Astralis victorious in Danish derby
Two completely different games send Astralis into the semi-final versus Vitality.
The newly assembled Astralis took on Heroic who looked strong earlier today. This time they had their hands a bit more full as they had to go up versus their rival Danish powerhouse.
The first map pick belonged to Astralis, and a bit surprisingly they went for Mirage. They did have a good showing on it versus FaZe, but it is still a bit of an unknown entity.
The map started great for Heroic on the CT-side who went to a dominating 7-1 lead spearheaded by IGL “cadiaN” who was leading by example with numerous multi-kill rounds. Astralis did though manage a lot of bomb plants, which facilitated a healthy economy while keeping Heroic’s low. “gla1ve” and his gladiators ended up only taking four rounds on their T-side, most of them going right down to the wire, where Astralis were fortunate enough to have players such as “Xyp9x” and “Lucky” who flourish in the clutch.
Astralis started to mound a comeback after a pistol-round win in the second half, but Heroic had just taken too many rounds in the first half and hit match point at 15-10. Astralis now needed five rounds in a row to reach overtime, which is exactly what they did, though the nerves of Astralis fans were getting tested as Heroic were allowed several afterplant situations.
Astralis continued their streak of extreme CT dominance and did not drop a single round in overtime and the game ended with a 19-15 victory for Astralis after a jumping headshot from “Lucky”.
With their map pick, Heroic chose Nuke to little surprise for anyone, as it is one of their signature maps. It is also the map that the “new” Astralis has the most official matches on, but they have only won one out of three.
The first half had Astralis written all over it. It was a fully focused team working in unison, with no weak links. The one bright spot for Heroic was the fact that they were able to get several bomb plants and keep the economy between the teams close. But no matter the quality of weaponry equipped by Heroic, Astralis had their number at every turn. At halftime, the score was a soul-crushing 14-1 for Astralis.
Heroic did manage a couple of rounds in the second half, but their efforts were in vain as Astralis take the victory 16-4.
This means that Astralis will be the ones facing Vitality tomorrow, where they will try to get their revenge and take the last spot in the Grand Final.
Highlight of the BO3-series:
Astralis – heroic (2-0) | BLAST Fall Final 2021 (Lower Final)
19-15 (Mirage) |
16-4 (Nuke) |
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