NRG defeat Astralis; book semi-final spot at EPL Finals

20-6-2019 18:54

NRG beat Astralis in three maps to secure their place in the semis, with the Danish team set to face the winner of MIBR vs. Liquid in the quarter-finals.

The upper-bracket final in Group A kicked off on Train where the T-sided NRG secured the first three rounds. Following a five-round Astralis run, NRG won a 3vs5 to get within one round of the Danes (5-4). Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and company didn't let NRG equalize, attaining five of the last six rounds in the first half to finish it 10-5 ahead.

The second half began as the first one did, with the North Americans getting the first three rounds and Astralis winning the fourth one (11-8). The Danes moved themselves into a favorable position after taking the 22nd round with pistols as they extended their lead to 13-9.

daps reached the semis in his last event with NRG

NRG managed to close the gap and then went ahead thanks to Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov's AWP quad kill in the 27th round (14-13). The North American side closed out the game with a 16-13 final scoreline.

device and Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander opened up Nuke with a 2vs4 clutch to win the pistol round. device was unstoppable on offense as he won a 1vs4 in the seventh round and reached 19 kills within ten rounds (8-2). NRG were able to pick up the last three rounds of the half, trailing 10-5.

After NRG secured the first two rounds on the T-side, Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth clutched a 1vs2 to make it 11-7. The Danes conceded only one round afterwards, winning the map 16-8.

Astralis lost in three maps

Dust2 kicked off with the CT-sided NRG's pistol round triumph as CeRq got three kills. Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik stopped the Danes with a triple kill in the first gun round, extending NRG's lead to 3-0. Astralis got on the scoreboard with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen's two opening kills in the seventh round (6-1). The Danes then salvaged what they could, taking five of the last six rounds to trail 9-6 at halftime.

NRG reached double-digits after winning the second pistol round. The North Americans almost lost the following round but CeRq survived with 3 HP against Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif to make it 11-6. Astralis came back from 12-6 and nearly tied the game but Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte clutched a 1vs2 to deny the Danish team (13-11).

NRG won an eco to make it 14-12 and wrapped it up with a 16-12 score to take the 2-1 series victory. With this result, NRG have made it to the semis while Astralis are through to the quarter-finals.

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NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov CeRq	67 - 53	+14	81.4	75.3%	1.25
Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte Brehze	56 - 52	+4	72.0	70.4%	1.03
Tarik 'tarik' Celik tarik	51 - 57	-6	73.0	69.1%	0.98
Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold Ethan	49 - 55	-6	75.6	64.2%	0.98
Damian 'daps' Steele daps	42 - 56	-14	58.5	66.7%	0.82

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	68 - 50	+18	88.9	67.9%	1.28
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	57 - 54	+3	78.6	76.5%	1.15
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	53 - 52	+1	70.2	75.3%	1.06
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	51 - 56	-5	75.3	65.4%	0.98
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	44 - 53	-9	58.2	71.6%	0.92

nice

2019-06-20 18:54

23 replies

Astralis ERA OVER

2019-06-20 18:55

15 replies

I want FaZe tarik

2019-06-20 18:58

11 replies

Asstralis

10 replies

this is what you get when you skip a lot of meaningful events LUL

2019-06-20 19:07

8 replies

2019-06-20 19:10

Losing rank 1 was due to skipping events. But losing to NRG is due to 1 NRG being good and 2 astralis being countered plus hard to maintain the level of play the put on display

2019-06-20 19:54

5 replies

lmao BLASTRALIS fan still trying to defend them, they are a #5 team shouldnt even be #2

2019-06-20 20:22

4 replies

Liquid struggled forreal against hellraisers. I don’t say astralis is the best atm, but top 5 CS right now is pretty damn even. An to be fair, more teams (all teams) play like astralis now, so they copied the best team in the world to be able to compete against the best team. Astralis changed the csgo scene. Liquid follow suit, so did ence, so did NRG. And just for a second, try and imagine how many hours of Astralis demos all the other teams have watched. Hard to continue the run, when all teams have watched all your plays and strats just to counter you.

2019-06-20 21:09

3 replies

What would make them the #1 team again, they would have to change their style to combat other teams

2019-06-20 22:30

1 reply

Think we gonna have a "anybody can win" era. I don't see an Astralis team, that is gonna win straight for a year again. All 5 players peaked, had a fair share of luck and everything went their way play-calling wise. I didnt mean to call you out. I see alot of hate on Astralis, and it's not quite fair. They have worked their arses off, and deserve respect from the people who love the game - To us, what they have done, it's impressive.

2019-06-20 23:11

good nuances

2019-06-21 11:00

2019-06-20 21:04

Rip Danish cs for today

NA>EU

2019-06-20 18:57

It was over a long time back against ENCE

2019-06-20 19:23

Ez for NRG

2019-06-20 19:48

NRG > FaZe

Astralis tactical genius. Losing against NRG so they can play against Liquid in quarterfinals :-)

Astralis is just bad lmao

2019-06-20 19:01

Yes so smart to lose on purpose so that you can face the number one team in the world

2019-06-20 19:55

2019-06-21 01:38

BLASTROLLOSE OMEGALUL

Oh hell yeah

bad luck astralis

2019-06-21 06:05

Thought I'd be first :)

Blastralis karma

Astralis and Liquid will not even be top 5 in 2020 and that's a fact axaxaxaxaxax

a good attempt by the second best team, they'll get em next time

2 replies

2³

2019-06-21 10:56

rip era

asstralis lmao

CeRq hard carry.

Ggwp

LUL

Rip faze 😞

era they said

2019-06-20 18:56

Astralis era over

Good job for NRG! History has been written.

Rip BLASTralis

NRG is looking so amazing! Sad if they win and daps goes to C9. Just absolutely amazing games guys!

CeRq on fire <3

Riperno

Astralis' era is done and dusted. What a performance like that, you don't deserve to be in that place anyway.

Valve only allow a certain amount of years to be top tier before they let another team have the cheats

Sweden IQ. :)

Sweden IQ >pick one

2019-06-20 19:09

Astralilul

Rip era

Daps was the problem lul

daps tha fuckin baddie haha

2019-06-20 19:39

NA # 1 region

Astralis obviously evading the hard bracket, rather than going to the semis vs mibr/Liquid, they chose the easier bracket. It’s all strategy, people

Blastralis ERA OVER OMEGALUL

Goodbye ASSTRALIS 😂😂😂 Well done Daps! What a send off 💚

wew lad

astralis losing 1-2 against furia,ence & nrg - what is going on with cs in 2019? ; D close gap between top15 like never before = D

2019-06-20 18:59

0-2 to ENCE

2019-06-20 21:19

0-2 not 1-2 sorri

2019-06-20 21:23

NA Era has begun #CryIsFree

Trashtralis losing to tier 2 NA

🦀Astralis is gone🦀

Astralis Top 10 Team omegaLUL

2019-06-20 19:02

let's hope for real final in quarters

#62

2019-06-20 19:24

Lose vs daps LUL

OMEGALAWL Karma op

2019-06-20 19:03

No daps No Party

2019-06-20 19:04

Astralis era officially ending

Just like that?

Kick daps for sure OMEGALUL

2019-06-20 19:12

this is the end, beautiful friend

Isn't this to early? Major is still on august

2019-06-20 19:17

Tomorrow is gonna be hell of a fight. Astralis Vs MIBR/Liquid.

2019-06-20 19:14

Lmao hltv will probs put NRG up to fifth for this, knowing them.

2019-06-20 19:15

Lol just rename astralis to NRG Keepo

2019-06-20 21:28

Expected win for nrg with daps lets see if they can do it with stanislaw

ASTRALIS "ERA" OMEGALUL

2019-06-20 19:22

Never existed

2019-06-20 20:00

-daps +stanislaw -stanislaw +daps

Easiest $160 in my life LOL i63.tinypic.com/2l9k2tz.png

2019-06-20 19:28

Naaice.

2019-06-20 19:33

2019-06-20 19:34

hahahahahahaha

2019-06-20 19:38

GG wp to both teams

"daps was the problem"

2019-06-20 19:44

Anybody can beat blastralis now

2019-06-20 19:50

Well... every team Can beat every team now. Wasnt that what u whiners complained about when they wooped every once ass for a year? Be happy, not edgy. Otherwise u just come out as a plain sore looser - still dwelling in the past of others succes

2019-06-20 21:21

Nah I always wanted blastralis to win until their era ended. Once I finally learned that they're denying invitations and stuff it just seems like they don't want to be #1. So if they don't wanna be the best I don't wanna support those who intentionally put in less effort just cause.

2019-06-21 03:59

You are right, it was great to watch. I think dupreeh has looked really sad since his father pasted. But i too think it is sad, that they killed their own momentum, by simply not attending events. Got a little cocky. Remember Dupreeh bragging on winner stage about being the best in the world, like it was nothing. Dupreeh out b0Rup in, he sealed his own destiny.

2019-06-22 02:50

CeRq GOD

2019-06-20 20:01

ok.

2019-06-20 20:02

Era over Haha goodbye #1 , goodbye blonde Gfs , goodbye bling bling

2019-06-20 20:40

6 replies

you seem jealous?

2019-06-20 21:10

you seem mad era is over nice flair loser, goodbye bling bling

2019-06-21 00:16

lol what a retarded kid

2019-06-21 12:47

ahahah kiddo, they just lost again... era bigtime over . goodbye bling bling, ur so butthurt

2019-06-21 22:03

Why would i be mad, it's not me playing? You still seem jealous and dumb though

2019-06-21 23:56

look at name flair and flag, ur butthurt. goodbye bling bling

2019-06-22 00:06

Yeah let's kick daps bro

2019-06-20 20:45

Wp NRG, gratz on the semifinal spot. Lets hope Astralis can bounce back

2019-06-20 21:11

No thx

2019-06-21 01:54

Astralis genius. Didnt want NRG to kick liquids ass in the quaters, so they didnt have the chance to kick liquids ass. Outstanding move from, still, the best Cs team to ever play the game.

2019-06-20 21:16