Our moviemaker Filip "filq" Szatkowski compiled Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut's best plays from ESL One Cologne where the Frenchmen was awarded the MVP award by HLTV & Betway.

At one of the biggest events of the year, ZywOo had a masterclass performance, boasting a 1.33 rating over 17 maps played. He was also an outstanding player in all of the key matches, for example, helping Vitality topple Astralis with a 1.36-rated series.

Tournament MVP in Vitality's grand final defeat

Despite ZywOo's heroics, Vitality wasn't able to defeat Liquid in the grand final and stop the North American side from claiming the trophy and the Intel Grand Slam title. However, the 18-year-old's outstanding performances earned him his third MVP award.

Click play on the video below to witness the best of ZywOo at ESL One Cologne in a movie made by Filip "filq" Szatkowski:

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Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 18 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.31 Maps played: 480 KPR: 0.88 DPR: 0.62 Liquid #1 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Astralis #3 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Vitality #2 Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautNathan 'NBK-' SchmittCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlex 'ALEX' McMeekin