MOUZ Finishes Third at PGL Masters Bucharest After Beating Vitality

MOUZ beat Vitality 2-0 at PGL Masters Bucharest to secure third place. The match was under MOUZ's control from start to finish.

On Nuke, Vitality's weak performance proved decisive. Dennis "sycrone" Nielsen's plan targeting Justinas "jL" Lekavicius on this map paid off. The Lithuanian player struggled on the map and finished the match with three kills and fifteen deaths. On the team, only William "mezii" Merriman was able to balance out that picture.

On Inferno, MOUZ got off to a strong start on the CT side. Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás found his form after his lackluster performance on Nuke. When the sides switched, MOUZ targeted jL and Shahar "flameZ" Shushan on B site. They were successful in the pistol rounds, but once the rifles came into play, MOUZ used team play and quick rotations between the two halves of the map to secure a comfortable win.

With this result, MOUZ took the top spot in the Valve Regional Standings. Ahead of Vitality by 40 points, the team appears set to keep its lead regardless of the final result between FURIA and Nemiga.

Vitality will not attend IEM Beijing next week. Dan "apEX" Madesclaire is taking a short break due to the birth of his first child. The captain will return to the team for the BLAST Rivals tournament, which will be held in Hong Kong in mid-November.