Liquid no match for Astralis in Cologne
It was Astralis on top yet again as the Danes took down Liquid with relative ease in their IEM Cologne Play-in matchup.
The two old rivals got the action underway on Ancient with the Danes starting on the CT side. Astralis picked up the opening pistol and after the conversions against the eco and force buy, they were 3-0 up. The Danes shut down a late A hit to pick up the first gun round. YEKINDAR denied device a 1v2 to see Liquid put up their first round. Danes responded immediately. A b0RUP and Buzz double A hold saw Astralis win out the half early. Liquid pulled back couple of rounds towards the end to close out the half at a 5-10 deficit.
Liquid picked up a much-needed pistol to kick off the second half and converted against the eco to pick up their seventh round. Buzz's 1v2 on the B site post plant, saw Astralis pick up the first gun round of the second half. Double from device and Buzz saw Astralis secure their 12th. Device's 1v2 on the A site saw Astralis make it three in a row. Another huge Buzz 1v2 on the B site saw the Danes make it 14-10. Staehr made sure YEKINDAR didn't get a 1v2 which put Astralis on match point and the Danes closed it out at 16-10. It was Astralis' youngest member, Buzz who led from the front with 23 kills and an ADR of 108.
AstralisLiquid| Astralis |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Christian 'Buzz' Andersen |
23 - 20 | +3 | 108.2 | 84.6% | 1.40 |
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtz |
19 - 12 | +7 | 80.7 | 73.1% | 1.35 |
| Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer |
21 - 18 | +3 | 80.4 | 69.2% | 1.23 |
| Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup |
20 - 17 | +3 | 70.6 | 69.2% | 1.07 |
| Victor 'Staehr' Staehr |
13 - 17 | -4 | 59.7 | 73.1% | 0.85 |
| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
26 - 20 | +6 | 114.5 | 73.1% | 1.41 |
 Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis |
16 - 19 | -3 | 67.7 | 73.1% | 0.98 |
 Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
14 - 19 | -5 | 68.5 | 69.2% | 0.85 |
 Robert 'Patsi' Isyanov |
17 - 19 | -2 | 65.0 | 65.4% | 0.84 |
 Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov |
9 - 20 | -11 | 45.0 | 65.4% | 0.70 |
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