It was expected - Vitality abandoned the sixth player in the CS: GO roster

Valve recently announced that it will impose a 20% rating point penalty on each team using the six-player starter model. The rules only apply to RMR championships, but Vitality decided to play it safe and get used to a five-player roster at all events.

Guillaume 'neL' Canelo has previously revealed that his sources claim that Nivera may be excluded from Vitality. The French club has now confirmed this rumor on their Twitter account.

Nabil 'Nivera' Benrlitom has been in the starting roster as the sixth player since October 16 last year. In some maps, he was replaced by shox or misutaaa depending on the situation. Now the cyber sportsman has been put on the bench.

The management also said that due to the fact that Nivera has performed very well, the doors for the Belgian in the organization will always be open in the event of a change in the situation with the six-player roster.

Team Vitality Roster

• Richard 'shox' Papillon
• Dan 'apEX' Madesclair
• Cedric 'RpK' Goipue
• Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaud
• Kevin 'misutaaa' Rabier