Evil Geniuses fights off Astralis in huge brawl in opening match

They called it the "Group of Death" beforehand. With three of the world's top five teams stuffed in Group D, there is certainly a lot of exciting CS:GO action to come. In the last match of the day, Astralis was tasked with the job to follow up on the other two favorites, who took home victories earlier today.

EG picked Nuke. Previously a safehold for Astralis, but lately the Danes have been shaky on the nuclear ground. They started well though and quickly made it 4-1 in their favor. EG's new man on the roster, "oBo" had a rough start only getting his first kill in round 12! The young American slowly fought his way back end ended up redeemed himself in the second half, where EG managed to break Astralis and win Nuke by 16-12.

The two rosters took the elevator up in the sky to continue the fight on Vertigo. After a good first half from Astralis, the Danes continued on their CT-side taking five in a row to establish a big 14-6 lead. Astralis won the map 16-10, after a brilliant performance from Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen, who won his opening duels 6:0.

The match went on to Inferno. Here EG managed to take an early lead after a fourth-round situation, where Astralis had a favorable 3vs1 situation. The Danes somehow blew the opportunity and lost the round along with their economy.

The first half ended with a bit of a thrashing with a 12-3 lead and annoyance in the Astralis camp.

Astralis came out winning the pistol round in the second half, but then again threw a round, where they should have won. In the end, Evil Geniuses came out firing on all cylinders, with great calling from in-game leader Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz, while 'oBo', 'CeRq', and 'Brehze' all had great moments on the last map. EG takes a big scalp and opens up Group D completely with their win against Astralis.

Astralis - Evil Geniuses 1-2 (12-16, 16-10, 7-16)

MVP: Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte - 1.26 rating / 65-48 K-D / 86.7 ADR