Our consultant Aurora suffered an early exit from the Starladder Budapest Main in Stage 2 after a 2-1 defeat towards Astralis.
Beginning the match with a victory over M80, our consultant Aurora fell to the 1-2 pool after shedding to FaZe and PARIVISION within the Bo1 levels. Their opponent within the 1-2 bracket was Astralis, who had misplaced to their first two opponents M80 and Ninjas in Pyjamas earlier than securing a 2-0 victory over FlyQuest.
Though their kind was excessive, we had been going through an Astralis aspect that had began the Main 0-2. Regardless of being the favorites, the errors made price us the Main.
Having been topped champions of PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 final month, our consultant arrived on the match with excessive morale and motivation. Nonetheless, the one-month break appeared to have labored towards the crew. Easy errors and our lack of ability to get into the sport as a crew had been the basis causes of all of it.
Aurora made a quick begin on Nuke, a map anticipated to be performed. Beginning with a 4-0 spherical streak, Aurora dominated the CT aspect. Nonetheless, after ending the primary half 8-4, issues began to show round. After bringing the rating to 12-8, Astralis tried a comeback. As soon as the rating reached 12-11, we executed a stable crew spherical and managed to win the primary map by a slim margin.
Our consultant additionally began Practice by successful the pistol spherical, however regardless of an honest first half, they couldn’t ship the anticipated efficiency on the CT aspect. After a 7-5 first half, conceding a 7-round streak upon switching sides performed a serious function within the loss. We couldn’t face up to Staehr’s efficiency and misplaced Practice 13-8.
On the decider map Mirage, our consultant as soon as once more began by successful the pistol spherical however couldn’t fairly seize management of the primary half. Though conceding 5 consecutive rounds dampened spirits, the tie achieved on the finish of the primary half saved us within the recreation.
Upon switching to the T aspect, nonetheless, we watched an Aurora removed from their common T-side kind. The performances of w0xic and Wicadia had been inadequate for the offensive aspect. Multi-kill performances from the duo of HooXi and jabbi prompted the map to slide away. Though we saved the rating shut, minor errors and a easy mistake within the closing spherical price us our spot within the 12 months’s closing and largest match.
Our lack of ability to play as a unit all through the match and the crew’s evidently damaged motivation mirrored on every thing. It was disheartening to see Astralis step up as a cohesive crew whereas we struggled.
Now, we’ve got reached the tip of a protracted 12 months. We bid farewell to the season with a poor and undesirable consequence. Narrowly lacking out on qualifying for Stage 3 within the VRS rankings, adopted by lackluster performances… Regardless that we skilled the PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 championship, this early exit from the Main is a bitter tablet for everybody to swallow.
