Spirit rifler: We don’t feel pressured playing against Astralis
sdy is confident after the impressive victory against Heroic and assures that they are ready for Astralis next.
Spirit has been phenomenal so far at IEM Katowice, and the Russians are only continuing their strong form from the Play-In stage and their impressive victory at DreamHack Open January. The Dragons have now taken down the superstars from G2 and also the strong Danish side in Heroic.
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Spirit’s longest-standing member Victor "somedieyoung" Orudzhev has in a post-match interview, talked about their great form and how the upcoming matchup against the mighty Astralis won’t scare them.
sdy also touches on the addition of the promising AWPer Abdul “degster” Gasanov from Espada, and the massive impact he brings to the team. The powerful Russian has averaged a stellar 1.23 Rating, since joining Spirit back in Januar.
Spirit will meet Astralis in the upper final at IEM Katowice, which is set to be played on Sunday at 19:00 (CET)