Vitality bests Mousesports on Inferno 16-7
Despite the delay, the French roster of Vitality was more than ready to take on Mousesports
After being delayed for over two hours due to player protests the BO3-series between Mousesports and Vitality was set to begin.
To many people’s surprise, Mousesports opted to start the battle on Inferno, instead of their main map Nuke. This, of course, meant that the 19-year-old prospect Nabil “Nivera” Benrlitom was brought into the Vitality line-up. “Nivera” replaces his teammate Richard “Shox” Papillon, who usually plays the role of Vitality’s A-site anchor.
The map started in favor of Mousesports as they won the first pistol round. Vitality, however, answered back in the following round and the two teams began to exchange rounds in a close battle. Vitality ended the first half the strongest as they lead 9-6 at halftime due to an impressive performance by the riffler “RpK” and clutch wins by “Nivera”.
Vitality continued to assert their dominance on their t-side in the second half. Winning the second pistol-round they continued their momentum and expanded their lead to 12-6 before being answered back by Mousesports. Despite Mousesports answering back Vitality and disrupting their streak of round-wins, the relentless pressure from the French roster was, seemingly, too much for Mousesports to handle as Nivera closes out the first map at 16-7 to Vitality.
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