Vitality Reach Semifinals After Beating NAVI 2:1

Vitality advanced to the semifinals of the PGL Masters Bucharest tournament in Romania after beating Natus Vincere 2:1. The team came back after losing the first map to win this playoff match.

NAVI broke Vitality's eight-map winning streak on Cache. Mihai "iM" Ivan stood out with a 1.89 rating and +7.67% round swing, and the team took a 7:1 run to win the map comfortably. In the second half, Vitality won six rounds in a row to close out the map. This performance meant Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut recorded his second-lowest Cache rating in CS2.

On Mirage, NAVI started well, with a triple kill from Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovskiy in the pistol round. Vitality's attack was more lively this time and took six rounds in the first half. Had it not been for critical clutches from Justinas "jL" Lekavicius and William "mezii" Merriman, the score would not have been this close.

ZywOo changed the match. The French player, who got a triple kill with the USP, dominated the second half on the CT side with a 2.61 rating and +15.9% round swing. NAVI looked set to take control briefly, but a missing smoke cost them the anti-eco round.

In the Dust2 decider, Vitality moved ahead 8:4 on the CT side. NAVI tried to fight back with a flawless pistol round, but ZywOo's triple kill with the Scout broke the game open.