Day two of the IEM Katowice 2024 Play-In is at an finish. Yesterday, we had stunning outcomes and big beatdowns, and at this time was no completely different, with the most important elimination of the match by far.
Right here’s all the key motion that went down on the second day of play in Katowice.
Astralis out on the first hurdle
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Goodness. The crew in third place of our IEM Katowice 2024 energy rankings are out on the first hurdle. And the worst half? It wasn’t even shut. After disappointing in opposition to Heroic yesterday, most would have had Astralis as a shoo-in to beat their former IGL gla1ve and his Polish ENCE undertaking. There was no bounceback, no battle, as ENCE struck down Astralis in 2:0 vogue.
For gla1ve, this was private. After being kicked from the crew again in June 2023, he was out to show the Danes had made a mistake. He did so with model, going 24-5 on the second map within the collection and close to single-handedly sending his earlier crew to de_airport.
For Astralis, there’s no time for self-pity. With the Copenhagen RMR simply across the nook, they should bounce again right away. Something lower than PGL Main Copenhagen 2024 qualification will see some severe questions requested of this costly Astralis undertaking, which initially appeared to get off to a reasonably stable begin.
Spirit cost by to Group Stage
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If at this time was a check of Spirit’s psychological resilience, they handed with flying colours. After not dropping a map to Apeks yesterday, issues have been wanting slightly too straightforward for a donk and sh1ro-led Spirit. At this time, it received off to an identical begin in opposition to The MongolZ, with a 13:2 win making it look easy. However The MongolZ are a stable crew, bouncing again with some wonderful performs of their very own.
The MongolZ managed to tug the second map to time beyond regulation, however, after some titling spherical losses, Spirit managed to beat the nerves and a pair of:0 the collection. At one level, it appeared like a 3rd map was severely on the playing cards, nevertheless it was a great check of psychological power for a crew that hasn’t actually struggled but. After the tie, Spirit now discover themselves within the Group Stage of IEM Katowice 2024, the place they’ll absolutely face harder opposition going ahead.
GamerLegion progress after Virtus.professional shock
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GamerLegion joined the line-up of groups progressing to the Group Stage of IEM Katowice 2024 on day two. The Snax-led crew are extraordinarily cold and hot at instances, so in comparison with the consistency of opponents Virtus.professional, most favored the latter to get the job finished right here. In the long run, it was GamerLegion who got here out on high in an in depth 2:1 collection, which noticed an enormous crew effort pay dividends. There was nobody star massively above the remainder – everybody had their half to play to safe this win.
It’s an enormous win for GamerLegion, who proceed to grind out respectable ends in the scene. Time will inform if they will go even additional in Katowice. Virtus.professional now face Cloud9 in a last-ditch alternative to safe a spot within the Group Stage for themselves.
The whole day two outcomes of the IEM Katowice 2024 Play-In are as follows:
Spirit 2:0 The MongolZ
GamerLegion 2:1 Virtus.professional
M80 2:0 Rooster
BetBoom 1:2 Cloud9
Astralis 0:2 ENCE
Apeks 2:1 FURIA
