Astralis survive two close maps versus NRG (Cache 16-12, Train 16-14) for two points in Group C of ELEAGUE.

The Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen-less Astralis and NRG kicked off Group C of ELEAGUE on Cache. As Terrorists, the Danes picked up three quick rounds off of a pistol round, but NRG's aggression from the first gunround on proved to be too strong to handle.

With the newcomer Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz and Nikola "⁠LEGIJA⁠" Ninić playing well, NRG picked up six rounds in a row, as well as three more before the half ended at 9-6 in their favor.

With another pistol round in the bag, Astralis evened the match and soon took a 11-10 lead after Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz got an AWP ace to his name. Despite the following two rounds going the other way, the Danish number one came out victorious at 16-12 with five back-to-back rounds.

device powered Astralis to two points to kick off Group C

device began the second map, Train, with a quad-kill in the T-sided pistol round for another 3-0 lead at the start. After dropping the first couple of gunrounds, they struck back with three for 6-2.

The half was still very much open for taking however, which NRG proved by picking up three rounds thanks to triples from Jacob "⁠FugLy⁠" Medina and Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney. They chuckled in the following anti-eco, but Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik's team ended up taking the half 8-7 as CT.

The Danish superstar gave his team the fourth pistol round in the series with a triple, but tabseN's deagle quad-kill in the forcebuy afterwards stopped them in their tracks. NRG kept piling up rounds on their opponents, getting all the way up to 14-8 before a reply came in.

device kept racking up doubles in the following gunrounds, powering the Danish squad to an even 14-14, eventually closing the map at 16-14 with eight rounds in a row.

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	57 - 30	+27	98.5	1.58
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	39 - 37	+2	78.0	1.06
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	39 - 40	-1	83.1	1.02
Danny 'zonic' Sørensenzonic	31 - 35	-4	63.7	0.96
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	34 - 36	-2	62.6	0.93

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	41 - 37	+4	78.8	1.08
Nikola 'LEGIJA' NinićLEGIJA	40 - 42	-2	83.2	1.07
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	42 - 42	0	70.9	0.96
Peter 'ptr' Gurneyptr	32 - 38	-6	62.3	0.84
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	23 - 41	-18	51.7	0.68

Up next in Group C is another two-map series, this time between the other two teams of the group, CLG and SK.

Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 21 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 621 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.72 CLG #20 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJames 'hazed' CobbTarik 'tarik' Celik Peter 'ptr' Gurney Age: 26 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 236 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Nikola 'LEGIJA' Ninić Age: 25 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 475 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.71 NRG #36 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzJacob 'FugLy' MedinaPeter 'ptr' Gurney Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Age: 28 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 0.82 Maps played: 393 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.68 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 686 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 SK #19 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Jacob 'FugLy' Medina Age: 21 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 367 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #7 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 736 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69