Our expectations for you were low, but holy f-ck…

Despite not being out of the fight just yet, mezii-less Vitality crashed and burned against Inner Circle, arguably the weakest team at BLAST Open Porto 2026.

jL’s debut in the Bees’ jersey was completely overshadowed by a generational stinker from ZywOo, who posted a 0.78 series rating - his second-worst performance in CS2 - as Vitality suffered back-to-back BO3 losses for the first time since October last year.

At least NAVI can take some solace in the fact that they’ve finally found something they can one-up Vitality in: being sh-t. iM and makazze put on a disasterclass in their loss to M80, giving the haters a field day.

Keeping up the trend from the EWC, Falcons also looked shaky, although they managed to scrape by and get the job done against Lynn Vision.

But enough negativity - we need to have a serious talk about try.

This guy hasn’t exactly come out of nowhere, but now that he’s finally been given a real shot, he’s showing exactly why he’s been so highly rated for a while now. Legacy swept FUT off the back of yet another stellar performance from the AWPer, setting up a big test on Saturday as they take on karrigan and co. with a Playoffs spot on the line.

Rounding things off with the more expected results, FURIA, Spirit, and MOUZ all swept their respective opening matchups, taking down paiN, DENDELE, and 9z, respectively.