As you may have seen from one of our recent articles, the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown is underway. To kick things off, the tournament has already undergone 2 upsets, as Astralis and Team Liquid were eliminated from the event. Here is how it all went down:
Astralis and Team Liquid eliminated – What happened?
Astralis vs OG Esports
Heading into this match-up, Astralis were considered as the heavy favourites due to OG’s most recent roster changes. Despite this, the match was totally not in the favour of the Danes this time round. The first map played was Inferno, a classic map for this Astralis lineup, but unfortunately they were playing with Bubzkji instead of Xyp9x for this first map. The map ended with a score of 16-7 in favour of OG, and they went on to play the 2nd map, Dust II. This match was way closer, ax Xyp9x stepped back into the server, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough. The match ended 19-17 favouring OG, winning the series 2-0 and eliminating Astralis from BLAST Premier.
Team Liquid vs Dignitas
Team Liquid have proven that with this current roster, the team can be a couple of the best teams in the world, but Dignitas have put them back in their place with an astonishing upset! First map played was Nuke, a map which the Swedes have been practicing for quite some time. This was the most impressive map of the series, as Dignitas won it 16-5. Then on Vertigo, which usually falls in favour of the Liquid lineup, the team under performed heavily. The second map finished with a 16-13 scoreline in favour of DIG, and just like that, Team Liquid were out of the event.
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