Astralis have booked their spot in the semi-final stage of the ECS Season 4 Finals after defeating FaZe 16-13 on Overpass. The final match of the day in Cancun, featuring two teams in the top three in the world ranking, saw FaZe get out to a quick 3-0 lead after winning the pistol round and the subsequent anti-ecos. The European mixture was then caught off-guard by Astralis' aggression in the first full gun round, with Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye getting two kills on a retake to give his team the round. Astralis followed that up with two more rounds, restoring parity at 3-3, but they could not take the lead as Nikola "NiKo" Kovač opened up the B site with two great entry frags. The Danes would reply immediately, however, courtesy of a quad-kill from Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel, and they kept their defense very tight, not letting their opponents build up their bank.
Down 5-7, FaZe found their way back into the game on an extremely shoddy buy, eventually tying up the game 7-7 before Astralis secured the final round of the half. Finn "karrigan" Andersen came up huge in the second pistol round, pulling off a 1v2 clutch with the bomb planted to equalise the score. FaZe took the next round, but they could do nothing against the Terrorists' third-round buy. The game then entered a scrappy period of play as rounds went back and forth, with neither side able to find a breakthrough. But then Astralis' offence came out firing on all cylinders as the Danes won five out of six rounds to seal a surprising victory ECS Season 4 FinalsBest of 1
  Astralis #3 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye  Age: 19 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 887 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65   FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Finn 'karrigan' Andersen  Age: 27 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1114 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68  Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel  Age: 23 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 727 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač  Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 727 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.68 |
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