Vitality sweep Falcons to reach BLAST Rivals playoffs

Vitality took control of Anubis early, with Dan “apEX” Madesclaire and William “mezii” Merriman holding the B site. Falcons reduced the deficit through Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov, who produced openings on both sides of the map. Robin “ropz” Kool’s triple kill helped Vitality restore a 10-10 tie before closing the map 13-10.

Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut led Vitality to a 5-0 start on Dust2. Falcons stopped several B-site attacks and won the rest of the first half to take a 7-5 lead. Vitality changed its defensive setups after the side switch and used grenade attacks to disrupt Falcons’ rounds. ZywOo and ropz won several multi-kill rounds, while ropz added a blind spraydown as Vitality completed another 13-10 win.

Ropz led Vitality with 40 kills and a 1.46 rating across the series. ZywOo had 36 kills and a 1.24 rating, while Shahar “flameZ” Shushan recorded 31 kills. M0NESY led Falcons with 37 kills and a 1.27 rating.

Inferno was scheduled as the deciding map, but was not played. The teams had also met on Anubis and Dust2 at ESL Pro League Season 24, where Falcons won Anubis before Vitality took Dust2 and Mirage.

Falcons will face Legacy in Group A’s lower bracket for a place in the playoffs. Falcons reached the BLAST Rivals final in the previous edition in Hong Kong, losing to FURIA in a five-map series.

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Reviewed and fact-checked by Alex Panasenko on November 11.