{"id":27831,"date":"2023-01-31T00:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T05:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=27831"},"modified":"2023-01-31T00:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T05:46:22","slug":"astralis-defeat-og-to-qualify-for-blast-premier-spring-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/astralis-defeat-og-to-qualify-for-blast-premier-spring-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Astralis defeat OG to qualify for BLAST Premier Spring Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astralis, the Danish esports franchise, secured a spot at the BLAST Premier Spring Final after a hard-fought series against OG on Sunday in the final match of the Spring Groups.<\/p>\n<p>The teams battled it out in an intense series that went the distance. Having lost on Inferno (14-16), Astralis claimed the remaining maps, Vertigo (16-14) and Ancient (19-17), to seal the result.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a game to end Spring Groups &#39;23 on, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blameFFFFF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blameFFFFF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstralisCS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AstralisCS<\/a> taking the win 2-1, GG! \ud83e\udd1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTPremier?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTPremier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maersk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maersk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xPtnSHjiVg\">pic.twitter.com\/xPtnSHjiVg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLAST Premier \ud83d\udca5 (@BLASTPremier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLASTPremier\/status\/1619816614752579587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The debut tournament for Christian &#8220;Buzz&#8221; Andersen as a member of Astralis was filled with excitement. Although Andersen had a difficult individual performance throughout the event, he showed signs of improvement towards the end. On the other hand, Nicolai &#8220;dev1ce&#8221; Reedtz was a consistent force and played a crucial role in securing victories on Vertigo and Ancient.<\/p>\n<p>The opening map of the series was Inferno, and it was a tightly contested battle. Astralis nearly claimed the pistol round, but after a force buy and a 3v5 comeback in the next round, they regained control.<\/p>\n<p>They then established dominance on the T side and built a lead of 8-3, thanks to multiple kills by Benjamin &#8220;blameF&#8221; Bremer and dev1ce. However, Adam &#8220;NEOFRAG&#8221; Zouhar&#8217;s quadruple-kill shutout helped OG to fight back and end the half trailing by just one round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Top esports online bookies\">Best esports betting sites in 2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OG managed to take the lead in the second half, thanks to the combined efforts of Abdul &#8220;degster&#8221; Gasanov, Shahar &#8220;flameZ&#8221; Shushan, and Maciej &#8220;F1KU&#8221; Miklas, putting them ahead 13-8. Despite this, Astralis mounted a late comeback and were the first to secure a match point. However, OG managed to delay Astralis&#8217; victory and narrowly secured their own in the 30th round.<\/p>\n<p>The second map, Vertigo, was equally intense as Inferno. After winning the pistol round, Astralis took a three-round lead but OG&#8217;s flameZ put up a remarkable performance, leading them to a 7-4 advantage. Despite OG&#8217;s strong attack, Astralis managed to recover and close the gap by the end of the half, but OG looked set to take the map with a 6-8 round lead. However, Lukas &#8220;gla1ve&#8221; Rossander&#8217;s triple kill and 1vs2 clutch sparked a comeback for Astralis as they won four consecutive rounds on the T side, securing a narrow 16-14 victory and forcing a decisive match on Ancient.<\/p>\n<p>Astralis continued their strong play on Ancient and built a commanding lead with a 10-1 start on the T side. Buzz&#8217;s quad kill and 1v2 clutch helped lead the way, while blameF also contributed with multiple kills. Despite their strong start, OG managed to make a comeback, with degster shining at the end of the first half and inspiring his team in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>However, Astralis tightened their defenses and secured match point before eventually winning in overtime (19-17), taking advantage of OG&#8217;s mistakes and securing a narrow victory in a messy match. The Danish team&#8217;s AWPer dev1ce was awarded the Player of the Match with a 1.17 rating across the three maps. The 27-year-old recorded a total of 73 frags and allowed only 59 kills to garner a differential of +14, alongside 75.8 ADR.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We love <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dev1ce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dev1ce<\/a>&#39;s energy right now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTPremier?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTPremier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0IRD08tKpW\">pic.twitter.com\/0IRD08tKpW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLAST Premier \ud83d\udca5 (@BLASTPremier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLASTPremier\/status\/1619776865388085250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The victory over OG guarantees Astralis a spot in the main event of the Spring Final. OG will now head to the Spring Showdown, where they will need to fight through the single-elimination bracket if they hope to be among the remaining two teams to make it to the Spring Final.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astralis secured a spot at the BLAST Premier Spring Final after a hard-fought series against OG in the final match of the Spring Groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":20003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[152,2223,508,626],"class_list":["post-27831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-astralis","tag-blast-premier-spring-final","tag-counter-strike","tag-cs-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27833,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27831\/revisions\/27833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}