Aurora beat Spirit to take third at ESL Pro League

Aurora Gaming defeated Team Spirit 2-0 in the third-place match at Counter-Strike 2's ESL Pro League Season 24 on Oct. 11.

Aurora won Mirage 13-9 after opening a 6-1 lead. On Anubis, the team led 9-3 at halftime and closed out the map 13-6.

Ali Haydar Yalcin, who plays as Wicadia, earned the match's highest HLTV rating at 1.53, recording 41 kills and 25 deaths. Dmitry Sokolov, known as sh1ro, had Spirit's highest rating at 1.15, with 30 kills and 27 deaths.

Both teams entered the third-place decider after semifinal defeats. Aurora lost to Vitality, while Spirit fell to MOUZ. Each of those series ended 1-2.