Nemiga beat Vitality 2-0 in the PGL Masters Bucharest semi-final and advanced to the grand final. The maps finished 13-8 on Cache and 13-11 on Dust2. Nikita "robo" Dushin led the series with 46 kills, 101 ADR and a 1.52 rating.
On Cache, Nemiga raced to a 7-1 lead. Vitality won the remaining four rounds of the half to get back into it, but could not keep up the momentum after the side switch. robo picked up 24 kills, while William "mezii" Merriman, who is acting as IGL in the absence of Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, finished with just three kills and 49.6 ADR.
On Dust2, mezii found his form again and got a quad kill in the final round of the first half, putting Vitality 8-4 up. After the break Nemiga gradually closed the gap and levelled at 10-10. Vitality edged ahead again, but Nemiga won the next three rounds to take the map 13-11. mezii ended with 22 kills and a map-best 1.60 rating, but could not force a third map, Mirage. robo added another 22 kills.
The result is also reflected in the VRS ranking. According to the live preview, Nemiga earn 56 points for beating Vitality, moving from 1,589 points and 12th place to 1,645 points and 10th. That is a gain of 153 points and 13 places since their opening match of the event.
In the grand final, Nemiga will face the winner of the other semi-final between MOUZ and FURIA.