IEM Cologne 2025FURIA outclass Astralis to stay alive in Cologne
The FISSURE Playground runners-up have been eliminated after a pitiful performance.
FURIA move on to the second lower bracket round of IEM Cologne's Group A after a speedrun victory against Astralis (13-3 on Inferno and 13-4 on Dust2).
It was simply a night to forget for the Danish team, who will be wondering how it all went so wrong. They turned in an off-color performance and were outclassed in every department as the Brazilians repeated their Stage 1 victory to set up a clash against Falcons in the next round.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Cologne 2025 | ||
| 28/07/2025 |
18:30
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Match |
"The rounds, we kind of played them as we discussed and they did all the things we thought they would do, and we still lost to it, which blows my mind right now," Astralis captain Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen told HLTV after the match.
"I just feel like somehow in an elimination game for Cologne, we are not fighting like it depends on our lives. I cannot explain to you why."
After losing to FURIA on Nuke and Dust2 in Stage 1, Astralis adopted a different strategy and went for an Inferno pick, with disastrous results. Yuri "yuurih" Santos and Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis combined for 23 frags as the Brazilians ran amok on the T side, cruising to a 9-3 lead.
More misery was heaped on Astralis after the break as they struggled to break through FURIA's defense, planting the bomb only once during the Brazilians' quick 4-0 run.
FURIA's dominance continued on Dust2 as Astralis could only muster four kills in the opening five rounds of the game. The Danish team looked lost and out of sync for the majority of the half, but they somehow still managed to keep the scoreline competitive with four rounds to their name.
But any hope Astralis might have of mounting a comeback was wrecked just moments into the second half as YEKINDAR picked up a stunning USP ace on long. Astralis came close to hitting back in the next round in a force buy, but FURIA held on in a 2v2 retake and then comfortably won the following two rounds to put the series to rest.
More highlights from FURIA vs Astralis:
 FURIA |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 - 12 | +4.21% | 88.8 | 90.9% | 1.72 | |
| 27 - 14 | +7.90% | 94.0 | 78.8% | 1.67 | |
| 27 - 13 | +5.97% | 95.2 | 87.9% | 1.58 | |
| 21 - 11 | +3.89% | 60.5 | 75.8% | 1.30 | |
| 18 - 15 | +0.16% | 50.3 | 81.8% | 1.08 |
 Astralis |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 - 25 | -4.86% | 59.0 | 42.4% | 0.59 | |
| 15 - 25 | -2.39% | 54.5 | 54.5% | 0.54 | |
| 11 - 22 | -4.38% | 42.3 | 42.4% | 0.53 | |
| 14 - 24 | -4.79% | 62.1 | 39.4% | 0.52 | |
| 9 - 26 | -5.75% | 37.2 | 42.4% | 0.40 |
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