S1mple and b1t help NAVI knock Astralis out of IEM Cologne 2022

Natus Vincere has become the first finalist of the $1 million IEM Cologne following a clean sweep over Astralis today at the LANXESS Arena.

The Ukrainian-Russian CS:GO powerhouse started the series with a great CT side on Nuke, in which they repeatedly shut down Astralis’ offensive playbook and won 11 of the 15 rounds. NAVI didn’t let the game slip from their hands at any point and swiftly closed the map 16-8. The team’s star Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev hard carried and finished with 26 kills and just 10 deaths.