#Virtusplow!

Virtus.pro's incredible run through the ESL ESEA Pro League Dubai Invitational came to end with an incredibly close win over Team SoloMid in the Grand Finals, crowing them as champions of Dubai and winner of the $100,000 USD grand prize.

The series kicked off on Overpass and speed was the name of the game as both teams found success on their eco rounds with incredibly fast play. In the first half, TSM defense started off strong but VP executed onto the B site with speed and TSM had difficulty handling the aggression.

After several successful VP hits onto B, the Poles actually began to slow down their pace and this decision would hurt them as the Danes closed out the first half with a streak of five rounds, leading to a 10-5 halftime score.

The second half began with TSM's aggressive offense giving the Danish side a quick 14-7 lead but Virtus.pro settled down to bring the score back to a much closer 15-13. At match point, the Danes used an aggressive push to the B site to close out the map at 16-13.

Virtus.pro responded to the loss on Overpass with a commanding win on Train. Starting off on the Counter-Terrorist side, the VP defense was impenetrable and they simply took control of every angle. The TSM offense had no chance to execute their plan and Virtus.pro made it look easy with an 11-4 half.

With the massive lead, Virtus.pro had little difficulty closing out the map on the offensive side. TSM were never available to get their economy rolling and VP ran over the Danes, 16-7.

After their crushing defeat on Train, TSM put their foot down on Dust 2. The Danish CT-side was a brick wall and there was nothing VP could do to break through. Any thing the Poles tried to execute was effectively countered by TSM and the Danes just cruised to a 16-3 victory.

Cobblestone was the fourth map in the series and it this map was all Virtus.pro. The Danes looked extremely one dimensional on the Terrorist side, often hitting the B platform and relying on device to get several entry frags to try and win rounds.

Once the VP defense figured out what the Danes were trying to do, the attacks became stale and the Polish side took a 9-6 lead into the second half.

The second half was a dominating performance by the Poles. Their offense was fast and decisive, often bursting through Drop and instantly getting two to three frags to open up the site. The Danes had no answer for the VP aggression and a 16-7 scoreline guaranteed fans a fifth and final map.

Mirage was the map to decide it all and it was an incredibly close map. Starting on the Counter-Terrorist side, the Polish defense looked a little shaky until Snax got his hands on the AWP and pretty much single-handedly held TSM off the A site. The strength of Virtus.pro's defense put them miles ahead of TSM with a 12-3 halftime score.

The map looked to be over for the Danes but TSM kept fighting. Starting their run in the second half by winning the pistol round, the Danish defense built up their economy and began taking round after round to bring it all the way back to a 14-13 scoreline in their favor.

With the map quickly slipping away, Virtus.pro stepped their play up to another level and finally began landing their shots when it mattered most. At match point, the TSM economy had been shattered and Virtus.pro took an easy anti-eco round to close out the map 16-14.

Paul Park is a writer for theScore eSports. You can follow him on Twitter.