It didn't take Luca "Luken" Nadotti a long time to find himself a new home after his departure from 9z.

Leviatán is the name of his new Organization. The Argentinians have been in a rebuilding stage after releasing two of their players in April. Luca "Luken" Nadotti replace Brazilian player Fillipe "pancc" Martins on the roster, which is now fully Argentinian again.

Luken was part of the 9z roster that qualified for PGL Antwerp. His departure from 9z came as a surprise after a good start to the year for the AWP'er, who before that had been out of the competetive scene for two years. At Leviatán he will get the chance to face his former team next month, when the Flow FiReLEAGUE 2022 begins in South America. 

Luken

Luca “Luken” Nadotti has entered free agency with the Argentinian international leaving 9z after a five-month tenure with the team. The 25-year-old is set to find a new CS:GO home while he explains, in a [link:{"url":"https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss1trn","isNewTab":true,"text":"Twitlonger"}], that the exit is a mutual agreement between him and 9z.

In his statement, Luken explains that he’s very open in regards of his next CS:GO project. Due to his versatility, Luken is open to play both IGL, lurker and AWPer but also in any region of the world.

The former Sharks players were an instrumental part of 9z in their impressive qualification to the PGL Major in Antwerp earlier this month. Here Luken and 9z showed great character by taking down Evil Geniuses, 00Nation and paiN to book a spot at the Belgium Major championship. Despite the great run in the RMR event, the South Americans didn't manage to win a match at the Major after going up against much stronger opponents. 

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Luken and 9z celebrating at the Americas RMR last month

{cflag:UY} Maximiliano "⁠max⁠" Gonzalez  

{cflag:CL} David "⁠dav1d⁠" Tapia Maldonado

{cflag:BR} Rafael "zakk" Fernandes (coach)

9z is ready for next month’s PGL Major in Antwerp after a phenomenal comeback at the Americas RMR tournament. The South American side began the event by going 0-2, having fought with their backs to the wall ever since.

Despite the heavy pressure and going head-to-head against strong teams like 00Nation and Evil Geniuses, 9z has still managed to book themselves a spot at the massive Valve-sponsored event taking place in Belgium.

The impressive achievement was secured by Maximiliano “max” Gonzalez and his men through an exceptional 2-0 win against paiN in the 6th place decider match this Friday evening. A matchup, 9z controlled throughout the majority of the series, using their momentum from their victory over EG earlier today.

Watch the thrilling ending to the match and the celebration from 9z in the video below.

9z – paiN 2-0 | PGL Major Antwerp Americas RMR

16-11 (Mirage) | {cflag:AR} Luken – 1.34 Rating / 22-12 K-D / 86.8 ADR

19-17 (Dust2) | {cflag:UY} max – 1.44 Rating / 34-24 K-D / 102.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:UY} Maximiliano “max” Gonzalez | 1.24 Rating / 49-41 K-D / 89.0 ADR

2nd | {cflag:BR} MIBR (Challengers Stage)

3rd | {cflag:BR} Imperial (Challengers Stage)

4th | {cflag:US} Complexity (Challengers Stage)

5th | {cflag:US} Liquid (Challengers Stage)

paiN

Jake “Stewie2K” Yip and the rest of Evil Geniuses has failed to qualify for the upcoming Major next month. That became a reality this Friday when the North Americans lost the elimination match against 9z at the Americas RMR event.

In the vital Bo3 series, it was 9z who were in control for the majority of time with the South Americans taking home their own map pick on Nuke 16-11. 9z managed to follow it up with a likewise impressive performance on Inferno.

Here 9z went up 10-7 after a strong CT-sided first half – however, they couldn’t maintain the lead and momentum as EG fought back one round after another. In the end, EG secured the 16-12 win through a splendid showing by autimatic.

On the deciding map of Overpass, the action became extremely close. Towards the end of regulation, the two teams presented a thrilling fight where both teams pushed each other to the edge in every single round. However, when things were set to be determined at the score of 14-14, it was 9z who came out on top.

And with a wonderful B hold by 9z, they placed the last nail in the coffin for EG and therefore also ruined their dreams of qualifying for the Major dreams. The result means that 9z will meet paiN in the deciding match for the last PGL Major Antwerp ticket at the Americas RMR event. The match is set to be played at 15:30 (CET).

9z – Evil Geniuses 2-1 | PGL Major Antwerp Americas RMR

16-11 (Nuke) | {cflag:AR} Luken – 1.62 Rating / 26-11 K-D / 93.1 ADR

12-16 (Inferno) | {cflag:US} autimatic – 1.39 Rating / 27-19 K-D / 83.4 ADR

16-14 (Overpass) | {cflag:UY} dgt – 1.74 Rating / 33-19 K-D / 113.3 ADR

MVP: {cflag:UY} Franco ”dgt” Garcia –1.40 Rating / 75-49 K-D / 93.7 ADR

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No Major this time around for Brehze and company 

Evil Geniuses

The Brazilians from FURIA were the favorites before the South American derby against 9z in today's first Semi-Final at ESL Challenger February 2022.

But quickly the Brazilians had to realize, that they were in for a hard day of work.

It was especially 9z's Franco 'dgt' Garcia, who proved to be a big problem for FURIA. The Uruguayan played two great maps on Mirage and Ancient, where the 9z rifler dominated his opponents. On Mirage it was enough for a map win, while FURIA managed to answer back on Ancient.

Nuke was set as the decider map between the two teams. Here 9z found nine rounds on their CT-side in the first half to apply maximum pressure on FURIA, who had to step up to complete the comeback. The new AWP'er on FURIA Rafael 'saffee' Costa delivered a couple of important opening kills in the first rounds of the second half to put FURIA on the right track and from here on, FURIA finally showed, that they are rightly so considered the best team in South America. 

FURIA will play the Grand Final later tonight against the winner of the second Semi-Final between Complexity and Virtus.pro.

FURIA – 9z (2-1) | ESL Challenger February 2022

7-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:UY} dgt – 1.77 Rating / 23-11 K-D / 111.4 ADR

dgt – 1.48 Rating / 25-17 K-D / 101.1 ADR

16-11 (Nuke) | {cflag:AR} Luken – 1.50 Rating / 29-15 K-D / 91.4 ADR

MVP: {cflag:UY} Franco 'dgt' Garcia | 1.42 Rating / 65-44 K-D / 96.6 ADR

FURIA

Watch today's Pley of the Day right here.

Sergio Aguero announced last month that the Argentinian football player has founded his very own esports organization called KRÜ Esports. And now can multiple sources in DRAFT5 and cybersport.pl report that KRÜ Esports is ready to enter the CS:GO scene.

Brazilian football star Casemiro has also invested in CS:GO.

[link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/news/brazilian-footballer-launches-new-cs-go-team"}]

Rumours says that Aguero and his team have signed the two profiled Argentinean players in former MIBR player Ignacio “meyeren” Meyer and Luca “Luken” Nadotti. The two players will be the stars of the team being two players who both have proven themselves on the big stage in their stay at Shark Esports and MIBR.

The rest of the players who are rumoured to join the Argentinian team is lesser-known players in Gabriel “1962” Sinopoli, Maximiliano “max” Gonzalez, Nahuel “nhl” Herrera.

Watch Premier League star Sergio Aguero play CS:GO right here.

The potential roster is rumoured to look like this:

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