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BIG beats Party Astronauts to secure first ESL Pro League win

German team BIG was victorious in their ESL Pro League match against Party Astronauts and got ther first win.... | 25. March 2022

German team BIG was victorious in their ESL Pro League match against Party Astronauts and got ther first win. The Germans were able to take the map 16-9 even though they ran into trouble on Overpass. They followed that up with a 16-10 win on Dust2.

Bad predictions for the Party Astronaut

This victory was very important for Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz’s team, which recovered from the defeat against Liquid in the first game of the EPL. Now BIG has their sights set on the Players, a game they will have a little more confidence for after the CIS team’s loss to Movistar Riders on Thursday.

At the same time, the Party Astronauts’ chances of making the playoffs continue to dwindle after their second 2-0 loss. With upcoming games against GODSENT and Team Liquid and Movistar Riders (who are in top form right now), things might not get much better for them yet.

BIG dominates the match

The Party Astronauts didn’t have a good first half on their map pick, Overpass, because the team didn’t really perform well. BIG was able to win the pistol round and two rounds after that, establishing themselves on the defensive early. Still, the offensive side could counter CT’s aggression, resulting in a close 4-3 score as BIG did everything they could to win the first half of the game.

When tabseN turned a full eco into a round win in round 8, everything changed. From then on, it was a cakewalk for the Germans, who built an 11-4 halftime lead. After that, the game seemed to finally turn in BIG’s favor, but a force buy by the Party Astronauts briefly slowed the German offense.

Ben “ben1337” Smith’s team put together five straight rounds to cut the deficit to 9-12, but then got no closer. BIG quickly recovered and played at its best until the final 16:9, with tabseN ending the first map with a 31:13 K-D. Thanks to Jonathan “djay” Dallal and Peter “ptr” Gurney on the defensive side of Dust2, the Party Astronauts put up a good fight.

The Party Astronauts were able to convert a force buy after winning the third pistol round, which gave them a 3-1 lead, but after switching to the CT side, the Party Astronauts were only able to get four more rounds and in the end BIG won the map 16-10.

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