Vitality secure early 3-0 record, advance to Legends Stage at PGL Antwerp Major

Here comes the superteam.

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Team Vitality became the first CS:GO team to advance past the Challengers Stage at the PGL Antwerp Major today, defeating forZe to notch a 3-0 record and move into the Legends Stage as quickly as possible.

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Vitality and forZe reached the 2-0 pool yesterday after Vitality dominated Complexity and Astralis, while forZe defeated Renegades and Bad News Eagles.

ForZe struck first in the best-of-three series, surprising Vitality on the French-Danish roster’s map pick of Nuke. ForZe jumped out to a 9-2 lead on the map’s CT side and held off a Vitality comeback despite a tremendous showing from superstar ZywOo. But Vitality answered back on Dust II, answering the call with a tremendous 13-2 first half on the CT side. This led to a 16-9 win spearheaded by the French trio of ZywOo, apEX, and misutaaa.

The series turned to Mirage and Vitality picked up where they left off against Astralis, taking a 9-6 lead after their T-side at halftime. A series of Vitality-won eco rounds prevented forZe from maintaining any momentum in the second half and Vitality crossed the finish line on Mirage 16-12.

For the Vitality roster, the slow start to their “superteam” era seems to finally be behind them after now locking in a Legends spot. To no surprise, the team has thrived off a superstar performance from ZywOo during this stage, with the other members of the roster chipping in whenever called upon.

ForZe still have two opportunities in best-of-three series to secure a spot in the Legends Stage.

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VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.