Astralis dominated Liquid on ?? ??? ?? ??Vertigo, 16-8, and ground their way to victory on Overpass, 16-13, to secure the semi-final spot against NRG.

A kill on the defuser by Nick "?nitr0?" Cannella early in the pistol round propelled Liquid to an early lead. Down by three, Astralis were able to win a forcebuy as Nicolai "?device?" Reedtz traded a frag in a 2vs2 and took out nitr0 to win the clutch. Liquid were able to win a retake with the match tied to take the lead back following an A execute. A chaotic round on B ended with the Danes tying it back up early on. Having taken the economic advantage, Astralis started to run away with the half although a late push by Liquid as they tightened up their defenses ended up with an 8-7 scoreline in favor of the Danes.

A 4vs3 retake by Astralis on A made it 9-7. Aftrer winning against a forcebuy and an eco, Emil "?Magisk?" Reif played a brilliant flank on the A attackers taking down three to further his team’s lead to 12-7. Three kills from device to stop an A attack put Astralis within one of match point, and with Liquid unable to retaliate the European squad went to lock down the series lead with a 16-8 scoreline.

Astralis won the quarter-final duel against the top-ranked team

Liquid took the lead on Overpass with Russel "?Twistzz?" Van Dulken downing three CT players. Four kills by Lukas "?gla1ve?" Rossander on a forcebuy put Astralis on the board, 1-4, severely maiming Liquid’s economy. Astralis started to gain ground as Liquid struggled with executes with the map evening out 5-5. Multi-kill rounds by Keith "?NAF?" Markovic, who had previously been having low impact, helped his team take the lead back. Up 8-6 in the last round, Jonathan "?EliGE?" Jablonowski managed to win a 1vs2 situation on six health to give his side the three-round lead at the half.

Astralis won the second pistol round with a play towards A, but Liquid bought a minimal buy with upgraded pistols and USPs to hit double digits, 10-7. After giving up the anti-eco, device won a 1vs3 clutch with an SG553 to keep the match close. Astralis then started to hit B, finding a weakness in Liquid’s defense to turn the match on its head and take the lead into the last stretch, 13-11. The North Americans finally found the way to stop a B attack, bringing it back to within one. Both teams then traded rounds, making it 14-13 for Astralis. The B site ended up being Liquid's Achilles heel as the Danish team exploited it to get on match point, with Astralis closing it the following round against a forcebuy, 16-13.

StarLadder Major Berlin 2019Best of 3 AstralisMatchpage 2 0 6th September 2019 Liquid 16Vertigo 8 16Overpass 13

?Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	48 - 29	+19	85.2	1.45
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	47 - 33	+14	92.2	1.39
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	46 - 32	+14	87.1	1.29
Andreas 'Xyp9x' H?jslethXyp9x	30 - 28	+2	72.1	1.10
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	27 - 34	-7	64.5	0.90

?Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	39 - 37	+2	83.9	1.09
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	39 - 41	-2	81.1	0.97
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	31 - 42	-11	73.0	0.81
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	22 - 40	-18	60.9	0.71
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	24 - 39	-15	51.5	0.70

Liquid #1 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1143 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 24 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1193 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 24 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1171 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1105 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 930 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1350 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 890 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62 NRG #5 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Astralis #4 Andreas 'Xyp9x' H?jslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif