Gambit beat Astralis, become Legends

6-7-2016 11:45

Gambit have advanced to the quarter-finals at ESL One Cologne after beating Astralis 16-6 on Dust2.

The first match of the second day in Cologne was a winners' match between Astralis who beat Dignitas, and Gambit who defeated CLG in their opening match.

The battleground to determine the first quarter-finalist was on Dust2 and Gambit started out on the T-side. The Russian team picked up the pistol round after Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev's entry kill and were able to secure the anti-ecos.

AdreN & co. acquire Legend status

Despite giving up two opening kills to Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander in the first weapon round, Gambit snatched it and then made it 5-0. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz clutched a 1vs2 to give his team their third round and Astralis later tied it at 5-5. Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov replied with a 1vs2 clutch of his own to take back the lead and Gambit led 9-6 at halftime.

A triple kill by Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov in the second half pistol round extended Gambit's lead to 10-6 and they made it 12-6 after cleaning up the anti-eco and the early weapon purchase of the Danes.

Gambit picked up two more rounds to make it 14-6 which triggered an Astralis timeout. It didn't work though as Gambit closed out the match 16-6, advancing to the quarter-finals.

ESL One Cologne 2016Best of 1

Astralis

Matchpage

6th July 2016

Gambit

Dust2

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev AdreN	24 - 14	+10	104.0	81.8%	1.65
Rustem 'mou' Telepov mou	18 - 9	+9	82.1	90.9%	1.52
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Dosia	20 - 13	+7	81.8	77.3%	1.33
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov hooch	13 - 13	0	77.9	81.8%	1.18
Ivan 'spaze' Obrezhan spaze	12 - 14	-2	70.4	68.2%	1.06

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	17 - 17	0	82.9	81.8%	1.09
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	16 - 18	-2	73.4	81.8%	0.95
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	13 - 19	-6	67.9	72.7%	0.88
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	9 - 17	-8	62.6	59.1%	0.69
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	8 - 16	-8	46.7	54.5%	0.63

Next up in Cologne will be the elimination match of Group A between Dignitas and CLG. You can find yourself a stream on our match page.

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2016-07-06 11:45

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5 replies

cajunb was the problem topkek

2016-07-06 11:46

4 replies

He was did u not see Dig almost win

And speaking of which I forgot they had gla1ve filling in.

2016-07-06 11:48

topbait, go hang yourself

2016-07-06 11:50

True, astra can now choke in group stage, not only in playoffs

2016-07-06 12:53

disband pls

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Device is shit

2016-07-06 12:02

If you choose to lose both pistols and the upcomming gunround in both halfs, you gonna have a bad time... On the other hand, I know Astralis is using gla1ve as a standin, but it is still criticizable that they can't play a map such as Cache, so they have to go for D2 vs. Cyka Blyats.

2016-07-06 11:47

Easiest group for Astralis, get shrekt.

Easiest group for everyone it seems, astralis played like clowns

Rip astralis?

2016-07-06 12:38

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a weak "legend" team for sure, dig got a fair chance they just gotta play their game and not respect astralis too much... and veto fucking overpass already

2016-07-06 12:41

hope astralis will beat their enemy team.

2016-07-06 16:31

clown9?

2016-07-06 20:04

so close

yes

Choking on another level topkek

ez4dosia and hooch

2016-07-06 12:00

GZ gambit

ez4xgods

SO EZ 4 X-GOD! fokin astrailius choke-artist

haha

1st

i wanted to bet 150$ on Gambit but it was early morning and i was too lazy to go to ATM :/ feelsbadman

6 replies

me too

3 replies

sad

great for gambit and well deserved win

yes but i didnt bet D:

2016-07-06 11:56

u have to go to the atm to bet on csgo matches?

2016-07-06 12:50

yeah i have only cash

2016-07-06 13:38

X GOD

impressive

ez skins

THEY ALWAYS WAS LEGENDS

X GOD IS LEGEND

LEGENDSSS

wow

wp gambit

too ez crazy ivan style

pls vac them

ayy

And G2 or Fnatic out in last place GGWP

Expected Kappa

SEX GOD LEGEND

not even choking anymore at this level

Ez for X GOD PogChamp

xgod

i thought adren was a white guy

There are 2 adrens, one is from US.

ez 4 x god

get rekt fucking stupid casters who hyped astralis every shot

2 ez for Kazakhstan`s pros

<3 MOU

<3 AdreN, my Dutch friend (sorry, dont know how to adress message, is "dutch" correct for you, am I right?)

2016-07-06 12:05

ALready written?

well, they were already legends from last major

they didn't made the playoffs in MLG

oh yeah right that was qualifier LOL

"main qualifier" u wot?

yeah my bad haha

well done, unexpected!

are you freaking kidding me?

L E G E N D S <3

Choke??

dosia the god, back for another major

TOP

sry bye

w0w

Expected

Good Job Gambit!

Believe in Lanbit

E*zzzzz

GG Gambit!!! _b

cajunb was the problem. -karrigan +gla1ve -Xyp9x +cajunb dignitas -MSL -tenzki -RUBINO +karrigan +Friis +Magiskb0Y

new top team?

2016-07-06 20:07

willnt ever happen anyway

2016-07-06 20:08

ez Skins

ez 4 x god pp.vk.me/c630231/v630231045/3a8da/X8a9oi..

ez 4 vodka and kumis

glad for gambit, they deserve it but astralis LMAO they only deserve the worst.

2016-07-06 11:49

CAJUNB WAS THE PROBLEM XDD

Lanbit once again. Wp

LMAO CHOKESTRALIS strikes again.

2016-07-06 11:51

Way to go, Gambit. Unlikely they make to semis, or even finals, but first seed in their group is a good result by itself, not to mention legendary status is really viable. We going to see Gambit more often this year.

Astralis choking in groups

thats why you need to ban dust2 against gambit lol :D

holy shit they got rekted, well done Gambit kaman FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!

and FOR FATHER SATELLITE STATE KAZAKHSTAN

2016-07-06 11:53

2016-07-06 13:06

Sad because my pick'em failed, but I'm happy for hooch :)

2016-07-06 11:52

damn

Astralis is in easiest group and still they aren't able to win the group. ROFL. And karrigan once again not even 10 frags.

gj hooch & co

2016-07-06 11:54

RIP skins. I'll never bet on BO1 ever again :'( ... Maybe tomorrow!

STICKERS WORTH IN 3...2....1.....

Astralis tier3 confirmed. Their glory run (as TSM) was apparently just cloud9-type of fluke. Rip.

2016-07-06 11:55

gj Gambit

youtu.be/MhcuYbeJS7w

rip gold coin

Ez for Gambit <3

n1 gambit guys

2016-07-06 11:58

expected

2016-07-06 11:59

PROVE THEM WHO THE REAL AdreN

lmao

CLG got more rounds than Astralis. lol

Karrigan 0.61 Xyp9x 0.55 i mean yeah gg

danish bots expected

Rip my skins :(((((( #russians power

2016-07-06 12:04

Brutal. Savage. Rekt.

Adren EZ

Slil bablo i tebya bombit?! Bistrey "all in" na Hujambit.

2016-07-06 12:07

What the fuck is going on here gambit new island or what :D

2016-07-06 12:08

WHEN I SAY CYKA YOU SAY BLYAT CYKA

Govno, Zalupa, Penis, Her, Davalka, Xyi, Blyadina. Golovka, Shluha, Zhopa, Chlen, Eblan, Petuh, Mudila.

2016-07-06 13:08

Astralis with a standin topping the charts, losing to the 20th ranked team in the world. This looks really, really bad. If they manage to lose to CLG/Dignitas the future of the company/org could very well come to an end. Surely the key performance indicators have not been fulfilled and the investors cannot be satisfied with the situation.

2016-07-06 12:09

Creating organization with players being the owners was bad idea in the first place.

2016-07-06 12:13

Isn't it too soon to say this? It is just a bo1 (in one of the most important tournaments of the year, but still). I would not count them out, although you are right that there is this possibility.

2016-07-06 12:18

Gambit is not a random team. Even if they are not in the top 10 yet they have the potential and the experience to challenge every top team.

2016-07-06 13:54

Oh yes, I was talking about Astralis. I like Gambit very much, they seem somewhat consistent in the upsets.

2016-07-06 15:04

true, true.. =)

2016-07-06 22:25

Now that we know what happened, the scenario I painted will of course not happen. What I meant was, however, that if Astralis yet again exit a grand tournament from the groups then someone in their back office will not be satisfied and a reaction should follow accordingly. Luckily, Astralis made it out of groups playing with two standins which is impressive. So in terms of the brand and the team, this tournament can actually be seen as a positive experience even though the brand exposure did not reach the intended heights. For now I believe the team and organisation is safe and sound as it is. Whether they will win tournaments, I don't know. Maybe even their internal goals have been readjusted following recent events, and if quarters/semis are acceptable then the goals are probably more aligned with the capabilities of the team as of now.

2016-07-11 09:14

where is kjaerbye? rly dont know:)

2016-07-06 12:10

Kjaerbye was attending qualifier minor with Dignitas, so because of Major rules - he can't play with any other team, only with Dignitas. Bad timing for both Danish teams to swap players.

2016-07-06 12:14