Cloud9 upset Astralis, advance to ECS semis

Group B's winners' match saw Astralis getting off to a flying start on the Terrorist side of Mirage, getting the first three rounds on the back of a comfortable pistol round on the B bombsite, followed by a few dominant gunrounds for an 8-0 lead.

Cloud9 then started putting rounds on the board with three confident defenses in a row before saving a couple of close clutch situations for 8-5, including a tight 1v3 attempt from Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander. Astralis finished off the half with two in a row, switching over to Counter-Terrorists with a 10-5 half. 

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autimatic put in a fantastic performance to secure first place in Group B for Cloud9

The North American squad won the second pistol round on the B bombsite, but left themselves little to no time to attack in the following round, helping Astralis reply right back with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen getting a triple with a Deagle to extend their lead to 12-6.

The Danes conceded the first gunround and would have gotten away with another Deagle buy if it wasn't for Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek's 1v4 clutch on B. Cloud9 managed to decimate their opponents' economy once again after splitting the next couple of rounds, closing the gap to 13-12.

Things started looking dire for the favorites once Cloud9 grabbed the lead at 14-13 and the next two rounds were exchanged once more, with Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta reaching 30 kills. However, Astralis clinched the last round with a narrow B defense to push the match to overtime.

Cloud9 continued their fantastic T side and picked up three rounds in a row with quick strategies, and finished off the match with a 4-0 in overtime for an overall 19-15 scoreline.

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	34 - 20	+14	114.2	76.5%	1.59
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	26 - 18	+8	78.2	73.5%	1.23
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	24 - 20	+4	63.5	79.4%	1.09
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	19 - 25	-6	70.3	52.9%	0.89
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	14 - 28	-14	51.0	55.9%	0.69

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	27 - 24	+3	80.1	58.8%	1.10
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	21 - 23	-2	63.9	64.7%	0.98
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	20 - 22	-2	75.3	67.6%	0.98
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	22 - 23	-1	75.9	55.9%	0.95
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	20 - 25	-5	71.0	70.6%	0.95