Astralis to EL semis over NiP

1-12-2016 02:35

Astralis have advanced to ELEAGUE Season 2 semi-finals after defeating NiP 2-1 (Cobblestone 13-16, Train 16-2, Overpass 16-10).

Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis went back and forth in the first four rounds of Cobblestone with each side winning a forcebuy on the back of great individual play from Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg and Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye.

The Danes managed to stabilize the situation, getting up to a 5-2 lead before Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström's quad in another forcebuy gave Ninjas in Pyjamas two in a row. Before the half ended, each side won three rounds to make it 8-7 in favor of Astralis on the CT side.

A pistol round win sent Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's team to 11-7, but a great combination from f0rest and Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg on A long - and the latter's solo triple on the same bombsite - set off a five-round streak for Ninjas in Pyjamas. As most of those rounds were close, Astralis only needed one round to break their opponents' economy, but yet another huge play from friberg, this time with a stolen gun in an eco, gave Ninjas in Pyjamas a 14-12 lead.

Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen gave Astralis a lifeline when he got a triple in a disadvantageous situation on the B bombsite, although friberg saved the day again in the following eco to help his team close out Cobblestone at 16-13.

friberg had immense impact on Cobblestone

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz started off Train with a triple in a 2v3 in the pistol round, which took his team to a 3-0 lead as Counter-Terrorists. A B attack in the first gunround went Ninjas in Pyjamas's way comfortably, but Astralis retook two similar ones in the following two rounds to go up 6-1.

Ninjas in Pyjamas could barely get a footing in their next strategies, while Astralis continued to dominate the map until it was 10-1. f0rest then got a big double in a quasi-buy, but once yet another retake on the B bombsite went the other way, the Danes looked fantastic going over to Terrorists with 13-2.

device showed up with another great play in the second pistol round, winning a 1v3 from the electric box in an afterplant situation, which secured a 16-2 win for Astralis on the second map.

Astralis decimated NiP on Train

dupreeh and company got off to another flying start, as they went up 5-0 as CT on the decider, Overpass. friberg's two entries gave Ninjas in Pyjamas their first round, but Astralis broke their economy right afterwards and extended their lead to 9-1 after gla1ve clutched a 1v2.

A single round in which Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund and f0rest combined for a 2v4 afterplant win gave them a breather in the form of an anti-eco, which allowed Ninjas in Pyjamas to lower the deficit to 6-9 at halftime with five rounds in a row.

Doubles from the aforementioned duo in the following pistol round equalized the score at 9-9, but Astralis were the ones to take control of the first few gunrounds to regain the lead.

A dangerous round on the B bombsite went to the hands of the Danish squad, and two entries from dupreeh forced Ninjas in Pyjamas on an eco. Solo doubles from GeT_RiGhT and friberg towards the B bombsite were all for naught, as from there on Astralis picked up six rounds in a row, two of which were saved by Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth to finish the series off at 16-10.

ELEAGUE Season 2Best of 3

Astralis

Matchpage

30th November 2016

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Cobblestone

Train

Overpass

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Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	72 - 43	+29	101.5	79.5%	1.56
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	60 - 46	+14	85.7	76.7%	1.31
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	56 - 37	+19	80.8	82.2%	1.23
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	48 - 43	+5	77.3	78.1%	1.14
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	46 - 48	-2	73.9	68.5%	1.01

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	54 - 53	+1	79.7	67.1%	1.08
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	55 - 54	+1	80.6	65.8%	1.04
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	37 - 57	-20	71.9	61.6%	0.79
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi pyth	35 - 60	-25	56.8	57.5%	0.70
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	35 - 58	-23	56.1	56.2%	0.67

ELEAGUE Season 2Best of 3

Astralis

Matchpage

30th November 2016

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Cobblestone

Train

Overpass

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	72 - 43	+29	101.5	79.5%	1.56
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	60 - 46	+14	85.7	76.7%	1.31
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	56 - 37	+19	80.8	82.2%	1.23
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	48 - 43	+5	77.3	78.1%	1.14
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	46 - 48	-2	73.9	68.5%	1.01

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	54 - 53	+1	79.7	67.1%	1.08
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	55 - 54	+1	80.6	65.8%	1.04
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	37 - 57	-20	71.9	61.6%	0.79
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi pyth	35 - 60	-25	56.8	57.5%	0.70
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	35 - 58	-23	56.1	56.2%	0.67

Tomorrow the other two quarter-finals will take place, starting with OpTic and MOUZ at 20:00 before Virtus.pro and FaZe take the stage.

GJ Astralis, finally a win vs NiP

2016-12-01 02:41

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2016-12-01 02:36

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2016-12-01 02:38

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2016-12-01 02:48

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2016-12-01 12:45

STOP HUNTING FOR FIRST COMMENT!

NiP top 2 EleGiggle

2016-12-01 02:35

GG :D

Astralis is a better team than dignitas rn

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+1 and both teams are really strong, danish scene is strong lately, but yet i wish i could see device and magiskboy in the same team!

2016-12-01 02:40

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device, magisk, aizy, aizy, gla1ve would be such a perfect mix of passivity, aggression and roles. Would probably be top 3

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That lineup will never happen! or.... it is very unlikely. I mean, they could all play together and stuff, it's just hard to see aizy being cloned in the nearest future.

2016-12-01 02:47

I'm fucking dying

2016-12-01 03:12

2016-12-01 03:54

2016-12-01 11:31

i like magisk, magisk better

Dev1ce,Magisk,Valde,Kjaerbye,Gla1ve

2016-12-01 07:27

Device, magisk, k0nfig, aizy, gla1ve This lineup will be better than dignitas Aizy > RUBINO device awp > cajunb awp Gla1ve > MSL

2016-12-01 11:59

HI MUM

spoiler

kjbj

wtf that was so fast

no choke? i am dissapoint

not semi final yet

true true

2016-12-01 02:58

gg wp nip for most of the series

RIP IN NIP

SK finalist confirmed!

RiP NiP #ToTheStars

pyth so bad xD

he is not the only...

Hell yeah!!

lol fakeflagger

2016-12-01 13:58

It could've been so much smoother. Wp in the end, but they srsly need to calm the fuck down midgame. Nip's luck not enough this time. They should srsly start banning train, no way mirage is worse than that.

2016-12-01 02:37

AWWWWWW YISSSSS

This game was f0rest and friberg since the first map, astralis should've won 2-0 Nip again playing like a shif after win something

2016-12-01 02:42

It's like they aren't even trying.. Not checking corners, stupid positions, jumping through smokes and so on.. So sad.

2016-12-01 02:46

and kjaerbye delivers again

Top1 EleGlige

wow kjaerbye has been doing so well on astralis lately

2016-12-01 02:49

nice gla1ve! wish you to win the whole tourney ;p

2016-12-01 02:50

i love lamp

2016-12-01 07:32

Aggresive Bot. Right

2016-12-01 02:51

Astolis might win the whole shebang. Would like to see valde join but looks like it ain't happening.

2016-12-01 02:54

Should have been a 2-0.

2016-12-01 03:07

101.5 ADR over a bo3 that's INSANE

2016-12-01 03:49

kjaerbye going god mode

2016-12-02 15:46

Pyth better than lele they said

2016-12-01 04:18

4Head

2016-12-01 04:26

astralis + semi-final=??? #chokestralis

2016-12-01 05:59

told ya. the curse is broken. NiP ran out of lucks.

2016-12-01 07:22

Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi 35-60 -25 56.8 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 RARITNGNGKLELELELELELELELELEMAIKELELE WAS NOT THE SOLUTION

2016-12-01 09:23

16-2 top kek! And where are those silver nub heads who say dev1ce only gets exit frags!

2016-12-01 10:32

LOL told ya Astralis looked stronger than NiP. Nice game pyth, when it mattered the most - you choked. Ffs pick draken and let f0rest be a rifler.

2016-12-01 10:50

#Ma(i)ke(lele)NiPGreatAgain

2016-12-01 11:00

pith shit

2016-12-01 11:23

Congratz Astralis, well done guys. I actually didn't believe you will come back from that 9-1 to 9-9 "choke". But you did. So gj!

2016-12-01 11:25

+kjaerbye -kjaerbye

2016-12-01 11:27

Markus Kjærbye 72-43 +29 101.5 1.49

wtf, nip played one game and already out?

2016-12-01 11:28

3 players from nip were playing like shit and it was still hard for astralis no chance against sk

>16-2 >hard kek cbble - worst astralis' map

2016-12-01 11:51

GTR and Xizt with 0.7 rating... it's a miracle they've won 1 map

2016-12-01 11:36

F0rp and berg

2016-12-01 12:31

2vs5

2016-12-01 12:03

Comments - 79 rip csgo

2016-12-01 13:26

f0rberg vs Astralis and it was still 3 maps... gg Astralis anyway

2016-12-01 14:21

It seemed like a totally relaxed NiP in the bad way .. It was like they won one title and didn't practice/looked any strats =/ .. They need new stuff and be more focus on their game after tournaments ..

2016-12-01 14:57