{"id":30406,"date":"2023-05-21T14:06:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=30406"},"modified":"2023-05-21T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T23:55:24","slug":"vitality-claim-blast-tv-paris-major-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/vitality-claim-blast-tv-paris-major-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Vitality claim BLAST.tv Paris Major title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the support of the home crowd behind them, Team Vitality have claimed the final-ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major &#8212; defeating GamerLegion 2-0 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-tv-paris-major\/\" title=\"BLAST.tv Paris Major betting guide\">BLAST.tv Paris Major<\/a> at Accor Arena on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Vitality began their BLAST.tv Paris Major campaign with high expectations, as they had just come off a dominant <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-spring\/\" title=\"IEM Spring betting guide\">IEM Spring<\/a> (IEM Rio 2023) victory a few weeks beforehand, while many <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Best esports betting sites\">esports betting sites<\/a> had them pinned as one of the favourites to claim the title. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The last CS:GO Major Champions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamVitality?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamVitality<\/a> \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>And they&#39;ve done it on home soil!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTTVMajor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTTVMajor<\/a> | \ud83d\udcf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMAKKU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theMAKKU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tLr7XdcbwL\">pic.twitter.com\/tLr7XdcbwL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HLTV.org (@HLTVorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HLTVorg\/status\/1660339560767791104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of the five players on the Vitality roster, the two hometown boys in Dan \u201capEX\u201d Madesclaire and Mathieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbaut had a lot riding on this Major, with the in-game leader searching for his second Major of his career and ZywOo seeking his first. <\/p>\n<p>Emil \u201cMagisk\u201d Reif now has four Major wins in his career, having claimed three during his time with Astralis.<\/p>\n<p>Magisk&#8217;s former Astralis alumni Danny \u201czonic\u201d Sorensen and Peter \u201cdupreeh\u201d Rasmussen also added to their impressive career records, with dupreeh now owning more <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CS:GO betting\">CS:GO<\/a> Major wins than any other player in history. <\/p>\n<p>The sixth and final piece of this Vitality roster is Lotan \u201cSpinx\u201d Giladi, who was signed in August last year and has become the first ever Counter-Strike Major winner from Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Vitality completed the Paris Major without losing a single map &#8212; thus matching Natus Vincere, who also managed to win 10 consecutive maps at the PGL Major Stockholm in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>As for the runners-up, GamerLegion surpassed all expectations, with many people predicting them to be knocked out in the Challengers Stage.<\/p>\n<p>However, in front of a hostile French crowd, the inexperience of the GamerLegion roster showed and Vitality took advantage of their mistakes and put them to the sword. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE CHOSEN ONE \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zywoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zywoo<\/a> finally wins his first Major and claims his first Major MVP award from HLTV &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1xBet_Esports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@1xBet_Esports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTTVMajor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTTVMajor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MqReZUeg3x\">pic.twitter.com\/MqReZUeg3x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HLTV.org (@HLTVorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HLTVorg\/status\/1660336299373412357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To go with his first Major of his career, ZywOo took home his first Major MVP award, finishing the event with an impressive 1.39 overall rating including a server-high rating in the final of 1.54.<\/p>\n<p>With the final CS:GO Major now over, the next Counter-Strike Major will be played on the new game &#8211; 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