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. k0nfig heartbroken after the loss to Apeks 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: Legends Stage day 4 photo gallery
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' Tamjidi Fredrik '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' Sharipov Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy   Ninjas in Pyjamas #10   Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov Daniel 'djL' Narancic  Apeks #19  Martin 'STYKO' Styk Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski Jakub 'kuben' Gurczyński  FaZe #3  Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Robin 'ropz' Kool Helvijs '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' Rodowicz Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel Thomas 'Thomas' Utting Cai 'CYPHER' Watson Sebastian 'volt' Maloș Gustavo 'Juve' Alexandre |