Astralis is victorious in the final against Team Liquid, with the win they become the champion of BLAST Pro Series São Paulo 2019. The Danish team ran over the Americans 2-1 and won the $ 125,000 prize. The dispute took place last night, at the Gym Ibirapuera, in the city of São Paulo. MIBR, who represented Brazil with its 100% Brazilian lineup, had a poor performance in the championship and finished last.
The results speak for themselves! @astralisgg came in as favorites and made the clean sweep, only dropping one map. Congratulations! ?#BLASTProSeries #SãoPaulo ?? pic.twitter.com/7srnaQqaVr
— BLAST Pro Series (@BLASTProSeries) March 24, 2019
Liquid had a much need boost for the final game: the love of the Brazilian fans. Since the crowd was supporting a familiar face in Liquid’s line up, Jacky “Stewie2K” Yip . The American pro player has already represented SK Gaming and also competed in Made In Brazil’s alongside Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and company. So Jacky and the team had the support of the home fans, however, it was not enough to take down the mighty Astralis.
Game one
The first map of the best series of three (BO3) was the Dust 2, Liquid’s choice. As terrorists, the Americans won the pistol and started the final with a series of victories. Astralis took its time to get its first win of the final after losing three consecutive rounds. Still at the end first half it finished slightly in favor of Liquid, 8-7. The game was evenly contested after the exchange of sides, but in the end, the Americans drew first blood with a 16-13 win.
This Grand Final is insanely tense so far! @astralisgg and @TeamLiquid are putting on a show ?#BLASTProSeries #SãoPaulo pic.twitter.com/xRzmHVT9hB
— BLAST Pro Series (@BLASTProSeries) March 23, 2019
Game two
The second map was the Inferno, one of the favorite choices of the Danes. Dev1ce and co dominated the map from the first minute. After winning the first pistol as terrorists, Astralis remained undefeated until the tenth round. Before the end of the first half, Liquid narrowed the gap to 11-4. The map ended in a 16-8 win for the Astralis.
The Grand Final that keeps on giving!
The players are feeling it ?#BLASTProSeries #SãoPaulo pic.twitter.com/XqWuxzjz53
— BLAST Pro Series (@BLASTProSeries) March 23, 2019
Game three
The final match of the series was on Overpass where Astralis brutally ended the hopes of Liquid. By the end of the first half, the Danes took a 13-2 lead on the terrorist side. Even with the support of the Brazilian fans, Team Liquid could not recover and the game ended in 16-2 for the Danes.
MIBR Campaign
The Brazilian lineup arrived at the tournament with a thirst to win at home. MIBR, however, made a disastrous campaign in the championship. Of the five games in the first phase, the Brazilians lost all of them and sat at the last position in the final standings.
BLAST Series SP was the third championship for the new MIBR lineup. The team’s debut was at the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice Major 2019, where the side did well and finished third / fourth. Then the Brazilians participated in WESG. But, despite arriving favorites, they surprisingly lost to Windigo Gaming in the playoffs.
The BLAST Pro Series is a competitive league of CS: GO that was launched back in 2017. This short but very exciting competition takes place in renowned cities around the world. The São Paulo edition was the first to take place on Brazilian soil and awarded a total of US $ 250,000.
