es3tag & Bubzkji will make their debut for Astralis at ESL One Cologne 2020

Astrais has announced five players who will play at ESL One Cologne 2020. As expected, rookies Patrick "es3tag" Hansen and Lukas "Bubzkji" Andersen will debut for the team, while Andreas "Xyp9x" Hojsleth and Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander still remain on the bench. Emile "Magisk" Reif will play the role of Ingeyman Leader.

ESL One Cologne 2020 will be held from 18 to 30 August. Astralis have been seeded in Group B, where they will meet the fnatic in the starting match, which will be held on Monday at 18:30 CET.

On August 5, Xyp9x and gla1ve in their social networks reported that they returned to CS:GO training after a few months inactivity. Later, the team captain added that he would miss the next major tournament.

Astralis starting lineup at ESL One Cologne 2020:

Nikolai "device" Reedtz
Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
Emile "Magisk" Reif
Patrick "es3tag" Hansen
Lukas "Bubzkji" Andersen