Imperial sensationally crushed Virtus.pro in the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024
ДанилOne of the opening matches of PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 ended with a victory for the underdogs with a crushing score. The Brazilians from Imperial Esports defeated Virtus.pro with a score of 13-6 in a best of one (bo1) match.
Match results Imperial Esports vs Virtus.pro at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024:
Imperial vs VP picks/bans
- Imperial removed Ancient
- Imperial removed Overpass
- Virtus.pro removed Nuke
- Virtus.pro removed Mirage
- Virtus.pro removed Vertigo
- Imperial removed Anubis
- Inferno was left over
The last word in the map veto was for the Brazilians from Imperial, who decided to play on Inferno, where their win rate is 100% in 4 played matches, while Virtus.pro has a win rate of 60% in their last 5 matches on this map. However, this is a best of one (bo1) series, and anything can happen here - any team can surprise and show outstanding gameplay at the major. And so it happened - the beginning of the match was completely in favor of Virtus.pro, leading 5:2 on the defense side. However, Imperial rallied and not only equalized the score, but also won the first half 7:5. After the side switch, the Brazilians won the pistol round and took a string of rounds, leaving their opponents in a terrible position in terms of score and economy in the game. Imperial only needed a little to finish off VP and they capitalized on their advantage, giving up only one round in the second half.Imperial 13-6 Virtus.pro.
Distribution of the prize fund for PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024:
- 1st place: TBD - $500,000; invite to BLAST Premier World Final 2024
- 2nd place: TBD - $170,000
- 3-4th place: TBD - $80,000
- 5-8nd place: TBD - $20,000
- 9-11th place: TBD - $20,000
- 12-14th place: TBD - $20,000
- 15-16th place: TBD - $20,000
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 is a premier Counter-Strike 2 tournament taking place in Denmark. The event will feature 16 of the best teams in the world competing for a total prize pool of $1,250,000. The winning team will also receive an invitation to the BLAST Premier World Final 2024. The tournament is scheduled to take place from March 21st to March 31st.