DBL PONEY destroy Vitality 2-0
DBL PONEY proved to be the better French team today
A place at the upper quarterfinals was up for grabs as DPL PONEY faced Vitality in a Bo3-series at the Flashpoint 3 event. Whilst Vitality, undoubtedly, were the favorites going into the series it was clear that they weren’t the better team today. With two convincing map victories for DBL PONEY they managed to sweep Vitality and win the French derby 2-0.
The first map took place on Nuke. The map of Nuke was picked by DBL PONEY and it quickly became clear as to why they picked the map. After a dominant T-sided half the French DBL PONEY roster could walk to halftime at the scoreline of 11-4. Nothing much changed in the second half as DBL PONEY, and “Djoko” continued to dominate Vitality. Finally, they closed Nuke at the impressive scoreline of 16-5 favoring the underdogs of DBL PONEY.
The second map was the pick of Vitality and despite it being the first time for “Kyojin” to play this particular map in an official Bo3-series, they chose Inferno. Once again it was DBL PONEY who started the strongest. After a dominant CT-sided half all they had to do was close out the game and series in the second half. They did exactly that at the scoreline of 16-7 meaning that the side of DBL PONEY would take the series home with a 2-victory.
The victory means that DBL PONEY will face the winner of Astralis vs OG in the upper quarterfinals.
16-5 DBL PONEY (Nuke) | Djoko 2.07 Rating / 134.8 ADR / 27-10 K-D
16-7 DBL PONEY (Inferno) | afro 1.60 Rating / 90.1 ADR / 21-11 K-D
Highlight of the Bo3-series
MVP
Thomas "Djoko" Pavoni | 1.55 Rating - 40-22 K/D - 106.3 ADR - 79.5% KAST
