Astralis over SK; to playoffs

Astralis and SK began Train by exchanging the first six rounds evenly with the Brazilians getting a 3-0 lead after cleanly winning the pistol round as CT while Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz's side picked up the first two gunrounds.

The next four rounds went back and forth, as Astralis won two gunrounds and SK replied to each with a forcebuy win, including one where João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos got three kills.

From there on, the half was firmly in the hands of Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's squad, who got all of the remaining rounds for 10-5.

Astralis clinched the second pistol round with ease and soon made the score even again at 10-10, retaking a tight 2v2 on the A bombsite in the first gunround. SK then switched things up and went to B to get their first round as Terrorists on the board.

The Danes decimated SK's economy when Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth defended B on his own with four kills, giving Astralis a 13-11 lead. Once the next two rounds were exchanged once more, Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and company had the economic advantage to finish off the match at 16-12.

PotM: Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz takes the Player of the Match award thanks to contributing in all 16 rounds Astralis won with a 20-2 score in the round wins as well as eight multi-kills overall.

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Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	25 - 16	+9	103.3	71.4%	1.47
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	26 - 14	+12	87.5	67.9%	1.42
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	23 - 16	+7	84.7	75.0%	1.33
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	17 - 17	0	71.3	64.3%	1.00
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	12 - 21	-9	48.2	57.1%	0.58

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	20 - 20	0	70.9	71.4%	1.03
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	15 - 18	-3	62.4	64.3%	0.99
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	16 - 19	-3	59.1	64.3%	0.82
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	18 - 24	-6	76.3	50.0%	0.76
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	14 - 22	-8	62.9	60.7%	0.72

With the fourth round coming to a close and only three group matches remaining, the standings are the following:

Qualified	2W-2L	Eliminated
Natus Vincere (3-0)	Immortals	TYLOO (0-3)
G2 (3-0)	CLG	UYA (0-3)
North (3-1)	fnatic	MVP Project (1-3)
HellRaisers (3-1)	FaZe	Gambit (1-3)
Astralis (3-1)	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Virtus.pro (1-3)
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