Vitality beat NAVI to reach PGL Masters Bucharest playoffs

Vitality beat Natus Vincere 2-0 at PGL Masters Bucharest to reach the playoffs with a 3-1 record. Vitality won NAVI’s Inferno pick 13-2 before recovering from a 3-9 deficit on Dust2 to win 13-9.

Vitality led from the opening rounds on Inferno and limited NAVI to two rounds on its attacking side. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut recorded several early multikills, while William “mezii” Merriman secured at least one kill in 11 consecutive rounds. Shahar “flameZ” Shushan and Justinas “jL” Lekavicius helped stop NAVI’s attacks through Banana.

Mihai “iM” Ivan did not record a kill in the first half and finished that half with 5.1 ADR. He added two MP9 kills after the side switch, helping NAVI avoid a 13-0 loss.

NAVI controlled the first half of Dust2. iM, Drin “makazze” Shaqiri and Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov helped the team take a 9-3 lead into halftime. Vitality won three rounds on its attacking side, including two clutch situations.

Vitality then changed the match on defense. Its players used aggressive control of Catwalk and held strong positions on the B site. NAVI planted the bomb twice in the second half: once in the pistol round and once in the final round. Mezii won a one-versus-two situation in the last round to complete Vitality’s 10-round run.

Mezii led Vitality with 33 kills and a 1.58 rating across the two maps. ZywOo had 32 kills, while Robin “ropz” Kool recorded 30. W0nderful led NAVI with 26 kills, followed by Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy with 25.

The match was jL’s first against NAVI since he left the organization in July. Vitality advanced to the playoffs, while NAVI will need another win after losing its previous qualification match to BETBOOM on Monday.

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