The Danish team Astralis has confirmed the list of players who will take part in ESL One Cologne. Among them, Patrick “es3tag” and “es3tag” will speak for her for the first time. Hansen and Lucas "Bubzkji" Andersen, who joined the roster quite recently. Their first game for Astralis will be a match against fnatic. Emil “Magisk” remains the captain of the team. Wraith.
Es3tag joined the team over a month ago, after his contact with Heroic expired. The upcoming match at ESL One will be his first significant appearance in five months, having often been a bench player towards the end of his time in Heroic. Later, in mid-July, Bubzkji, who previously played for MAD Lions, signed a contract with Astralis.
This roster composition came as somewhat of a surprise to Astralis fans, as many of them were expecting the return of one of the team members who had taken a break in the last few months due to burnout.
Matches in the European division ESL One Cologne will take place from August 18 to 30. The teams will compete for a prize fund of $325,000. In addition to fnatic, Vitality, Heretics, FaZe, Heroic, G2 and MBR were in the same group with Astralis. The tournament will be held in a double elimination format, and the playoff stage will begin on August 27.
