Astralis and GamerLegion have change into the most recent groups to get eradicated from ESL Professional League Season 22.
The Danish and Mongolian/German esports organisations had been unable to win three matches throughout the Counter-Strike 2 occasion’s second stage.
Astralis Faces Stiff Opposition
Whereas Astralis departs the event with a win-to-loss document of 0-3, the Danes confronted some difficult opponents throughout Stage 2. A gap defeat to Crew Falcons put the group instantly on the again foot, establishing a round-two conflict towards Aurora Gaming.
Regardless of taking the opening map, Aurora Gaming’s superior defence proved an excessive amount of for Astralis, with the Turkish facet scoring a 2-1 win to position the Danish facet on the verge of elimination.
The trail to Stage 3 continued to extend in problem, with a brand new but acquainted FaZe Clan standing in Astralis’ approach in spherical three of the Swiss stage. Astralis struggled to construct any type of momentum, shedding to FaZe 13-7 and 13-4 to carry an finish to a tough Professional League marketing campaign.
The MongolZ Stays Alive
Since being topped Counter-Strike’s finest group within the October Valve Regional Standings (VRS), The MongolZ has struggled to rekindle the shape that noticed the group win the Esports World Cup in August. Shock defeats to HOTU and Internal Circle Esports put the Mongolian nationwide group on the point of a shock elimination, with a win over GamerLegion required to remain alive in Stage 2.
The MongolZ held off a late GamerLegion resurgence on Inferno to open the collection with a win, however the German organisation responded instantly with a 13-11 win on Historical to power a decider on Nuke.
Much like Inferno and Historical, The MongolZ raced to an early lead earlier than GamerLegion began to cut back the deficit with some well-timed defensive rotations. Affected person attacking play from the Mongolians made the distinction within the latter phases of Nuke, profitable 13-7 and the collection 2-1 to stay in with an opportunity of constructing the Playoffs.
What’s Subsequent?
Stage 2 of ESL Professional League Season 22 continues with the remaining groups competing within the ultimate two rounds of the Swiss stage. The highest eight groups from Stage 2 will safe a spot within the Playoffs, happening from October tenth to twelfth.
Followers can tune into the motion via ESL’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
