Vitality top Group A over Movistar Riders
Movistar make the unlikely run through ESL Pro League Group A to end up in the first place decider match against the world number 1 - Team Vitality. With the updated Movistar roster playing in tier 1 for the first time, this was their biggest test so far.
Starting off on Overpass, Vitality’s CT side got a clean opening round to set up a flawless streak of 6. A mega Martinez round on the AWP saw the Spanish sniper pick up a triple kill to get Movistar their first. alex, JUST and mopoz stepped up in the subsequent rounds to bring the half nearly level at 5-7, but Spinx cleaned up in round 13 to ensure Vitality’s halftime win 9-6.
Moving over to their attack, Magisk’s dualies found 3 to net the international squad double digits. The first gun round saw Movistar’s new pickups JUST and adamS take two each to bring MR into the half. That kickstarted a streak that brought the Riders up to 10 of their own, but the veterans of Vitality showed their experience, shifting the tides with key multifrags to push it across the board, taking the map 16-10.
Inferno started with Movistar’s first pistol, but Vitality managed to steal away the force to take the lead 4-1. On an eco, JUST’s Deagle took down Vitality’s star duo, giving the Riders another round. But stringing them together was a different affair as the Vitality onslaught continued, taking a whopping 12 rounds in the half. The second half saw ZywOo start on an absolute roll, stomping the attack out round after round to get Vitality to 14. A couple more rounds for the Riders including a beautiful Martinez Ace, but the scoreline was indominable as Vitality cruised to a first place finish in the group guaranteeing a quarter-finals spot.
Movistar RidersVitality| Movistar Riders |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano |
34 - 40 | -6 | 80.8 | 67.3% | 1.04 |
| Alejandro 'alex' Masanet |
34 - 41 | -7 | 77.8 | 67.3% | 0.92 |
| Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez |
30 - 36 | -6 | 57.5 | 55.1% | 0.88 |
 Tiago 'JUST' Moura |
24 - 42 | -18 | 75.1 | 61.2% | 0.75 |
 Adam 'adamS' Marian |
26 - 39 | -13 | 53.7 | 55.1% | 0.68 |
| Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Emil 'Magisk' Reif |
45 - 26 | +19 | 99.6 | 81.6% | 1.53 |
 Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut |
48 - 29 | +19 | 90.4 | 83.7% | 1.39 |
 Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi |
36 - 30 | +6 | 83.2 | 81.6% | 1.25 |
| Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire |
38 - 30 | +8 | 84.9 | 67.3% | 1.13 |
| Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan |
31 - 33 | -2 | 77.0 | 77.6% | 1.11 |
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