NAVI stomp M80 in PGL Astana opener

M80's run at PGL Astana got off to a rough start against one of the top teams in the world. NAVI showed their class against M80, defeating them in a clean two-map series.

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M80 chose Dust2, but it clearly did not go the way they had planned. NAVI began with a 10-2 CT side, eventually securing the first map with an impressive 13-4 scoreline.

NAVI selected Mirage and got off to a 10-2 lead on the T side once again. M80 were able to string together a better second half this time around, but still fell to the Europeans 13-7.

PGL Astana 2025

Bo3

Natus Vincere

2 - 0

M80

StatisticsOverview

All maps

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov	31 - 18	+13	75.9	78.4%	1.41
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy	28 - 22	+6	88.5	78.4%	1.34
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen	30 - 24	+6	84.5	81.1%	1.32
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius	26 - 19	+7	80.5	83.8%	1.25
Mihai 'iM' Ivan	27 - 26	+1	77.4	78.4%	1.11

M80	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Michael 'Swisher' Schmid	27 - 28	-1	82.4	73.0%	1.07
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich	24 - 24	+0	67.6	73.0%	0.95
Mason 'Lake' Sanderson	20 - 32	-12	67.8	64.9%	0.81
Elias 's1n' Stein	19 - 30	-11	57.4	59.5%	0.65
Ethan 'reck' Serrano	18 - 31	-13	46.6	62.2%	0.61

Maps

13

Dust2

4

13

Mirage

7

b1t17 kills

Most kills

b1t1.68 rating

Best rating

Aleksib1.35 rating

Best t-side

b1t1.82 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

w0nderful18 kills

Most kills

w0nderful1.45 rating

Best rating

w0nderful1.64 rating

Best t-side

iM1.28 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

The series could be best summed up by this bizarre Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich clip, in which M80's AWPer manages to get a double teamkill.

M80 will face VP tonight in a 0-1 match at 01:00AM.

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