Evgenii "Gufis" Kondratev The ESL Pro League Season 21 playoffs were only half as intense as expected. While Thursday and Saturday featured close matches with both teams having real chances to win, Friday and Sunday turned out to be one-sided affairs. Unfortunately, the grand final took place on Sunday, where Team Vitality left no chance for MOUZ.
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With this victory, the French club made three very strong statements. First, the team has seriously positioned themselves to win the first major of the season in Austin. Yes, there are still two and a half months until then, but such an impressive win should give the players maximum confidence that will carry them through the time leading up to the major.
Secondly, Team Vitality is now very close to winning the ESL Grand Slam (yes, now it’s the ESL Grand Slam, and it seems that Intel has stopped sponsoring this particular event). To claim the golden bars and the $1 million prize, Team Vitality only needs to win one of the next five major tournaments from ESL. If they manage to do this, Ropz will join Twistzz on the list of two-time Grand Slam winners. The team could potentially close the deal as early as next month at IEM Melbourne.
And, finally, ZywOo received another MVP medal. That's his 22nd career MVP awards, and now he is the sole all-time leader, with s1mple having only 21 MVP award.
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