Vitality and The MongolZ sail into EPL S21 semi-finals
The second round of quarter-finals games saw Vitality take down Liquid in their matchup while The MongolZ shut down inaugural CS2 Major champions Natus Vincere (NAVI) to make the semi-finals of ESL Pro League Season 21.
Vitality started the day against Liquid in the third quarter-final with Liquid's pick of Anubis getting things going. A couple of low buy round wins made sure Vitality held a two-round advantage before a stellar defensive hold on one of the most T-sided maps saw Vitality ease to a 13-9 win. Dust2 saw ropz and ZywOo power Vitality into the lead again and it was mezii with his holds that sealed another 13-9 score which saw Vitality lock in a comfortable 2-0.
910 and Techno made sure The MongolZ started NAVI's pick of Mirage with a two-round lead on their defensive half before a near-flawless T side saw The MongolZ ease to a 13-6 win. Ancient was the mzinho show as the youngster's 17-kill half power the Asian squad to a 9-3 lead on their pick and it was a formality after that as they closed the series with a dominating 13-6 win to go 2-0 and move into the semi-finals.
VitalityLiquid| Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Robin 'ropz' Kool |
46 - 25 | +21 | 99.5 | 77.3% | 1.40 |
 Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut |
38 - 24 | +14 | 87.5 | 90.9% | 1.34 |
 William 'mezii' Merriman |
35 - 27 | +8 | 87.0 | 86.4% | 1.30 |
 Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan |
26 - 26 | +0 | 75.3 | 77.3% | 1.00 |
| Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire |
20 - 24 | -4 | 60.9 | 81.8% | 0.90 |
| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Justin 'jks' Savage |
34 - 31 | +3 | 77.7 | 72.7% | 1.24 |
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
21 - 31 | -10 | 75.3 | 75.0% | 0.99 |
 Roland 'ultimate' Tomkowiak |
24 - 29 | -5 | 57.9 | 72.7% | 0.91 |
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
20 - 36 | -16 | 63.0 | 59.1% | 0.72 |
| Guy 'NertZ' Iluz |
25 - 39 | -14 | 61.4 | 54.5% | 0.72 |
Natus VincereThe MongolZ| Natus Vincere |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov |
32 - 24 | +8 | 78.7 | 65.8% | 1.33 |
| Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy |
20 - 34 | -14 | 64.3 | 65.8% | 0.82 |
 Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius |
22 - 28 | -6 | 65.7 | 55.3% | 0.77 |
 Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen |
15 - 28 | -13 | 51.2 | 55.3% | 0.70 |
 Mihai 'iM' Ivan |
16 - 31 | -15 | 65.4 | 60.5% | 0.58 |
| The MongolZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold |
33 - 22 | +11 | 91.8 | 73.7% | 1.54 |
| Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold |
36 - 21 | +15 | 91.1 | 84.2% | 1.50 |
| Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold |
25 - 21 | +4 | 88.2 | 73.7% | 1.14 |
| Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch |
26 - 17 | +9 | 68.7 | 78.9% | 1.12 |
| Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren |
25 - 24 | +1 | 69.0 | 71.1% | 0.99 |
The semi-finals will take place tonight, with Spirit taking on MOUZ in the first semi-final at 20:15 IST while The MongolZ will battle for a place in the Final against red-hot Vitality at 23:00 IST.
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