BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021Vitality send Liquid to lower bracket at BLAST
The French side won the clash of the "dead teams".
Both Vitality and Liquid arrived at the BLAST Premier Fall Final with roster changes hanging above their head, but it was the Dan "apEX" Madesclaire-led squad that showed a better face over the opening series in Copenhagen, taking a 2-0 victory.
Mirage, Liquid's pick, looked competitive at times, but Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut's impressive performance put the map to bed. Dust2 on the other hand was a quick affair, tied up 16-7. Following this result, Vitality will face the winner of Astralis - Ninjas in Pyjamas next, while Liquid will be playing the loser of the same match.
"We really like each other, we have no problems, it feels really good to play here," apEX said after the victory, commenting on the atmosphere in the team ahead of reported changes. "Whatever happens next we just want to have fun and take care of each other."
A 4-0 lead for Liquid on Mirage melted away in no time as Vitality locked in a force buy win and scrapped by in the anti-eco, putting down their foot on the CT side. ZywOo coming alive meant that the half would go convincingly their way, Vitality's star dropped 22 kills in the half to go 10-5 up. The Americans went on a five-round streak on the defense, giving an illusion of a tight game, but Vitality closed it out with a dominant run of their own as all five players finished with an above-average rating.
Richard "shox" Papillon and apEX turned around a 2v4 to win the pistol and set Vitality up for a great defensive half on Dust2. Liquid found themselves down 5-1 before they broke down the B defenses with a low-buy split, catching out an otherwise well-playing duo of shox and Kévin "misutaaa" Rabier. However, no momentum was built for the North American side, seeing Vitality run away with the scoreline. It was 11-4 at the half, with the second pistol all but confirming the eventual 16-7 victory.
 Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 - 25 | +24 | 100.5 | 81.6% | 1.58 | |
| 46 - 30 | +16 | 92.8 | 85.7% | 1.42 | |
| 38 - 27 | +11 | 83.3 | 77.6% | 1.25 | |
| 37 - 30 | +7 | 92.3 | 73.5% | 1.24 | |
| 31 - 35 | -4 | 64.4 | 67.3% | 0.93 |
 Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 - 40 | -7 | 77.9 | 49.0% | 0.96 | |
| 29 - 41 | -12 | 69.8 | 61.2% | 0.85 | |
| 28 - 38 | -10 | 59.5 | 63.3% | 0.82 | |
| 28 - 41 | -13 | 79.9 | 59.2% | 0.81 | |
| 29 - 41 | -12 | 64.4 | 53.1% | 0.77 |
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