The Russian Dragons from Team Spirit have started out 2021 in flying fashion, having defeated nearly every obstacle and opponent in their way, with the addition of Abdul “degster” Gasanov only making them even more dangerous.
Yesterday, it was the otherwise mighty CS:GO rulers from Astralis who got dismantled by degster and company, as the Danes suffered a heavy 2-1 defeat against Spirit at IEM Katowice, where they nearly got 16-0’ed on Dust2.
Read more: Team Spirit stuns Astralis and wins the last map with 16-1!
Astralis’ powerful rifler Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen gave a post-match interview after the Dust2 slaughter, where the 27-year old Dane explains how Spirit’s aggressive playstyle makes them very tough to play against, and how no once should underestimate them.
Nothing but respect from @dupreeh (when the conversation with @FrankieWard is more a little more serious?) pic.twitter.com/kr9LyGPbUf
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) February 22, 2021
Read more: Emotional Team Spirit-player after Astralis-win: I am in a complete shock!
Astralis and Spirit are both through to the playoff stage at IEM Katowice where they will compete against NAVI, Liquid, Gambit, and Virtus.pro, for the $400.000 first price.
Play Off Stage | IEM Katowice
Quarterfinals – Friday 26/02 (CET)
15:00 – Gambit vs NAVI
18:30 – Virtus.pro vs Astralis
Semifinals – Saturday 27/02 (CET)
15:00 – Spirit vs Gambit/NAVI winner
18:30 – Liquid vs Virtus.pro/Astralis winner
