SK to playoffs over Astralis

4-5-2017 10:04

SK won the third match of the day, and become the first team to make it to playoffs after beating Astralis, 16-12, on Inferno.

The first round went to Astralis, as a triple by Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and double by Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye eliminated SK who were trying to make a play onto the A site. On the first gun round, having lost the two prior, SK played A site again, but were this time able to make it into the site and plant with just six seconds on the clock to get on the board.

After saving four guns in the second gun round, Astralis made good use of all those weapons to stop SK for the first time in a full buy round to keep their lead, 4-2. With more slow play, SK won two rounds in a row, tying it up 4-4.

With a full save and an AWP, Astralis decided to stack B, and were able to stop SK, regaining some of their economy and doing the opposite to the Brazilian’s team. With this, Astralis quickly started to run away with the half, taking an 8-4 lead and forcing SK to take a timeout.

FalleN & co. will be on stage in Sydney

Down 9-6, SK took the crucial second pistol round. Having planted, though, Astralis were able to buy the third round, and didn’t allow SK to tie it up, keeping the lead after the first gun round, 10-8, which was further increased with an anti-eco, 11-8.

Not allowing SK were then able to take the first gun round, stopping Astralis from executing a late round play on the B site, with four players getting frags in a solid team effort. Winning the two following rounds, SK tied it up 11-11.

With SK dominating the CT side, and ahead 14-12, Astralis mustered up a three AK and two Tec buy, but it wasn’t enough as SK got on match point after stopping an A execute. The Brazilians then closed it out in the following round, 16-12.

IEM Sydney 2017Best of 1

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4th May 2017

Astralis

Inferno

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	26 - 17	+9	93.7	82.1%	1.45
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	18 - 15	+3	81.4	75.0%	1.12
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	20 - 17	+3	68.0	64.3%	1.06
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	17 - 15	+2	75.0	71.4%	1.06
João 'felps' Vasconcellos felps	11 - 19	-8	43.5	60.7%	0.69

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	20 - 16	+4	65.3	71.4%	1.14
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	18 - 19	-1	77.9	57.1%	1.00
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	16 - 16	0	64.8	67.9%	0.99
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	16 - 22	-6	74.2	71.4%	0.94
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	12 - 19	-7	66.4	60.7%	0.74

With SK making it through to the playoffs, this is what the Swiss stage looks like as of now:

3-0	2-1	1-2	0-3
SK	OpTic	Renegades	ViCi
	FaZe	Chiefs
	Astralis	North

ezzzzzzz

2017-05-04 10:04

7 replies

SK are clearly #1 atm Astralis your lucky has ended, time to say good bye!

6 replies

Hahaha. Astralis fucks sk in a bo3. Astralis number 1 forever! ❤

2017-05-04 10:07

3 replies

SK era 2.0 began RIP EU CS

2017-05-04 10:17

#RUNSKG

2017-05-04 10:28

in a bo3? maybe... but in a bo5 not. a Grand Final with SK vs Astralis in a Bo5 problaby SK win.

2017-05-04 15:29

remember when Navi and VP went 3-0 in Eleague major? look at them now

2017-05-04 10:37

Sk is still having bad times. Ast would beat them easily in a bi3

2017-05-04 11:57

GO FELPS! GO SK! justdabliu

2 replies

SK win expected tbh

2017-05-04 10:09

1 reply

fiftyfifty i guess

Ez for Sk <3

both teams suck lets go faze

FaZe? HAHA

Lets go Faze.

2017-05-04 16:38

wp SK, SK is back boisss #RUNSKG

2017-05-04 10:03

Feels like no teams are playing too well, even SK though they won..

WalleN is back

SK is back bois

3teams with 2-1 3teams with 1-2 playing this format with 8teams 4Head

Yeah.... And now Astralis will play against a team with a 1-2 record. Wtf?

2017-05-04 11:00

and if north win and faze beat optic the only teams with 2-2 will be optic and north so they will need to play rematch its totally fucked up:D

lol.... They managed to broke the Swiss format xD

2017-05-04 11:02

Izi pizi

fallen is back <3

yeah, fallen is back, it's like, ez for sk.

2017-05-04 12:17

let's go boyss SK IS BACK

THE BEST! ALWAYS SK!

2017-05-04 10:05

EZ 16x12

To Ez for My BOY Felp

2017-05-04 10:06

Great match to watch, nothing was working out for Astralis. However SK was showing their old level again.

ez pz

Brace yourself brazilian b8ters are coming

2017-05-04 10:10

Device cost aus the game

Go sk!

2017-05-04 10:12

Expected

2017-05-04 10:13

Still the best team in the world, welcome to the 2nd SK era. So proud of these guys We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL!

2017-05-04 10:14

Top kek

2017-05-04 11:12

upset

2017-05-04 10:19

Grand final + BO5 = GG SK!!!

2017-05-04 10:27

scoreboard?

2017-05-04 10:34

Well done by FalleN. A few missed shots here and there, but he and Fer locked B so much that Astralis was scared to go there. FalleN is this flashy AWPer, when he performs accordingly it's a sight to see. Not to mention the A site... TACO and Cold(with the AWP) showed them no mercy as well. When FalleN finds his groove and TACO delivers as well they are scary to face.

2017-05-04 10:43

That's it!

2017-05-04 13:34

wooooooioo let's go boiiiisss

sk era

2017-05-04 11:06

1 bo1 = called era hahahahhahh

2017-05-04 11:21

Nip win vs astralis on de_cache 16-14 = nip top 1 for your logic?

2017-05-04 11:22

Online and 3-0?

2017-05-04 12:57

SK is way much better when FalleN is on point!

2017-05-04 13:33

your lucky is over astralis good bye :D

2017-05-04 15:12

cold is not even at his best LUL, imagine if he is ez SK

2017-05-04 17:26

ez pz lemon squeeze

2017-05-04 20:39

Funny that cold is playing a lot worse than usual, but taco and fallen are very well, and that makes SK a much better team. Weird how csgo privileges teamwork much more than individual skill.

2017-05-04 20:41