Vitality overcame difficult start against MAD Lions

The Frenchmen were heading into the match as big favorites, but MAD Lions made another great performance less than 24 hours after their win in the Flashpoint 2 tournament against Dignitas.

The Danes started by winning their T-side 9-6 on Nuke. But then everything fell apart for the Danes, who were wiped off the server by a sensational well playing Richard “shox” Papillon. The French Riffler finished Nuke with an incredible rating of 2.04 and 34-12 in K/D.

And then he was out.

Team Vitality subbed off shox on the next map, Inferno. Instead, Nivera made his entrance on the server. The newest member of the French team once again showed his worth and ended as the player with the most kills on the map.

While ZywOo had one of his more quiet days, the rest of the French team showed some convincing counter-striker on Inferno. They controlled the match in general and was only succumbed when the Lions made some extraordinary plays like this defuse.

Team Vitality won Inferno by 16-8 and is now ready for the playoffs in IEM Beijing. Mad Lions can now focus 100 percent on Flashpoint 2.