fnatic beat Astralis to move into 2-1 pool

Starting out as Terrorists, Astralis kicked off the match with a well-planned A execution through mid, which Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist and Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson countered with a 2v4 clutch to give fnatic the pistol round.

Astralis' third-round buy nearly bore fruits, but then a quad kill from Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson helped the Swedes further cement their lead. The 23-year-old would come up huge again shortly afterwards, resetting the Danes' economy after they had finally got their first round on the board. 

fnatic are now 2-1 in the New Legends Stage

The Danes responded with their second-round win in the hopes of finally finding a footing in the game, but fnatic remained in control and closed out the half with a dominant 12-3 lead. 

fnatic then won their second pistol thanks to yet another quad-kill from KRIMZ, Astralis rallied back immediately, however, and strung a few rounds together to keep themselves in it. But then fnatic's offense came to life, with the Swedes winning three of the next four rounds to run out 16-8 winners. 

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fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	27 - 16	+11	97.8	70.8%	1.48
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	16 - 13	+3	91.6	75.0%	1.28
Maikil 'Golden' SelimGolden	17 - 12	+5	86.4	79.2%	1.25
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	15 - 13	+2	64.1	79.2%	1.03
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	15 - 15	0	72.0	75.0%	1.00

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	19 - 17	+2	80.0	75.0%	1.03
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	14 - 19	-5	64.5	75.0%	0.94
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	15 - 17	-2	71.8	58.3%	0.85
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	10 - 18	-8	54.0	58.3%	0.75
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	11 - 19	-8	61.1	50.0%	0.65

3-0 (qualified)
G2
2-0
SK	FaZe
2-1
MOUZ	Natus Vincere
Quantum Bellator Fire	fnatic
1-1
Gambit	Space Soldiers
1-2
Vega Squadron	Liquid
Astralis
0-2
Cloud9	Virtus.pro
BIG	North