CS:GO - Daily summary 19.01.2021

All results and short reports 19.01.2021

Start of the BLAST Global Finals. Today, Tuesday, were already the first exciting encounters, but ultimately the opening round is so far characterized by favorite victories.

To begin, a brief look at the Tier-2 scene before we look below at the top games of today. Sprout surprisingly lost the final of the ESL European Championship against Movistar Riders, Sinners had to admit defeat in the duel with Invictus with 1:2 and AGO was already eliminated on the second game day at the Snow Sweet Snow 1.

Table of Content

16:30 CET Astralis vs. Evil Geniuses - 2:1

Astralis prevailed in this duel as expected, but contrary to predictions Evil Geniuses showed a strong performance and even took a 1:0 lead on their map pick Inferno. In the end, however, the team lost significantly after good starts on Overpass and Vertigo.
Inferno (14:16), Overpass (16:08), Vertigo (16:06)

19:30 CET G2 vs. FURIA - 2:1

G2 won relatively clearly against the new lineup of FURIA with a score of 2:1. On the second map Mirage and thus their map pick they lost a fairly promising situation and had to play a third map. On the side of G2 especially NiKo was convincing. On the other hand honda showed a quite solid performance.
Inferno (16:12), Mirage (14:16), Nuke (16:10)