Astralis, fnatic remain in Barcelona

As dignitas have been eliminated at the hands of their Danish comrades, while G2 fell to fnatic on two maps, only two remain at ESL Barcelona Invitational to fight for the title on potentially three best-of-ones.

To save time, matches between Dignitas and Astralis, as well as fnatic and G2 have been moved so that the teams wouldn't have to swap to save time, as there was no room for other match-ups due to one of the rules.

The Danish comradery has been shattered to pieces as the two had to fight for their lives against each other at the start of day three.

The first map was set to be de_mirage, where Dignitas quickly gained seven rounds in a row on the CT side. Astralis didn't get rattled by the pressure and shifted the momentum towards themselves with six in a row before closing out the half at 7-8.

device bailed Astralis out on de_overpass 

René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg led the way alongside Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth, as the CT side was a walk in the park for Astralis, who ripped another life away from Dignitas at 16-11.

The two then moved on to de_overpass, which shifted away from the usual standard, as Dignitas picked up nine rounds on the offence and made it 12-7 before Astralis started coming back once again.

On the back of Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz's monstrous performance his team stormed to nine rounds in a row to eliminate Dignitas from the tournament.

ESL Barcelona CS:GO Invitational presented by Mobile World CongressBest of 1 AstralisMatchpage 16 11 21st February 2016 Dignitas 16Mirage 11 News tags:

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	23 - 17	+6	92.3	1.31
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	20 - 16	+4	73.2	1.30
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	23 - 14	+9	84.8	1.27
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	18 - 17	+1	91.4	1.16
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	19 - 19	0	73.1	1.07

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	20 - 20	0	85.7	1.06
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	19 - 20	-1	75.0	0.96
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	15 - 21	-6	69.8	0.81
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	12 - 19	-7	52.8	0.76
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	17 - 23	-6	73.1	0.73

ESL Barcelona CS:GO Invitational presented by Mobile World CongressBest of 1 AstralisMatchpage 16 11 21st February 2016 Dignitas 16Mirage 11

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	23 - 17	+6	92.3	1.31
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	20 - 16	+4	73.2	1.30
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	23 - 14	+9	84.8	1.27
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	18 - 17	+1	91.4	1.16
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	19 - 19	0	73.1	1.07

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	20 - 20	0	85.7	1.06
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	19 - 20	-1	75.0	0.96
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	15 - 21	-6	69.8	0.81
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	12 - 19	-7	52.8	0.76
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	17 - 23	-6	73.1	0.73

ESL Barcelona CS:GO Invitational presented by Mobile World CongressBest of 1 DignitasMatchpage 12 16 21st February 2016 Astralis 12Overpass 16

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	19 - 21	-2	69.4	1.09
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	21 - 22	-1	80.9	1.01
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	20 - 24	-4	85.8	0.99
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	15 - 19	-4	62.8	0.93
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	16 - 22	-6	67.3	0.89

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	33 - 15	+18	138.1	1.97
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	24 - 16	+8	88.0	1.34
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	21 - 21	0	75.5	1.07
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	14 - 19	-5	53.8	0.82
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	15 - 21	-6	59.7	0.78

A two-map battle between G2 and fnatic followed, starting with de_inferno. Unsurprisingly fnatic kept winning important rounds and broke G2's economy multiple times to take 11 rounds on the Terrorist side.

It didn't take them long to close the map out on the CT side either, as they only allowed three more rounds to go their opponents' way before taking a life from them at 16-7.

de_overpass followed and it was a very similar story there, however that time the Swedish squad kicked things off with 11 rounds as Counter-Terrorists. After Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson led the way on map one, Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman picked up the pace on map two to take out G2 altogether at 16-8.

ESL Barcelona CS:GO Invitational presented by Mobile World CongressBest of 1 fnaticMatchpage 16 7 21st February 2016 G2 16Inferno 7

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	25 - 14	+11	109.0	1.65
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	24 - 11	+13	96.3	1.56
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	16 - 11	+5	73.3	1.26
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	14 - 12	+2	72.7	1.24
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	12 - 13	-1	63.9	0.96

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	18 - 16	+2	76.3	0.99
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	13 - 19	-6	62.7	0.80
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	9 - 19	-10	66.3	0.68
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	11 - 19	-8	55.5	0.64
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	10 - 18	-8	47.2	0.61

ESL Barcelona CS:GO Invitational presented by Mobile World CongressBest of 1 fnaticMatchpage 16 8 21st February 2016 G2 16Overpass 8

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	25 - 15	+10	112.7	1.60
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	23 - 16	+7	95.6	1.45
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	21 - 11	+10	84.8	1.35
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	17 - 13	+4	90.1	1.32
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	11 - 12	-1	54.0	0.87

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	22 - 18	+4	93.8	1.24
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	13 - 21	-8	73.0	0.79
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	15 - 20	-5	72.1	0.78
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	8 - 20	-12	40.8	0.55
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	9 - 19	-10	40.5	0.46

With that there are only two teams left in the competition, Astralis and fnatic will now move on to practically a best-of-three, with the possibility of repetitive maps, to determine the champion.

René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 618 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 fnatic #1 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Dignitas #7 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 618 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.61 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 616 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.64 Astralis #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenRené 'cajunb' BorgAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' Reedtz Dennis 'dennis' Edman Age: 25 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 355 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 768 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.62 G2 #11 Richard 'shox' PapillonKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom