Aurora take down The MongolZ at BLAST Open Rotterdam

Aurora have broken their losing streak against The MongolZ, taking them down in the BLAST Open Rotterdam quarter finals. The victory, built largely on dominant CT-sides, showed the depth of firepower on the Aurora side, with İsmailсan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş and Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalçın, proving particularly strong.

Team Rosters – Aurora vs. The MongolZ – BLAST Open Rotterdam

Aurora	The MongolZ
İsmailсan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş	Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren
Engin “MAJ3R” Küpeli	Sodbayar “Techno4K” Munkhbold
Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalçın	Usukhbayar “910” Banzragch
Özgür “woxic” Eker	Ayush “mzinho” Batbold
Caner “soulfly” Kesici	Anarbileg “cobrazera” Uuganbayar
Sezgin “Fabre” Kalaycı (C)	Erdenedalai “maaRaa” Bayanbat (C)

Match Recap – Aurora vs. The MongolZ – BLAST Open Rotterdam Quarter Finals

Aurora removed Ancient
The MongolZ removed Anubis
Aurora picked Inferno
The MongolZ picked Mirage
Aurora removed Nuke
The MongolZ removed Overpass
Dust2 was left over

XANTARES sitting in the player booth with Aurora at BLAST Open Rotterdam — XANTARES led the way on Inferno. Image via Stephanie Lindgren/BLAST

Inferno – Aurora smash The MongolZ on the CT side – 13-6

cobrazera’s alt-mid push kicked off The MongolZ’s CT side with a pistol win. Aurora, though, instantly came back in with a force-buy snatching the momentum. bLitz and company managed to steal away round six with a conservative investment, and that turned the economic battle around. But Aurora was just as deadly on the pistols, keeping The MongolZ in check. The half closed with the two teams neck and neck at 6-6.