Fnatic beat Astralis, taking away all remaining lives of the Danes, securing the Champion's title at the ESL Expo Barcelona.?

 Fnatic vs  Astralis

Map 1- Dust II (16:14)

The first match was a close one with a 16:14 score of favour of Fnatic. The first half started with the Swedes on the CT-side and Astralis on the T-side. The pistol round was won by Astralis with an insane 3k by René ''Cajunb'' Borg. Fnatic opened their account on the 4th round with the score being 3:1 in the favour of Astralis. From there, Fnatic dominated the first half with the final score being 9:6 in their. The second half pistol round was won by Fnatic, this time with a 3k coming from Olof ''Olofmeister'' Kajbjer. Astralis proceeded to mount an insane comeback starting from the 18 round with a quad kill from Finn ''karrigan'' Andersen.

The scoreboard kept on ticking for Astralis and the score was 14:11. But again the Swedes came out of nowhere with a combined team-effort and some insane plays from Jesper ''JW'' Wecksell, leading to a comeback and eventually a win on the first map with a final score of 16:14.

Map 2- Inferno (16:13)

The second map of the finals was as intense as it could get, both for the teams and the audience. The Swedes started on the CT side and the Danes on the T side. Astralis won the pistol round, but due to Fnatic’s superior mid-round communication, they ended up giving them the next round. That was followed by 5 straight round wins by Fnatic making the score 6:1. Astralis then carried on with the trend set by the opponents and also ended up winning the next 6 rounds making the score 6:7 in Astralis’ favour. The first half concluded with the final score of 8:7 in Fnatic's favour. The highlight of the first half was the crazy spray by Freddy ''KRiMZ'' Johansson, that sealed the first half for Fnatic.

The second half with the Astralis on the CT-side began with Fnatic winning the pistol and the next 2 rounds leading to the scoreboard tally to be 11:7 on Fnatic’s side. From thereon, it was like a ping-pong game with both teams exchanging round wins with the score being 13:12. Another hlighlight of these rounds was Dennis ''dennis'' Edman's ace on the 24th round. But the 26th round was the one which more or less sealed the deal for Fnatic, as it was a force buy rush by Fnatic onto the B- site with Jesper ''JW'' Wecksell knifing Andreas ''xyp9x'' Højsleth, to end up winning the round. From thereon it was a smooth sail for Fnatic with a final score of 16:13.