Team Vitality booked a BLAST Open Porto semi-final berth after a 2-1 comeback series win over FURIA on September 4, recovering from a heavy 6-13 loss on Nuke.
Series scoreline
- Nuke: FURIA 13-6 Vitality
- Cache: Vitality 13-11 FURIA
- Dust II: Vitality 13-4 FURIA
Standouts
- ZywOo (Vitality) — 1.72 rating on Cache, 1.18 overall
- jL (Vitality) — notable 1v2 clutches on Cache during half-time
- KSCERATO (FURIA) — 1.09 rating, top FURIA performer
- FalleN (FURIA) — 0.93 rating; dominated Nuke early rounds
apEX called the Nuke performance problematic but emphasised recovery and determination going into the bracket. Vitality lost both pistols on Cache before their comeback.
Semi-final
Vitality face MOUZ in the semi-final on September 5 at 19:30.
Source: HLTV.org — /news/45451/vitality-recover-from-nuke-drubbing-to-make-blast-porto-semi-final
