Na'Vi out of Group B as Astralis win overtime thriller

After seeing OG winning the Upper Final and taking a spot in the Group B Final, we now had to find out who would win the Lower Final. It was between the world's former #1 in Astralis, and the current #1 of Na'Vi. The winner of the match would go on to fight MIBR, while the loser would be done for the day. The map choice fell upon Mirage and would have Astralis staring as the CT's and Na'Vi as the T's.

Na'Vi started out very fast with almost surprisingly explosive plays, which led them to a very speedy 6-0 lead. It looked as though this CIS-team was determined to show that their loss versus MIBR was nothing but a fluke. Astralis had to answer back with some rounds here on CT-side as their T-sides have been very lackluster, and they did exactly that. Powered by an invigorated "blameF" the Danes slowly but surely clawed their way back into the game and finished with the half with a one-round deficit, which was more than they could have hoped for after the bad start.
The Danes continued their momentum into the second half as they managed to take the first six rounds of the second half as "k0nfig" all of a sudden was smoking hot. Na'Vi was able to stop the streak for one round, but the Danes answered back hard, securing map point at 15-9. Na'Vi were able to bring it back into overtime somehow, even winning a 2v4 situation along the way. The CIS-squad now had all the momentum in the deciding moments.
Astralis came alive once again in overtime, taking the first round and making the other two incredibly close, but it was still the Na'Vi side to come out with the early OT lead. It looked as though Na'Vi was gonna secure map point at 18-16 "Xyp9x", but that's when "Xyp9x" and "Lucky" won a 2v4 post-plant to even the scores. The next round was almost a repeat as Na'Vi had safely planted the bomb and gotten into after-plant positions, and let it slip away as "Xyp9x" performed a "ninja defuse" to win the round. The Danes took the last round in convincing style and therefore took the map victory at 19-17.
Astralis fight on for a spot in the Group B Final vs. MIBR, while Na'Vi is done for the day.

Highlight of the BO1-series

Na'Vi – Astralis (0-1) | BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022

17-19 (Mirage) |

blameF – 1.23 Rating / 33-24 K-D / 96.2 ADR