At Funspark Ulti Finals 2021 Astralis avoided an early elimination by beating Fnatic 2-1. The victory was found after a thriller ending on Inferno
The match started on Mirage, where it was an unusual duo that broke Fnatic. In-game leader Lukas ‘gla1ve‘ Rossander and the reborn AWP’er Philip “Lucky” Ewald gave the English/Swedish team a hard time. While Lucky made good use of his Sniper Rifle with 14 kills, Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander was on his own personal vendetta after a tough game yesterday. The Danish in-game leader created his own little Brexit on Mirage going 16-3 against Fnatic’s three Englishmen on the server.
Astralis won Mirage 16-2 and headed on to their own map pick on Nuke for the second map.
Here Fnatic finally came to life. On their CT-side they overcame a strong Astralis start to find a 9-6 lead at the break. In the second half it looked like for a moment, that the Danes would make a comeback. In the end Ludvig ‘Brollan’ Brolin stepped up and made some important kills to save Fnatic and force the match to Inferno.
In a dramatic last map, Astralis managed to win the match after overtime. There were several rounds in the end of the match that could have gone both ways. In a thriller ending it was Lucky with superb ending to the match that sealed the deal for the Danes.
The victory for Astralis sets them up with a match against either Gambit or Entropiq in the lower semi-finals, while Fnatic is out of the tournament.
Fnatic – Astralis (1-2) | Funspark ULTI Finals
2-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:DK} gla1ve – 1.94 Rating / 23-8 K-D / 123.2 ADR
16-13 (Nuke) | {cflag:SE} Brollan – 1.33 Rating / 23-14 K-D / 85.4 ADR
16-19 (Inferno) | {cflag:DK} gla1ve – 1.36 Rating / 24-10 K-D / 112.5 ADR
MVP: {cflag:DK} Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander – 1.29 Rating / 63-51 K-D / 98.5 ADR
