FACEIT London Major $1 million CS:GO tournament \u2013 Final Placements ShotByKieran \/ ESPAT MediaA finely poised battle in the grand final saw Astralis come out on top in the SSE Wembley Arena in London, beating Na\u2019Vi to be crowned the FACEIT Major champions. Astralis and Na\u2019Vi were undeniably deserving finalists, having taken their semi-final matches against Team Liquid and MiBR respectively in pretty comfortable fashion. Regarded as the best team in the world for the better part of a year now, Astralis were the favorites going into the final on September 23, but would have been foolish to underestimate Na\u2019Vi\u2019s firepower \u2013 especially star player Oleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev. s1mple had been on fire all tournament long, and should his teammates provide adequate support in the final, there was no ruling out a Na\u2019Vi upset \u2013 but Astralis weren\u2019t going to let it happen. More: Young CS:GO star ZywOo gives hilarious interview as he is too shy to speak at FACEIT London Major – A good start on map one, Nuke, saw Na\u2019Vi edge out a 3-0 lead thanks to a somewhat fortunate pistol round win, but as soon as Astralis could compete with a full buy, they didn\u2019t look back. They went on a destructive run, winning the next nine rounds straight, before closing out the half 11-4 in their favor. Astralis\u2019 dominance on Nuke continued, as Na\u2019Vi could steal only two rounds on the T side, failing 16-6 in map one. And things didn\u2019t get much better for Na\u2019Vi on map two, their pick on Overpass, but they did at least keep it close after the first half, only down three rounds. But Astralis were simply unstoppable \u2013 not even s1mple could stop them \u2013 as they put on a clinic in the next half, as they have done versus pretty much every team they have faced at the London Major. Not only did electronic and flamie not step up in the fragging department, but s1mple himself had an uncharacteristically quiet game. Astralis shut down any comeback attempts with ease, taking the grand final with a 2-0, finishing Overpass 16-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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