In yesterday’s brawl in the Polish capital, Metizport Epicbet finished the day with a 1-4 score in the Group Stage, thus failing to make it to the Playoffs. The first four best-of-one matches versus B8, Luminosity, NiP and M80 were all close ordeals, but Head Coach Vincent “vinS” Jozefiak was unable to take his men over the final edge to close out the games. The results in the first quartet of matches were 8-13, 9-13, 8-13 and 9-13.
However, in the last match of the tournament versus GamerLegion, the team finally woke up on Nuke and steamrolled over the 29th best team in the world with a 13-5 scoreline. This victory was incredibly important, not only for the squad’s motivation but also for the ranking – with that upset alone, Metizport Epicbet rose from 66th to 55th on the global VRS, which puts us in a great position for the upcoming Tipsport Open Cup in Prague next week.
Captain and In-game Leader Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz commented on the result in a post-match interview, highlighting that one of the team’s main challenges at the moment is the difference between online and offline play, and that this tournament was an important experience shedding more light on the matter.
Today the team is heading home and will spend the next five days preparing for the next offline tournament in Prague – €11,000 Tipsport Open Cup, where the squad will head in as the highest ranked team of the tournament.