BLAST Pro Series Madrid: Day 2
First game against Astralis, second - against Giants, third - against NiP
On the final day of BLAST Pro Series Madrid 
NAVI.GG.BET will meet with 
Astralis, 
Giants and 
NiP.
The first match that awaits us is against Astralis, which kicked off the performance at the tournament with 2 wins and 0 losses. As for our guys, yesterday they overcame 
Cloud9 (16: 7 - Mirage), but they couldn’t oppose 
ENCE (4: 16 - Mirage). After the game with Astralis will follow the meeting with the Giants. This team did not do well in the first two rounds: lost to Cloud9 (14: 16 - Dust2) and Astralis (7 : 16 - Nuke).
In the last round of the group stage the match NAVI - NiP will take place. Like our top five, the Swedes started the tournament with a defeat, losing to Astralis (8: 16 - Dust2), but in the next match, they rehabilitated and beat ENCE (16: 5 - Nuke). As is known, the veto of maps took place a few days before the tournament, so the game maps of each match are determined: all NAVI matches will be played on Dust2.
The last time NAVI and Astralis paths crossed at the BLAST Pro Series Miami, and back then the Danish players won (16: 7 - Inferno). With NiP, the last meeting took place at the StarSeries S7, where our top five celebrated success (2: 1). As for the Giants, the Born to Win have not played with this team yet. We believe that today NAVI will reach the grand final and will compete for the BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 title! #NAVINATION
BLAST Pro Series Miami (BO1)
NAVI.GG.BET
S1mple
electroNic
Zeus
Edward
flamie
Astralis
dev1ce
dupreeh
Xyp9x
gla1ve
Magisk
Giants
Fox
MUTiRiS
rmn
ZELIN
KILLDREAM
Ninjas in Pyjamas
REZ
f0rest
GeT_RiGhT
dennis
Lekr0
Dust2 — Natus Vincere [13:16] Astralis
The first segment of the match was behind Astralis: Danes won the pistol round and force buy. Further our boys decided to do unconventional decision and did another force buy. This decision went in favor of NAVI and brought the first point to the team. After winning the next round, players of Natus Vincere took the lead – 3 : 2.
After restoring the economy, team Astralis started the round capturing "long", where they made an open frag on Zeus, following with a move to an empty B-plant side. The next round came to the clutch 2 vs 2, the winners of which were the players of the Danish team.
One of the key moments of the first half of the meeting was destined to become the ninth round: in case of losing, one of the teams would face economic trouble. And the victory went to our five! In the twelfth round, Edward and s1mple took the B-plant side against 3 players of the team Astralis. Then our team managed to earn two more points and set the final score in the first half of the match 10: 5.
The second pistol round went to the Astralis. After winning the buy round, the Danish team reduced the difference in the score to one point– 9 : 10. Split-attack on point B brought the Born to Win the first point in the game on the T side. Before the start of the twenty-first round, NAVI took the tactical pause.
This was due to the fact that if it was a losing round, the counter-terrorists would run out of money. Unfortunately, the Danes did not let this happen. Subsequently, the score was 11: 11. The twenty-sixth round was to determine the outcome of the meeting. However, the Danes again made the best out of the unfavorable situation. In the next round to rescue Astralis came dupreeh, making an ace in the round. Thus, Astralis had two match points at its disposal, and they made it happen on the first one. The final score – 16 : 13.
| Игрок | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward |
29-17 | +12 | 89.3 | 1.33 |
| s1mple |
22-16 | +6 | 85.1 | 1.29 |
 electronic |
15-20 | -5 | 66.8 | 1.05 |
| Zeus |
14-21 | -7 | 68.1 | 0.84 |
| flamie |
12-19 | -7 | 40.4 | 0.65 |
Natus VincereDust2 — Natus Vincere [16:4] Giants
The first pistol round in which Edward made an ace, and also the force buy and the eco round went to the side of Natus Vincere. T players managed to take plant side B, however, our players manage to retake and win the buy round as well.
Giants could interrupt the winning streak of our team in the sixth round, but did not manage to retain their position with the planted bomb (4 vs 3). All thought, the Portuguese continued to put pressure on the B-plant. In the end, it paid off: the terrorists earned two points. The opponent did not manage to get a lot of points in the attack, and they lost the first half of the meeting with a score of 3 : 12.
In order to have hope for a comeback in the game for the defense side, the Giants had to win either in the pistol round or in the force buy. The Portuguese managed with their first task but immediately lost the force buy and scrapped all their previous efforts to nothing. As a result, NAVI beats Giants on Dust2 – 16 : 4.
| Игрок | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward |
22-9 | +13 | 116.7 | 1.83 |
| electronic |
21-9 | +12 | 101.0 | 1.72 |
| s1mple |
17-10 | +7 | 83.1 | 1.40 |
| Zeus |
16-10 | +6 | 70.4 | 1.26 |
| flamie |
13-10 | +3 | 83.4 | 1.18 |
Dust2 — Natus Vincere [9:16] NiP
The first pistol round went in favor of the Born to Win. As per usual in the current meta, first buy the viewers could witness on the third round; it ended in favor of NiP. The Swedish five took two more rounds after this (3 : 2).
When the economy of Natus Vincere stabilized, the bout continued to be dictated by the Swedish team. Unfortunately, NAVI did not manage to show anything in the remaining time of the first half – a loss with a score of 3 : 12.
The players of Natus Vincere needed to win the pistol and a buy round to have a better chance for a comeback. Instead, NAVI won on the force buy and full buy! Then NiP received nine match points to their account. Some of them, our five won, but no more. The result of this match was the defeat for NAVI with a score of 9 : 16.
| Игрок | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| electronic |
15-17 | -2 | 91.2 | 1.01 |
| flamie |
16-17 | -1 | 71.8 | 1.00 |
| s1mple |
19-21 | -2 | 76.7 | 0.97 |
| Edward |
17-18 | -1 | 65.2 | 0.94 |
| Zeus |
16-20 | -4 | 67.3 | 0.94 |
