Astralis send mousesports to lower bracket
The mighty Danes stay on track in the upper bracket after taking down mousesports in their opening match at IEM Katowice.
Astralis continue through the Group A upper bracket following a clean 2-0 victory over mousesports, in which the Danes looked dominant for most periods of the time. gla1ve’s troops are set to face off against Evil Geniuses in the upper semi-finals, while mousesports will have to compete in the lower bracket where they will face off Gambit for a spot in the lower semi-finals.
Nuke: 16-8 | device – 1.60 Rating | 93.8 ADR | 23-9 K/D
Inferno: 16-12 | device – 1.45 Rating | 97.5 ADR | 25-17 K/D
It was Astralis’ AWPer who lead the charge for his team in the series and especially on the opening map of Nuke where he had a stellar performance, finishing on top of the scoreboard with a 23-9 K/D. The Danes allowed mousesports to only grab two rounds in the first half, going to halftime 13-2 before they rallied to close the map out 16-8.
On the second map of the series, mousesports started to find their footing and came out looking much better than in the opening map. Even though chrisJ and company went to halftime with a one round lead, they didn’t manage to execute the right plays on T-side to find openings in Astralis’ defense. The Danes closed out the map 16-12 and wrapped up the series with a clean 2-0 victory.
MVP:
Nicolai “device” Reedtz – 1.52 Rating | 95.8 ADR | 48-26 K/D
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