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ESL Pro League Season 16: Vitality gets the third victory and breaks into the leaders of group A

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The Vitality team turned out to be stronger than fnatic with a score of 2:1 in the framework of ESL Pro League Season 16, thanks to which they broke into the sole leaders of group A with 9 points in their assets. Now the wards of zonic will prepare for the meeting with NAVI, which will take place tomorrow, September 3rd. In turn, fnatic remains in fourth place in the group, waiting for the next match against Team Spirit.

ESL Pro League Season 16: Vitality gets the third victory and breaks into the leaders of group A. Photo 1

The final confrontation of the third day of the tournament started on the Nuke map, which became the choice of fnatic. At the same time, the Danish-British-Swedish team showed a very confident start, putting together a good advantage. In turn, Vitality failed to develop on defense, allowing the opponent to close the half with a comfortable advantage — 9:6. It seemed that after the change of sides, the intrigue would not go anywhere from the server. However, fnatic players had a different opinion on this matter. As a result, keita's wards didn't give up a single round to the opponent, quickly taking the lead in the series — 16:6.

Next, the teams moved to the map Inferno, which became the choice of Vitality. But if the start of the first half was left to the Danish-French team, then closer to the change of sides, fnatic managed to catch up with the opponent and reduce the gap to a minimum — 8:7. After the side switch, the game continued in a sluggish manner until Vitality decided on a finishing spurt. As a result, the wards of zonic managed to keep the advantage and leveled the score in the series — 16:12.

Everything was decided on the map Mirage, where fnatic finally swam. At the same time, Vitality managed to show a confident attack and close the first half with a twofold advantage — 10:5. After the change of sides, keita's men still tried to impose a free game, but the lost force-round sealed the fate of the fight. As a result, Vitality managed to seize the initiative to close the series in their favor and take the lead in Group A — 16:11.

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ESL Pro League Season 16 runs from August 31st to October 2nd in Malta at the Salini Resort. 24 teams from Europe, CIS, North and South America compete for a total prize pool of $835,000. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023.

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