20-year-old honda has been moved to the main squad from the academy lineup as a sixth player, the organization has announced. He will replace Paytyn “junior” Johnson in the BLAST Premier Global Final as the American AWPer faced passport issues. honda has already traveled to Europe with the rest of the Brazilian squad.
honda becomes the fourth player to be promoted to the main squad just a month after he was picked up by the Academy because of his impressive time at the DETONA Pound camp.
FURIA will face off NiKo and company from G2 in their first matchup at the BLAST Premier Global event, which is scheduled for January 19. The double-elimination tournament will have $1 million up for grabs.
FURIA’s roster now:
Yuri “yuurih” Santos
Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato
Vinicius “VINI” Figueiredo
Andrei “arT” Piovezan
Paytyn “junior” Johnson
Lucas “honda” Cano
Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira (coach)
Henrique “HEN1” Teles (benched)
O DNA FURIA baseia-se na constante busca por evolução e crescimento, tanto pessoal quanto profissional.
Na escolha do 6º jogador da nossa equipe de CS:GO, daremos mais uma grande oportunidade para um jovem talento brilhar.
BEM-VINDO, @h0ndaog!#DIADEFURIA #FURIACS pic.twitter.com/RpTPmQVnxK
— FURIA (@FURIA) January 14, 2021
