Vitality overcome Copenhagen Flames to set up NIP clash

8-10-2021 00:03

The Danish side put up a strong fight but will have to battle for a Major spot in the 5th-8th decider bracket.

Both favorites have won their matches on the first day of the IEM Fall Europe playoffs as Ninjas in Pyjamas's 2-1 victory over Movistar Riders was followed by Vitality's 2-0 over Copenhagen Flames. But just like the Spanish underdogs, the Danish squad that went 5-0 in the group stage pushed the tournament favorites to the limit.

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon admitted that his team is really happy with the win over Copenhagen Flames following a 16-12 on Dust2 and 16-14 Vertigo. "They are a really tough opponent, we had a lot of difficult moments where we didn't really have the solutions," the Frenchmen explained. The veteran was key to their comeback on the second map, finding key frags in late-round situations.

Vitality and Ninjas in Pyjamas will now face in the semi-finals of the tournament, with the winner securing a Legends spot at the PGL Stockholm Major, while the loser could still do the same — depending on the third-place decider and Astralis' results. Meanwhile, Copenhagen Flames will join Movistar Riders in the 5th-8th decider bracket, where they still have Major qualification in their hands.

ZywOo stepped up to ensure the win for his team

Copenhagen Flames found success early on the T side of Dust2, claiming the first three rounds, but a strong showing from Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire together with Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut caused issues for the Danes. The duo shut down Copenhagen Flames' A-centric attacks and went to the break with a 10-5 lead, but took a bit to convert it into a victory as the Danish side complicated things with a force buy victory. The map was eventually concluded 16-12.

The underdogs showed why they picked Vertigo as they, led by Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard, went on to post nine rounds on the offensive side of the map. Vitality won the second pistol to stay alive, but five gun rounds for Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen's team brought them to close to victory (14-11), and Vitality's economy to the edge of ruin. A 2v5 from shox and ZywOo turned the tides of the match, allowing the Frenchmen to seal the deal in two and avoid the decider - Overpass.

IEM Fall 2021 EuropeBest of 3

Copenhagen Flames

Matchpage

7th October 2021

Vitality

Dust2

Vertigo

Copenhagen Flames	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen roeJ	39 - 43	-4	84.5	72.4%	1.13
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard jabbi	44 - 41	+3	80.4	63.8%	1.10
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen HooXi	38 - 39	-1	70.4	70.7%	1.02
Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi nicoodoz	36 - 46	-10	68.4	67.2%	0.90
Rasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss Zyphon	30 - 39	-9	53.0	62.1%	0.80

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut ZywOo	51 - 36	+15	89.2	75.9%	1.34
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier misutaaa	44 - 36	+8	77.1	74.1%	1.17
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	42 - 38	+4	80.3	62.1%	1.07
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	41 - 38	+3	73.8	74.1%	1.05
Jayson 'Kyojin' Nguyen Van Kyojin	29 - 39	-10	67.1	84.5%	0.96

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2021-10-08 00:04

ZywOo is actually CS GOD

2021-10-08 00:05

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s0mple fans incoming in 3 2 1...

2021-10-08 00:07

5 replies

S1mple farms CIS qualifier that’s why he’s not as good on major

2021-10-08 00:31

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Even though I am a s1mple fan but still I also think that.

2021-10-08 05:22

CIS teams are no joke anymore

2021-10-08 07:47

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2021-10-08 13:00

Who cars ? Beat some bo1 team, Copenhawho?

2021-10-08 09:35

Vs a Bo1 team he is csgo God kekw

2021-10-08 05:36

ok jerman

2021-10-08 08:21

Not bad CPH. Unfortunately, there is only downhill from here. I think it was just once-in-a-lifetime performance from CPH, they just felt it somehow. There isn't anything special about them though, they're all pretty average/below average mechanically and tactically not brilliant as well (although the latter can be fixed). Nevertheless, congrats, not a bad run at all by a bottom tier 2 team.

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2021-10-08 00:08

I think they will make the major, all they need to do is not lose the next two BO3s in the decider bracket. They can definitely beat Fiend, probably have a good chance against Ence or Movistar too. My bet is Fiend for 8th.

They should be able to beat both of those!

2021-10-08 00:29

no way they beat ence (they won't play ence because ence will poo on g2))))

2021-10-08 01:20

Never bet on FIEND, bookies wont

2021-10-08 07:43

said Fiend fan OMEGALULz

2021-10-08 00:20

If i say i eat apples every day doesnt mean i didnt like other fruits, just apples=favs. U trying to start sheitstorm

2021-10-08 01:58

BO1 team kkkkkk

Goodjob

2/4 for FaZe major

eZaF

2021-10-08 00:24

Nt :( hope they still make it

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+1 I want that sticker

+1 Their logo is very good. I also want their stickers.

2021-10-08 05:32

apEX beast !

2021-10-08 01:00

EZ major for FaZe

2021-10-08 01:17

I really want CPH to go to the major, they're looking really bright

2021-10-08 01:23

zywoo vs device hype

2021-10-08 05:07

ZywOo will absolutely fuck dev0ce (the cry baby).

2021-10-08 05:31

Bo1 team lul

2021-10-08 05:34

Flames put up a good fight, really hope they make it to the major. Ggwp.

2021-10-08 05:48

expected but close match tho

2021-10-08 10:46

Well some questionable plays by Vita players in this match, but in the end the firepower was on their side and it showed mostly in the latter parts of Vertigo. Honestly I thought we will see the upset here, especially after how Dust2 was played, tbh., those couple of rounds when CPH Flames were leading 7-3 and then they lost like 3 rounds all in clutches, lost them the game, then this 5vs2 at 14-11, yeah it should be theires tbh. I actually have a feeling that match vs NIP will be easier for Vitality than playing CPH Flames, they really impressed me in this tournament and NIP had pretty poor showing vs Movistar, so I would expect rather easy victory for Vitality. Will be a nice game for sure! GGs.

2021-10-08 23:35