In a shocking opening-day result, Legacy took down the best team in the world, Team Vitality, with an oddly one-sided scoreline, causing arguably one of the biggest upsets of the Major. Despite being the favorites to win the Major, the Brazilian side successfully ended a 30-match win streak of Vitality to start their Major campaign with a banger.
VETO
- Legacy removed Train
- Legacy removed Nuke
- Vitality removed Ancient
- Vitality removed Mirage
- Vitality removed Anubis
- Legacy removed Dust2
- Inferno was left over
Map: Inferno; Winner: Legacy; Score: 13:9
Starting the map with a pistol round win, Vitality lost the momentum as Legacy converted the following round with a few pistols. Winning the second round, Legacy went on a tear, winning 8 rounds before Vitality secured two more to end the half with a 9-3 scoreline. While Vitality did manage to get a plant to open up in the second half, Legacy managed a successful retake to keep up the momentum. Winning all of the remaining rounds, Legacy demolished the best team in the world with a 13-9 dominant scoreline.
Suffice it to say that this result puts some pressure on everyone’s Pick’Ems as Vitality was a team touted to go 3-0 in the Major. It goes without saying that this might be a blip, and the next B01 of the day might see them get back to winning ways, but as for Legacy, they have secured the most impressive upset of the Major despite no one counting on them to overperform to this degree.