Vitality type Liquid from EWC after a dramatic 2-0 victory
CS208-21 03:18

The shine of Twistzz is not enough when Liquid lost to the second time within five days with the same results.


Vitality removed Liquid from the Esports World Cup after a series of tense two maps, almost dropped the victory when the opponent cameback from the score of 9-3 on Mirage (13-11) before finishing the match in the dual extra time in Dust2 (19-16) to close the series.

This is the reunion of the confrontation just five days ago at Blast Bounty Season 2 Finals, where Vitality also won after two maps extending to extra time, but this time there were Veto completely different: Liquid chose Mirage instead of Train and Vitality to take Dust2 instead of Nuke.

Liquid became the victim of Mirage Choosy in the first half, helpless in front of Mathieu's solid defense "⁠zywoo⁠" Herbaut and Robin "⁠Ropz⁠" Kool. A disaster from Shahar "⁠Flamez⁠" Shushan (Rating 0.37, -7.43% Round Swing) is not very important when he is burdened by the 2.34 and 2.05 rating performance from the two teammates mentioned above, helping Vitality guide 9-3, with Round winning of Liquid's only victory from Roland's Quad-Kill phase "⁠uLtimate⁠" Tomkowiak ".

However, Liquid's MAP option started to make sense after the break, when Guy "⁠Nertz⁠" Iluz turned on the CT side, made a mark from Connector and coordinated with Kamil "⁠siihy⁠" Szkaradek in Site A to stop the deficiency of ideas from Vitality.

The match began to slide from the reach of Dan "⁠apex⁠" Madesclaire and his teammates, similar to the last two Lan Lan on Mirage when they only won one round T against The Mongolz and Mouz, and Liquid suddenly risen to 10-9 after seven rounds of winning in a row.

A Triple Kill of Zywoo in Mid, after William "⁠meziii⁠" Merriman changed the PC for technical errors, blocked that string. Although Liquid removed in the next round, Vitality quickly stabilized, won two more rounds to touch the map point and come back 3v4 in Round 24 after Nertz from the hero to a criminal, missed Spray into Flamez when the opponent turned his back in underpass, helping Vitality escape with a score of 13-11.

Entering Dust2, Liquid continued to struggle before a much stronger side side of Vitality, only to remove the first two rounds before Flamez and Ropz combined to bring the opponent 6-2.

Adjustment to Liquid's catwalk is effective, plus the two Round Double Kill of Nertz helps them shorten the gap and two rounds before changing the side.

However, that effort seemed meaningless when Liquid was immediately put into the wall in the second half: Flamez, Mezii and Ropz took turns to shine. Mezii set a bombite B bombite's solo shot to bring Vitality to Match Point, seemingly Liquid will soon be fined, but Russel "⁠twistzz⁠" Van Dulken has revived the team with a Quad-Kill and Clutch 1V2 phase.

The 25-year-old star then coordinated with Keith "⁠naf⁠" Markovic to create a 3v5 flipping before a Round Half-Buy, opening a series of six rounds consecutive for Liquid to pull the match into extra time.

Twistzz continued to carry Liquid in the extra range, starting with two consecutive victories before being returned by Triple Kill from Zywoo and Flamez's excellent entry.

A 4K phase of Twistz brought the match into the second extra time, but this was the time when Liquid was completely breathless. Apex and Mezii flipped 2V3 to Vitality to have an advantage soon, before Flamez and Zywoo took turns to shine to bring the home team to Match Point, and Ropz closed all hope when he wiped out Bombite B alone with 4K, setting the final victory.