Its actually much bigger than you imagine. You can say ''but SEN almost beat Liquid'' yeah, but the way EU teams beat''weaker'' teams show how well they read different opponent playstyles and adapt to it
That's true, because Vanity is just different. C9 is the only team I really respect after this tournament, also unlucky for Envy, having an ill player affects you. I hope that competition will only grow and teams won't be sleeping on todays achievements. Hope to see insane valorant in the future.
I feel like a huge difference is mindset, I feel like EMEA teams actually treat each opponent as a "threat" so they care more about the game.
Rather NA just think in a more complacent mindset (maybe don't practice as much before minor team games) expecting it to be an easy sweep