Astralis beat Na`Vi in Malmö; to playoffs

The second match of the day kicked off on Overpass, Astralis' map pick, with the Ukrainian side securing the Terrorist pistol round after denying Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth the chance to clutch a 1v4. Down 3-0, the Danes prevailed in the first two gun rounds, but they could not equalise the score as Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin won a 2v3 post-plant situation in the sixth round.

Natus Vincere followed that up with another round, bringing the score to 5-2, but then Astralis took control of the game and closed out the half with a 9-6 lead. 

The Danish squad began the second half by winning the pistol round and the subsequent anti-ecos, setting themselves up for a 12-6 lead. Then, in the first gun round, a clean A execution assured them of a 13th round and left Natus Vincere strapped for cash. From that point, there was nothing that the Ukrainian team could do to stop the Danes from running away with the lead and bringing the game to a quick end.

device's Astralis have made it to Malmö playoffs

Starting out as Counter-Terrorists, Natus Vincere got off to a flying start on their map pick, Mirage, securing a 5-0 lead. As Astralis picked up their first round with a fast A execution, the landscape of the game changed dramatically, with the Danes going on to win eight of the remaining nine rounds.

The Ukrainians did not want to throw in the towel, so they opened up the second half with three rounds in a row to equalize the score at 9-9. The following round was more slow paced, and despite Natus Vincere starting it with a one-man advantage, Astralis were the ones who secured it with double-kills from Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz.

Astralis remained in control until the end of the game, losing just one more round before closing out the map, 16-10, and the series, 2-0. 

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017Best of 3

Astralis

Matchpage

2

0

31st August 2017

Natus Vincere

16

Overpass

6

16

Mirage

10

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	43 - 26	+17	93.6	81.2%	1.43
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	38 - 31	+7	90.1	87.5%	1.35
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	37 - 24	+13	82.5	77.1%	1.27
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	38 - 26	+12	70.3	70.8%	1.22
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	32 - 30	+2	86.7	77.1%	1.18

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	33 - 37	-4	77.6	64.6%	0.96
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	29 - 35	-6	62.6	66.7%	0.90
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	28 - 39	-11	60.7	64.6%	0.76
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	26 - 38	-12	58.2	62.5%	0.75
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	21 - 39	-18	66.9	60.4%	0.73