fnatic beat Astralis in ESL One: Road to Rio

fnatic picked up their first victory in the group stage of ESL One: Road to Rio after defeating Astralis in an exciting three-map affair.

The Swedish team recovered from Wednesday's surprise defeat to ENCE and came out on top of this Nordic classic, featuring the two highest-ranked teams in the tournament, separated by just one place in the world rankings.

The end result was the same as it had been in April 6's ESL Pro League encounter between the two teams, but fnatic could have easily wrapped things up after two maps today. They were in control from the offset and grabbed the lead in the series with a commanding performance on Train, Astralis' map pick.

Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim's troops looked poised for a 2-0 victory before Astralis recovered from a 9-14 deficit and won Inferno in overtime. Map three, Overpass, almost followed the same trend, but the Danes were denied another second-half comeback that would have seen them join Ninjas in Pyjamas at the top of Group A.

Astralis endured a sluggish start to the series despite winning the pistol round and found themselves down 2-10 on their map pick of Train. Things were starting to look desperate for the Danes, but then Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth rescued the team with key individual actions, bringing the deficit to five rounds.

fnatic picked up a much-needed win after the ENCE defeat

Now playing on the CT side, Astralis kept themselves in the game by winning a much-needed pistol and following that up with the next round. The respite would not last long, however, as fnatic took control of proceedings once they had guns in hand, with Golden dealing the finishing blow with a 1v2 clutch on the inner site.

A trio of Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell kills in the pistol round on Inferno set fnatic up for an early lead, one that would stick almost until the mid-stage of the half. After such a dominant start, the Swedish giants suddenly ran out of steam as they began to struggle to break through the Astralis defense, with the half ending with a 9-6 lead in the Danes' favor.

Golden opened up the action in the second half with a stunning ace on the B site. fnatic enjoyed a spell of dominance after that as they controlled the tempo of the game, often catching Astralis's players off-guard with their timely flanks. Down 9-14, dug deep to force overtime, though they still had to be kicking themselves for letting fnatic hit series point with nothing but pistols - one of the many uncharacteristic mistakes made by the Danes in this game. With the momentum in their favor, Astralis recovered from a 0-1 overtime deficit and won four consecutive rounds to take the series to a third map.

Astralis grabbed an early lead on the CT side of Overpass, but the rest of the half was a nightmare experience for the Danes, who had a hard time containing the fnatic offense and struggled to close out rounds after getting into advantageous situations.

The Danish team looked a different team after the break and began to chip away at the deficit with a strong offensive display. fnatic's round victories were far and far between as Astralis seemed to be in control of proceedings, but the Swedes tightened up their defense and won three consecutive rounds to put the series to bed.

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Train
16
19
Inferno
16
12
Overpass
16
 Astralis K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
70 - 61 +9 82.2 71.6% 1.15
63 - 64 -1 76.1 70.5% 1.05
61 - 58 +3 75.7 70.5% 1.03
49 - 62 -13 66.1 64.8% 0.83
37 - 71 -34 59.5 61.4% 0.65
 fnatic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
69 - 56 +13 82.3 77.3% 1.23
72 - 57 +15 86.9 72.7% 1.23
65 - 56 +9 81.7 78.4% 1.22
61 - 55 +6 75.9 69.3% 1.10
49 - 56 -7 67.0 72.7% 0.98
Denmark Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
1592
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.65
Sweden Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
638
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.69
Sweden Jesper 'JW' Wecksell
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
1685
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.68
Denmark Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1649
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.61
ez
2020-04-25 19:32
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11 replies
#4
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Germany Jermen
Astralis NOOBS AHAHAHA
2020-04-25 19:33
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6 replies
#6
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Germany Eierleger
+1
2020-04-25 19:34
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5 replies
“But but but Brollan can’t play without kreig , no kreiglan fnatic lose” lmao ez win noobs keep crying
2020-04-25 19:46
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4 replies
#26
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Asia en1lykS
+1 xD
2020-04-25 19:48
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1 reply
fnatic simply jjust too stronk
2020-04-25 20:00
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+1
2020-04-25 21:20
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+1
2020-04-26 07:50
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#5
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Germany Eierleger
very ez
2020-04-25 19:34
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ASTRALIS DISBAND PLS
2020-04-25 19:38
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#47
cry | 
Brazil Xilp
what u mean ez comp is 0-2 LMAOOO
2020-04-25 21:02
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1 reply
it was so ez
2020-04-25 21:17
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#2
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United States me_0_major
expected
2020-04-25 19:32
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1 reply
#51
OK | 
Peru Rhenie
nt
2020-04-25 21:16
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well done brothers
2020-04-25 19:33
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Online cs
2020-04-25 19:34
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Super ez as expected
2020-04-25 19:34
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gg ez
2020-04-25 19:35
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#10
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Sweden Lingon
Sweden CS best CS
2020-04-25 19:35
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5 replies
#43
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Sweden Fizze
+1
2020-04-25 20:29
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#45
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Sweden flippig
+1
2020-04-25 20:58
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#46
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Greece CMi_
+1
2020-04-25 21:02
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Real Major gods back
2020-04-26 12:04
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true that
2020-04-26 13:29
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#11
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United States GameZinh0
I both love and hate online Cs
2020-04-25 19:35
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1 reply
#67
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Spain N0Love
Same
2020-04-26 01:22
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HvH
2020-04-25 19:36
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#13
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Australia HighRate
EZ 4 GOD FNATIC
2020-04-25 19:36
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JW WHO
2020-04-25 19:37
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no worries, gla1ve just shat the bed, asstralis will win the next one
2020-04-25 19:38
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2 replies
#48
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
How many ”next time” do they need? Lol
2020-04-25 21:11
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How many next ones do Astralis get before Fnatic is top 1?
2020-04-25 21:22
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#18
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United States WilsonDS
Fnatic are honestly one of the most fun teams to watch
2020-04-25 19:39
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4 replies
#35
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Sweden Svahn
Knife out brother, USA! USA! USA!
2020-04-25 20:05
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Absolutely
2020-04-25 21:41
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+1
2020-04-26 01:57
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+1111111 It’s a pleasure every single time
2020-04-27 08:54
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#19
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Russia EveryDayOk
gg ez4ence (c9) (tyloo win this dreamONEhack and stay #1 in Australia!!!)
2020-04-25 19:39
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Brollan happy he doesn't have to retire after all
2020-04-25 19:42
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gla1ve rip
2020-04-25 19:42
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#22
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Poland Po_Prostu
nice to see this
2020-04-25 19:42
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Now Astralis doesn't look like a tier-1 team in terms of mechanical skill
2020-04-25 19:45
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ez af
2020-04-25 19:47
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#27
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Pakistan LoOuU2
Glaive held them back this time around
2020-04-25 19:51
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astralis needs to kick dupreeh and add YEKINDAR
2020-04-25 19:52
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3 replies
Haha va fan vad random xD
2020-04-25 19:58
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2 replies
;D
2020-04-25 20:23
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1 reply
Yekindar av alla spelare ;D
2020-04-25 20:27
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#29
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden qroowley
Brollan not nerfed
2020-04-25 19:58
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#31
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Denmark slacking
should have been a quick 2-0 still ez
2020-04-25 19:58
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Gotta be rigged AF. There can not be any other conclusion...
2020-04-25 19:59
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1 reply
#49
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
Ok?
2020-04-25 21:11
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#34
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Denmark Aamand
it's time for Astrialis to kick Gla1ve and bring in GODHUNDEN if they ever want to succeed again
2020-04-25 20:01
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Ez 4 online cheaters
2020-04-25 20:06
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1 reply
they cheat on lan too
2020-04-25 23:56
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Why why fnatic play such exciting and fun?
2020-04-25 20:07
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#38
emi | 
Serbia bra1np
Golden aim really becomes stronger. This is nice
2020-04-25 20:13
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late
2020-04-25 20:24
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Astralis online is a bad team
2020-04-25 20:26
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#50
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
1.23 against astralis, and people Said Brollan should retire after SG nerf... lol
2020-04-25 21:12
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2 replies
They are just hating. Soon they will say he can only play rifles xD
2020-04-25 22:29
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#73
Faceit level 10  | 
Chile n0zkur
"people" he tweeted himself if he could retire...
2020-04-26 09:22
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this fnatic plays like the g(old) fnatic such a joy to watch. I really hope this is the final nail in the coffin of gaystralis era
2020-04-25 21:22
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gg wp
2020-04-25 21:39
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#58
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Brazil SecondKS
Disband astralis plss!
2020-04-25 22:05
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Wp
2020-04-25 22:29
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ez 4 aklan
2020-04-25 22:59
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#62
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Indonesia cleostar
I SWEAR FLUSHA IS CHEATING. no way a guy could got lucky timing everytime he lurks. ffs
2020-04-25 23:11
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1 reply
he's not, another one is
2020-04-27 08:52
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Gla1ve shat the fucking bed hard, what a horrendous performance. Astralis overall just looked off. At least Online CS is giving us some interesting results, Mouz losing to Movistar, Fnatic losing to Ence, Vitality losing to NiP, Dignitas shitting the bed, EG losing to 100T etc.
2020-04-25 23:20
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fnatic onliner?
2020-04-26 00:32
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Jw GOAT
2020-04-26 00:57
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#68
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
What a game! Those two teams for me are the two best teams in the world rn. Insane fight to watch. GG fnatic, but Astralis played well to.
2020-04-26 01:34
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The comprehensions of overpass of both teams are incredible! Nice match.
2020-04-26 03:56
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#71
sh1ro | 
Philippines euzu
GLA1VE -34
2020-04-26 04:26
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gla1ve online is terrible. on lan would be 2-0 astralis, fnatic not even reaching double digits. online cs OMEGALUL
2020-04-26 13:01
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Fnatic #1 team
2020-04-26 18:12
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#78
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Romania SoooS1cK
Go FNATIC!
2020-04-26 19:33
0
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