they're obviously good to get this far.
I think you look at some of the rookies they've brought in, some of the talent they've been able to bring together on the King and Oda's leadership.
I think it's obvious they have a system that is working for them, they have their approach to the game.
Our job now is to make sure we can understand that, and more importantly, know how to beat it come this weekend.
Well, you're the last hope for EMEA.
So I guess the last thing I want to ask you is, do you have any messages that you want to send to friends, family, supporting at home, and to all of the EMA fans that are kind of rooting for you now at this point?
EMA fans, that'd be nice for a first time. Sorry if I would have knocked out or replaced your actual favourite teams.
But one of the best things about being part of Vitality is just how many of you out there love supporting us. We really appreciate it.
It does make a massive difference, especially on nights last night, like last night, sorry.
And to all of those of you that are out there that I know that are coming this weekend to London,
from places near and far, I cannot wait. This was my personal goal, just to be able to get to see
all of you lot. I'm looking forward to it. Please bring it. We'll be doing exactly the same thing
as well. Hell yeah, man. What a way to close it out. You love to hear it, guys. Give it up for
Pound, Absolute Goat. All right, folks. You got a little crowd here, wants to hang out,
and we're going to go hang out with them too. Thank you so much for watching, everyone.
We appreciate you tuning in.
We're going to be back Friday,
which is going to be starting an hour earlier.
Keep that in mind.
So, you know, maybe adjust your clocks a little bit
if that's a thing people still do.
But of course, you don't want to miss it, folks.
You're going to be seeing the four best teams in the world
competing against each other for the glory.
We'll see you then, folks.
Take care.
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