Astralis defeats Eternal Fire 2-1 in midnight thriller at BLAST

The Danish dream of seeing the hometown heroes of Astralis at the Royal Arena in November is still alive. The Danes had to work hard against Eternal Fire to get the job done!

After a slow start on Dust2, Astralis found momentum in the second half to fight their way back from a 5-11 deficit to win the map. In-game leader Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander played individually great, but his calls on the T-side were perhaps even more impressive. The experienced IGL found the holes in the gap of Eternal Fire, which Astralis time and time again punished.

Astralis picked Overpass as the next map. And though the Danes won six T rounds, which these days are a solid result, it was again the CT side of the Danes, that was lacking. And with İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş heating up, it was Eternal Fire in command. The Turkish roster won 16-11 on Overpass to set up a third map decider on Nuke.

For the first time in the match, Astralis played a good CT half taking an 11-4 lead into the second half. But that was not enough! Despite reaching a 15-9 lead, Astralis did not manage to win in regular time. In overtime the Danes finally again had the opportunity to close out the game, but again Eternal Fire came back. In the second overtime Astralis was up 3-0 at the break and found the last remaining round win to seal the win just before midnight!

With the win Astralis advance to the Semi-Finals, where they will face two of their former teammates Magisk and dupreeh, when they go head to head with Team Vitality on Friday. Only the winner of the whole event qualifies for the BLAST Fall Finals. Eternal Fire is out of the tournament.

Astralis - Eternal Fire 2-1 | BLAST Fall Showdown

16-14 (Dust2) | gla1ve – 1.33 Rating / 26–20 K-D / 99.0 ADR

11-16 (Overpass) | XANTARES – 1.85 Rating / 32–15 K-D / 123.1 ADR

22-20 (Nuke) | blameF – 1.45 Rating / 39–27 K-D / 95.4 ADR

MVP: Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer - 1.36 rating