Xyp9x to feature for Astralis in BLAST Premier Fall Groups ESLAndreas \u2018Xyp9x\u2019 H\u00f8jsleth is once again practicing with the team and will feature in their next tournament, BLAST Premier Fall Groups, Dexerto has confirmed. The \u2018Clutch Minister\u2019 will return to action after sitting out ESL Pro League Season 14 \u2013 in which he was replaced by the team\u2019s newest recruit, 18-year-old AWPer Philip \u2018Lucky\u2019 Ewald. Multiple sources have confirmed to Dexerto that Xyp9x has been practicing with the team instead of Lukas \u2018gla1ve\u2019 Rossander. The Danish in-game leader has still been on the server during practice but from a coaching slot alongside head coach Danny \u2018zonic\u2019 S\u00f8rensen. gla1ve will be taking a short break from activity in anticipation of the birth of his first child. In March, he broke the news on Twitter that he would become a father \u201cin about six months.\u201d WE ARE GOING TO BE PARENTS \u2764\ufe0f. In about 6 months, 2 will turn into 3 \ud83d\ude0d. We dont know if its going to be a boy or girl yet, but we cant wait to find out \ud83d\ude0a. Exciting times ahead. pic.twitter.com\/nCQppEMRTS \u2014 \u0141ukasz Rossander (@gla1ve_csgo) March 20, 2021 Paternity leave Kasper Hvidt, Director of Sports at the Astralis Group, told Dexerto that, \u201ceven though it is not a tradition in esports\u201d, gla1ve has been granted paternity leave \u201cto focus on his upcoming role as a father.\u201d \u201cEverybody contributes to the team every single day and, as mentioned when we added a sixth player for the Fall, everybody will have an active role,\u201d Mr. Hvidt added. Read more: Sources: coldzera poised to join Complexity – \u201cWe strongly believe that players and everybody else working in an elite environment will perform better if there is a balance in their life and room to focus on what\u2019s important. \u201cAt the same time, Andreas performs extremely well and contributes with a lot of positive energy, so it was an obvious choice for all.\u201d Future in doubt Xyp9x\u2019s long-term future has been a fervent source of conjecture in recent months, especially since he revealed in an exclusive interview with Dexerto in August that \u201ceverything is up in the air.\u201d The 25-year-old is one of three Astralis players with contracts running out at the end of the year. Peter \u2018dupreeh\u2019 Rasmussen and Emil \u2018Magisk\u2019 Reif have not yet made any comment about their future plans. Zonic\u2019s deal is also up at the end of 2021. HLTV.org reported in July that the 35-year-old was considering leaving Astralis and that Nicolai \u2018HUNDEN\u2019 Petersen had been earmarked as the man to lead the squad from 2022. But with the former Heroic coach having been banned for two years by ESIC, the future structure of Astralis\u2019 coaching staff looks more uncertain than ever. Astralis crashed out of ESL Pro League Season 14 in the group stage with a 2-3 record. They beat Bad News Bears and Spirit and lost to ENCE, Vitality, and Heroic, failing to take a single map off any of these three teams. The Danish team will face Evil Geniuses on September 16 in their first match in the BLAST Premier Fall Group A, which also includes Vitality and Liquid. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Fall Final, while the bottom two will go to the Showdown tournament alongside two invitees and eight sides coming from regional and national qualifiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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