One of the biggest breakthrough teams this year have to the Russian dragons from Spirit, owing to their outstanding start to 2021. They smashed all the opponents at DreamHack Open January by taking home the trophy, just to bring the great form through to IEM Katowice, where Abdul “degster” Gasanov and company shocked the CS:GO world with a historic 16-1 win over Astralis.
However, this Sunday marked the day for Spirit’s exit at the prestigious event, as they got dismantled by their countrymen from Gambit which concluded their stellar 5-game winning streak, starting from the Play-In stage.
Read more: Gambit seal Grand Final spot after stellar showing
Spirit youngster, Boris “magixx” Vorobiev has touched on the devastating exit, in a post-match interview with the IEM desk. The 17-year old rifler explains that they are proud of their deep run at the event and how he believes that CIS teams will continue their rise on the CS:GO scene.
– “The CIS region is rising at the moment, and I don’t know if it’s the ‘Online Era’ affecting it. But everyone has played and grinded a lot throughout the last year, and now we get these deep runs at high-class tournaments. And I can say that CIS teams will continue climbing.” magixx said in the post-match interview.
Spirit results | IEM Katowice
vs Gambit (0-2) – Semifinal
vs Astralis (2-1) – Group Stage
vs Heroic (2-0) – Group Stage
vs G2 (2-1) – Group Stage
