At this point the stark difference is the talent pool
EMEA's regional power is low, the regional outreach was low too, that is why they don't have any good t2 players (talent wise) who jumped into t1 scenes when franchising came to VALORANT whereas NA's t2 talent was just t1 people who were dropped form t1 teams it was a recycle bin so franchising did not matter much for NA, yes many top tier talents were dropped but the ones who are in t1 scene are just better.
EMEA needs to chill and give their players some time to ease into their respective roles. Their top team have always been better, instead of blaming and flaming people just calm your tits and dont get worked up over a single elim tournament.