In the final of the ESL Pro League Season 16 LAN tournament, Liquid from the USA will play against the European team Vitality.
LiquidBoth teams made a sensation yesterday in their semifinal matches of this tournament.
Liquid was able to beat the Russian Cloud9 team on three maps in a match of the VO3 format – 16:11 Inferno (its peak); 13:16 Ancient and 16:13 Dust2. At the same time, Liquid could well expect to win with a score of 2:0 on the cards. The team from the USA on the Ancient map led with a score of 12:3 after the first half, but the guys failed for the side of the attack and took only one round.
VitalityThe European team, in turn, also made a sensation yesterday.
In their semi–final match, Vitality in a match of the VO3 format were able to beat another European G2 team on two cards - 16:8 Mirage (the opponent's peak) and 19:16 Inferno. At the same time, on the Mirage map in the second half, Vitality showed an excellent game for the attacking side and won the half with a score of 8:1. And on the Inferno Vitality map, we managed to show a powerful character and pull out our peak for the defense side from the score of 6:14. In this match, of course, there was a great game from ZywOo, who finished the match with a score of +20 in frags. But this evening, Vitality also "shot" Spinx, who finished the match with a score of +21 in frags.
ForecastIn this match, Vitality is of course considered by the bookmakers to be a clear favorite in the trophy match.
Here the European team is quite capable of taking the trophy without much difficulty. At the same time, in the grand final, we suggest you take a chance and bet on the victory of Vitality in a match of the VO5 format with a score of 3:1 on the cards.