Enjoy an easy-to-digest recap for the fourth day of play at the BLAST.tv Paris Major Legends Stage. Thriller matches from start to finishThe final day of the Legends stage delivered exciting matches and crazy results, as we have learned to expect from the BLAST.tv Paris Major. It all started with Natus Vincere and FaZe clashing for a playoff spot. The clash of the two best teams of the past two years offered three exciting maps. Natus Vincere stole away FaZe's pick of Inferno, FaZe blew Natus Vincere out on Mirage, and then pulled off a comeback from 15-9 to win Anubis in overtime to, once again, stay alive in the Major cycle.  fnatic took on underdogs Into the Breach next, and it looked like everything was under control on map one. But Joey "CRUC1AL" Steusel and Cai "CYPHER" Watson had different plans, and powered the British team to the country's first Major playoff appearance with wins on Overpass and Vertigo. Finally, Apeks made two comebacks, first on Vertigo and then on Ancient (from 14-3), to eliminate Ninjas in Pyjamas from competition in a thriller series that left the Ninjas heartbroken. Standings after day 3Group Legends Stage 3W - 0L HEROIC      Vitality    3W - 1L Liquid     Monte    GamerLegion 3W - 2L Apeks     Into the Breach FaZe 2W - 3L Natus Vincere fnatic Ninjas in Pyjamas 1W - 3L ENCE Bad News Eagles G2 0W - 3L 9INE FURIA Player of the day 1.33 rating broky vs. NAVI Helvijs "broky" Saukants takes the cake as the player of the day thanks to his 40-bomb on the decider map against Natus Vincere, proving key in the comeback and overtime victory. The Latvian also posted a series-high 1.33 rating as FaZe once again staved off elimination from the Major cycle. An honorable mention goes to another AWPer, CRUC1AL, as the 26-year-old spearheaded Into the Breach to a win over fnatic and a playoff spot. Highlights of the dayHLTV coverageThe full photo gallery from day three of the Paris Major Legends Stage, captured by Josip "brcho" Brtan and Radosław "MAKKU" Makuch, can be found below:
Our writers on the ground, Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles, Danish "Nohte" Allana, and Harry "NER0" Richards conducted the following interviews during the day:  Read more karrigan on beating NAVI: "It literally felt like a playoff game"  Read more isak: "Everyone is just so happy, we still can't believe it happened since we were so down"  Read more Thomas on CRUC1AL & CYPHER performances: "Christ, is this how it feels to be carried?"  Read more k0nfig: "[We did] not trust the players and only trusted the stratbook"  fnatic #15  Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Dion 'FASHR' Derksen Nico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen William 'mezii' Merriman Jamie 'keita' Hall  Helvijs 'broky' Saukants  Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 834 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.61  Natus Vincere #4 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Denis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy   Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Kristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinDaniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov Daniel 'djL' Narancic  Apeks #19  Martin 'STYKO' Styk Joakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadTim 'nawwk' Jonasson Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski  Jakub 'kuben' Gurczyński FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Robin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström  Cai 'CYPHER' Watson  Age: 20 Team: Into the Breach Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 497 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.71 Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel  Age: 26 Team: Into the Breach Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1606 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 Into the Breach #28 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselThomas 'Thomas' UttingCai 'CYPHER' Watson Sebastian 'volt' Maloș  Gustavo 'Juve' Alexandre |
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Legends Stage day 4 photo gallery