An Upset in History: China Versus Vietnam

It is the middle of the day and it is Boss.CFVN’s turn to go up against All Gamers (AG), who is considered as the best CrossFire team in the world at the moment.
No one expects the Vietnamese to win on this map. After all, even though the Chinese hate Mexico and Port, the individual aim and pre-set strategies that China had on their side should have been more than enough to win this matchup.
However, “should” proved to be a very dangerous word, as see in this matchup.

Port: Miracle or Perdition?
Port has been known as a map that slightly favors the Global Risk side due to the accessibility of its sites during retakes. Unlike other maps that practically deny retakes once Black List plants the bomb, Port still allows the defensive team to get back control.
It also goes without saying that it is relatively easy to defend the sites as there is a good amount of corners that need to be checked on both sites on the map.
Still, AG from China took seven rounds on the attacking side during their group stage game against Boss.CFVN and many immediately counted them out as the Chinese get to play on the rather favoured side of the map.

Caption: LSN had 16 kils in the first half, while SHADY tried to keep his team afloat with 10.

However, the Vietnamese had other thoughts in their mind.

Breaking Down Sites: A Master Class from Vietnam
From well-timed splits to the double fakes that the Vietnamese used in their comeback on the Black List side, AG could not find an answer to the meticulous executes that Boss did on Port.
All of a sudden, the Vietnamese bring the Chinese squad to overtime on the back of well-distributed frags across the board as well as vital clutches from their core players.

Overtime’s The Story
Overtime was indeed a different story as BOSS dominated the first-half of overtime, taking a quick 3-0 on the back of alternating attacks on different sites.
Though the Chinese tried to make their case on the attacking side of things, the Vietnamese only needed a single round to win the whole map and they did it just as AG threatened to extend the series by bringing another overtime round to the table.

Wrap-up
As a result, Boss wins against the Chinese, who are considered to be the favorites going into this tournament. They go on to get the first seed after defeating Remo Brave and Pacific.Macta, thus guaranteeing themselves a top-two finish.
One match can change everything.
If there was a match that may change the face of international CrossFire, then this should be it.
After all, one does not see the best CF team in the world beaten decisively every day.