{"id":38687,"date":"2024-09-28T19:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T23:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=38687"},"modified":"2024-09-28T19:25:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T23:25:43","slug":"g2-esports-reverse-sweep-vitality-to-reach-blast-fall-final-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/g2-esports-reverse-sweep-vitality-to-reach-blast-fall-final-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"G2 Esports reverse sweep Vitality to reach BLAST Fall Final 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>G2 Esports have emerged as the first BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 finalists on Saturday, September 28, when Nikola &#8220;NiKo&#8221; Kova\u010d and co. reverse-swept the Vitality in an intense three-map series.<\/p>\n<p>By eliminating the Bees, G2 Esports are guaranteed their fourth top-two finish in an S-Tier tournament just a week after reaching the semifinals at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/esl-pro-league\/\" title=\"ESL Pro League betting guide\" >ESL Pro League<\/a> Season 20.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture marked the first clash between G2 Esports and Team Vitality since BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024, when G2 Esports still fielded Rasmus &#8220;HooXi&#8221; Nielsen and Nemanja &#8220;nexa&#8221; Isakovi\u0107. <\/p>\n<p>Now, with a new lineup and largely thanks to the newest member Mario &#8220;malbsMd&#8221; Samayoa, G2 got their revenge.<\/p>\n<h2>NiKo Leads G2 Esports to Victory<\/h2>\n<p>The BLAST Premier: Fall Final semifinal series kicked off on G2 Esports&#8217; pick of Anubis, yet despite choosing the map, G2 failed to get over the finish line and lost 9-13.<\/p>\n<p>That also marked Ilya &#8220;m0NESY&#8221; Osipov&#8217;s first map of a 29-map streak in which he failed to post a positive rating. Still, despite the slow start for the Russian AWPer, he managed to pick up the pace in the final two.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G2CSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@G2CSGO<\/a> ARE HEADING TO THE GRAND FINAL! \u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTPremier?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTPremier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IQjM7DxoVJ\">pic.twitter.com\/IQjM7DxoVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLAST Premier \ud83d\udca5 (@BLASTPremier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLASTPremier\/status\/1840080087179317399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The series moved to Vitality&#8217;s map pick, Dust2, which started close, entering half-time with a narrow 7-5 lead for G2. <\/p>\n<p>Vitality responded on CT-side, winning the first two rounds, but could not find a response for NiKo, m0NESY, and malbsMd, who carried their side to victory with seven straight rounds to close the map.<\/p>\n<p>After a back-and-forth start, the series moved to the deciding map \u2013 Mirage, which continued the theme of the semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Team Vitality started strong, and on the back of Mathieu &#8220;ZywOo&#8221; Herbaut, took three of the first four rounds but quickly lost momentum and entered the half-time 5-7 down.<\/p>\n<p>Not to repeat the situation from Dust2, Vitality put their foot on the gas and secured seven of the first nine rounds on CT-side, setting themselves up for success. <\/p>\n<p>But even after reaching a comfortable 12-9 lead Dan &#8220;apEX&#8221; Madesclaire and co. failed to close out the series.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE WINNING MOMENT<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTPremier?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTPremier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G2CSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@G2CSGO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zADozuGPI4\">pic.twitter.com\/zADozuGPI4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLAST Premier \ud83d\udca5 (@BLASTPremier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLASTPremier\/status\/1840080492147724453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Despite their best attempts, Vitality could not get the final map which would take them to the grand final. <\/p>\n<p>They were unable to stop NiKo, who put on a masterful display and dragged his side into overtime, where a closely contested six maps ended in a well-deserved 16-14 victory for G2.<\/p>\n<p>The Bosnian <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CS:GO betting guide\" >Counter-Strike<\/a> superstar ended the series with a 1.47 performance rating, closely followed by malbsMd at 1.43.<\/p>\n<p>G2 Esports are set to face Natus Vincere on Sunday, September 29. <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Top Esport Betting Sites\" >Counter-Strike betting sites<\/a> have NiKo and co. priced as $2.54 underdogs for the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 grand final.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G2 Esports reverse sweep Team Vitality to reach the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024, securing their fourth S-Tier tournament final in recent weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":26664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2813,2988,626,4,103,187],"class_list":["post-38687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blast-premier-fall-final","tag-counter-strike-global-offensive","tag-cs-go","tag-featured","tag-g2-esports","tag-vitality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38687"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38690,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38687\/revisions\/38690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}