Grayhound pull a monstrous comeback over FORZE
FORZE's problems with closing out matches continue as they throw a 12-3 lead against Grayhound, losing their Blast Paris 2023 Major opener, going 0-1 in the challengers stage.
Even though opening duels went in favor of Grayhound in their T-side rounds, FORZE would display superior mid and late rounds, winning out rounds. zorte and shalfey were the pillars of FORZE's CT-side defense, winning gunfights they had no business winning, as they went on to finish the first half with a dominant 12-3 in their favor, just inches away from running over Grayhound.
The 2nd half, however turned everything around as Grayhound quite literally mirrored the first half's CT-side, dropping only 2 rounds and going on to mount a big comeback. aliStair put up a world class display with his CT-side AWP, going 21-5 with a massive 126 ADR, closely followed by INS going 16-9 with an ADR of 125 and both of them went on to finish the match with HLTV ratings of 1.49 and 1.26 respectively.
FORZE crumbled in the 2nd half, as they failed to get aliStair's AWP off angles with utilities, feeding him impactful frags. zorte and shalfey carried on their forms from the first half and tried everything they could finishing the match with HLTV ratings of 1.41 and 1.24, but the team as a whole was just lacking, with Jerry and r3salt just not showing up on the T-side.
FORZEGrayhound| FORZE |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko |
28 - 15 | +13 | 91.7 | 83.3% | 1.41 |
| Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov |
21 - 18 | +3 | 96.8 | 83.3% | 1.24 |
| Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko |
20 - 24 | -4 | 72.1 | 76.7% | 0.99 |
| Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov |
19 - 20 | -1 | 69.5 | 73.3% | 0.96 |
| Evgeny 'r3salt' Frolov |
16 - 21 | -5 | 48.2 | 60.0% | 0.78 |
| Grayhound |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston |
28 - 15 | +13 | 87.1 | 73.3% | 1.49 |
| Joshua 'INS' Potter |
25 - 21 | +4 | 98.4 | 66.7% | 1.26 |
| Declan 'Vexite' Portelli |
22 - 22 | +0 | 76.5 | 66.7% | 1.03 |
| Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas |
11 - 20 | -9 | 49.4 | 66.7% | 0.75 |
 Simon 'Sico' Williams |
10 - 26 | -16 | 39.5 | 63.3% | 0.53 |
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