Astralis overcame MIBR to progress in PGL Cluj-Napoca as the Brazilian squad will now find themselves out of the tournament. The Danes have taken their revenge after losing to MIBR in the previous tournament.
VETO
- MIBR removed Dust2
- Astralis removed Anubis
- MIBR picked Mirage
- Astralis picked Inferno
- Astralis removed Train
- MIBR removed Ancient
- Nuke was left over
Map 1: Mirage; Pick: MIBR ; Winner: Astralis
Entering the map with an eye for revenge, Astralis kicked off Mirage with a pistol round win but soon they lost to a force buy which gave MIBR the lead early on. Despite the early lead, Astralis managed to recover the half by winning 8 on their defence which put the Brazilians on a backfoot. MIBR started the second half strong and even though they lost to force buy in the second round, MIBR continued to mount their comeback levelling the score by the end of the second half. Overtime saw two teams trading back and forth and remaining inseparable for the 3 full overtimes before Astralis closed the map with a lot of struggle securing Map 1 with a 25:22 scoreline.
Map 2: Inferno; Pick: Astralis; Winner: MIBR
MIBR started strong, throwing Astralis off their gaming and securing 6 rounds before the Danes could manage their first. Going 6-0 down, Astralis started pulling in a few rounds which made the sides map closer as the first half closed with a 7-5 scoreline favoring the Brazilians. MIBR managed to mount their comeback quickly pulling a few rounds that levelled the scoreline before taking the game to overtime. After a tough battle, MIBR managed to edge it taking the series to a third map.
Map 3: Nuke; Pick: Decider; Winner: Astralis
Starting strong, Astralis put up a solid defence to keep MIBR at bay. MIBR never managed to get going on the T side as Astralis quickly garnered a 4-round lead before moving into the offence. Moving on to the offence, Astralis managed to run through their defence and quickly close the map ending the series and booking their spot in the next round of the finals.
