In the first match of the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, the Brazilian team Imperial sensationally defeated the current major champions, Team Vitality, thereby ending their winning streak!
How the game unfolded Imperial, led by the legendary sniper Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, defeated Team Vitality with a score of 2-0.
The first map of the clash was Imperial's pick, Overpass, on which they convincingly rolled over their opponents with a score of 16-3.
Next up was Vertigo, which was Team Vitality's pick. Imperial narrowly won that map with a score of 16-14. You can find detailed match statistics here.
Another interesting fact was that Imperial's sniper, FalleN, outperformed Vitality's sniper, Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut, in terms of duels won. The Brazilian took down the Frenchman 8 times, while ZywOo managed only 6!
This is noteworthy considering that the 32-year-old sniper will soon be able to join Furia Esports and is currently in negotiations with the team.
What winning streak did Imperial end?
Prior to this match, Team Vitality had won 14 consecutive maps! But now, the winning streak of the current major champions has been reset. The team had previously won maps such as:
- GamerLegion (Nuke 16:13)
- GamerLegion (Overpass 16:6)
- Apeks (Vertigo 16:12)
- Apeks (Mirage 16:14)
- Into the Breach (Anubis 16:12)
- Into the Breach (Vertigo 16:11)
- Monte (Nuke 16:13)
- Monte (Anubis 16:10)
- ENCE (Vertigo 16:13)
- G2 (Nuke 16:13)
- Heroic (Inferno 16:12)
- Heroic (Vertigo 16:13)
- Cloud9 (Overpass 16:9)
- Cloud9 (Vertigo 19:16)
What's next?
Imperial has already earned their first victory in Group A and will face the winner of the Cloud9 versus G2 matchup tomorrow. However, Team Vitality started the tournament with a loss and will face the losing team from the same matchup.
BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 takes place from June 7th to June 11th, 2023. The championship has a prize pool of $425,000. The tournament is held in LAN format, specifically in Washington, United States.
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