Vitality sniper Mathieu ZywOo Erbo shared his thoughts on why the team did not go so smoothly in the Challengers stage of the Major.

From the beginning of the Major, we faced some difficulties, but this is a factor of the Major itself. We can't wait for easy matches, and everyone wants to beat us because we have a good team. Everyone wants to beat us, and sometimes we take it too casually, but that's what we are. We don't want to go 3-0. We like it when it's challenging. That's it. Now we're in Legends!
[On whether the fact that the team has already warmed up in the Challengers will give an advantage in Legends]

Yes, we took a break, but we played five matches, so the teams going to the Legends stage can now study us. They can watch our games, how we play, and how we feel, so it works both ways. Teams can watch us or watch GamerLegion. It's about 50/50 because we played in front of the crowd, but they can easily counter our stats because we played five games. So it will be 50/50.

Mathieu ZywOo Erbo

The first opponent of Vitality in the "legends" will be NAVI. The match will take place on November 5 at 6:30 PM Kyiv time / 7:30 PM Moscow time.

IEM Rio Major 2022 runs from October 31 to November 13 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The teams will compete for a prize pool of $1.25 million. You can follow the progress of the tournament here.