Teams have been adjusting their rosters, leaving some of the game's top talent available for signing. Here's an in-depth look at the key figures currently in transition:

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ECLOT announced the signing of Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar on X (formerly known as Twitter).

NEOFRAG will take over from Martin "Dytor" Handl, who has been benched. The 22-year-old rifler was involved in one of the more spectacular transfers this summer where he joined Into the Breach only to be removed shortly after. In a post on "X", Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar explained that he had made "distasteful jokes", which caused the sudden termination of his contract. 

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On ECLOT he will be a part of a Czech-dominated roster, where the only foreigner is the experienced Israelian AWPer Guy "anarkez" Trachtman. 

Shortly after his arrival on Into the Breach, Adam "NEOFRAG" Zouhar has been removed from the roster.

The sudden termination of the contract happened due to "recent behavior" according to ITB CEO Sam Macedonio, which was later followed up by a number of tweets from Adam "NEOFRAG" Zouhar himself, where he explained the situation.

- In an attempt to be funny and gain favor with my new teammates, I made distasteful jokes and didn’t expect that it would’ve been taken seriously, NEOFRAG writes.

The Czech Rifler will now have to look for a new home after one of the shortest spells in CS:GO history. The former OG player only played five matches for Into the Breach.

After losing two of their players in "CYPHER" and "volt", many wondered what replacements the European team would seek to strengthen the roster with. Into the Breach sprung onto the scene with an impressive performance at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, where they managed to secure a quarter-final finish. The replacements of "CYPHER" and "volt" are just announced, before the upcoming IEM Cologne Play-in. Filling in their shoes are "Bymas" and "NEOFRAG", two experienced yet young players. 

Aurimas "Bymas" Pipiras will finally return to the professional CS:GO scene after being benched by MOUZ around a year ago. The 19-year-old rifler was once deemed one of the greatest talents in CS:GO and could return to star status if he is to hit the ground running when Into the Breach visits Germany for the IEM Cologne Play-in. 

Joining alongside "Bymas" is Adam "NEOFRAG" Zouhar. The 22-year-old rifler experienced great success whilst playing under the SINNERS banner, however, he had difficulty reproducing the same great results for OG. The rebuild of OG did not include the Czech rifler, who can look forward to joining Thomas "Thomas" Utting and his troops at Into the Breach. 

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Next for the European roster, before IEM Cologne Play-in, is the ESL Pro League Season 18 NC Europe Qualifier, beginning on July 14. 

The new-look Into the Breach roster looks as follows: 

Bymas

During the BLAST Premier Showdown Europe, OG took upon Ninjas in Pyjamas in the quarter-finals. The series started out great for the degster-less OG roster who managed to win the first map of the series after some impressive rounds by the individual players of OG. 

Tied 5-5 on Mirage. NEOFRAG secured his team their sixth round after he stood tall in an impressive 3vs1 clutch. With ice in his veins, the 21-year-old Czech shows why he isn't to be messed with in high-pressure moments.

Watch NEOFRAG win an impressive 1vs3 clutch right here:

Despite the great effort from NEOFRAG, OG fell short against NiP. Read more about the series right here:

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According to the often-precise transfer insider Aleksey "OverDrive" Biryukov, OG are on the market for a new player going into the upcoming season. Something he revealed on his Twitter yesterday, leaving no hints on who’s the man to be sacrificed on the current OG squad.

The rumours of a potential roster change come after a year where OG already have made a large number of changes with no less than four new players having been introduced to the team this year.

First it was Nemanja “nexa” Isakovic in January, then a double signing in Maciej “F1KU” Miklas and Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar, and lastly Abdul “degster” Gasanov who arrived right after the player break. The young roster with nexa at the helm never really managed to hit the ground running despite the promising lineup.

With OverDrive stating that OG are on the lookout for a new rifler, the spotlight must be on F1KU and NEOFRAG as the most obvious players to be demoted. nexa is the IGL, flameZ has been a standout performer together with degster, being two players OG won’t sack anytime soon.

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We have reached out to OG for a comment on the rumours, however, they haven't replied to the request.

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The two winners from yesterday’s opening round in Group B faced each other in the last match of Day 2 at BLAST World Finals in Abu Dhabi. OG came to match with a win against the current no. 1 team in the world in Heroic, while Vitality had taken down NAVI.

Inferno was picked by OG as the first map, but for a long time it looked like Vitality was running away with it. At 14-9 the French/Danish/Israeli roster was well in control, but OG and especially Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar turned the match around with a spectacular ending to the map. OG won Inferno 16-14.

OG carried their momentum on to Mirage. An early 7-1 OG lead told the story of a shaky Vitality team. Despite ZywOo and dupreeh stepping up their game, Vitality trailed the entire map and could not prevent OG from winning the match. 

OG is now through to the Semi-Finals of the event, while Vitality will need to defeat NAVI tomorrow to advance.

Team Vitality – OG 0-2 | BLAST Premier World Finals

14-16 (Inferno) {cflag:CZ} NEOFRAG – 1.29 Rating / 21-22 K-D / 87.8 ADR

9-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:RU} degster – 1.50 Rating / 24-13 K-D / 88.5 ADR

Team Vitality

It looked like it was almost game over. Vitality was being run over by OG on Dust2. 1-5 was about to turn to 1-6 and crumple Vitality’s hunt for one of the last three remaining spots at the Legends Stage at IEM Rio. But then 2022’s arguably best player in the world stepped up.

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The play from ZywOo changed the game. Vitality suddenly looked like a team, that believed again.

Before that, both teams had won their own map pick. Vitality needed overtime to get the job done on Vertigo, while OG looked much more in control on Inferno cruising home a 16-6 win.

So, it was definitely with an upper hand that OG went into war on Dust2, which just underlined the importance of ZywOo’s incredible play.

Vitality regained control and won the first half 8-7. After being a bit shell-shocked, OG found themselves again. On their T side, Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković called several good calls, but OG could not capitalize and lost clutch after clutch.

For OG Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar had been lights out on the first two maps, but on Dust2 the firepower from the Czech was missing. With Spinx, Magisk, and dupreeh chipping in for Vitality, the French/Danish roster roared on to victory with an excellent second half that finally gave a promising look at what is perhaps to come further on in the tournament.

OG leaves IEM Rio with a lot of valuable experience after their first Major appearance in history. 

OG – Team Vitality 1-2 | IEM Rio Major Challengers Stage

17-19 (Vertigo) | {cflag:CZ} NEOFRAG – 1.29 Rating / 34-26 K-D / 103.3 ADR

16-6 (Inferno) |  {cflag:CZ} NEOFRAG – 1.51 Rating / 19-11 K-D / 90.3 ADR

8-16 (Dust2) | {cflag:FR} ZywOo – 1.86 Rating / 27-12 K-D / 113.9 ADR

MVP: {cflag:FR} Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut – 1.44 Rating / 60-41 K-D / 78.1 ADR

ZywOo

Having talented and youthful players on the roster is something many teams and organizations are aiming to do in modern CS:GO. And with the increase and further addition of more academy projects, it means that more and more teenagers manage to break through to the top of competitive Counter-Strike.

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In this article, we have decided to take a look at the current 30 highest-ranked teams in CS:GO to see who possesses the youngest roster and who has the oldest.

And by looking at the numbers, it comes as no surprise that it’s Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and his Imperial team which is the oldest with an average age of 27.1. While the Russians from Spirit is the youngest presenting a 20.4 average age.

Average age of each Top 30 teams in CS:GO

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On HLTV's Confirmed, Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer talked about who ENCE had set their eyes on at the start of the year, where the team had to find a replacement for Joonas "doto" Forss.

During the interview, Snappi was asked about the selection of their new fifth member of the roster.

- The different names was Josef "faveN" Baumann, Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar, Pavle "maden" Bošković, and Dion "FASHR" Derksen. Those were the four names that were in the discussion. Some of them were not possible. With NEOFRAG, SINNERS just denied him to go. faveN went to BIG. I am not really sure we had a priority list, but I am just happy that we ended up getting Maden in the end.

After Maden's entry on ENCE, the team had made deep runs in ESL Pro League Season 15, PGL Antwerp, and IEM Dallas, and is currently ranked third in the world.

You can see the entire HLTV Confirmed in the video below. At about 19:10 the conversation about the new fifth player starts.

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After benching "valde" and "niko" not long ago, OG have now found their replacements in Maciej ‘F1KU’ Miklas and Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar. 

"F1KU" joins the team after a stable three-year period with AGO where he helped the team qualify for ESL Pro League twice.

"NEOFRAG"s is added to the lineup after a fantastic stretch with SINNERS where he has averaged a 1.18 rating. Recently he played an enormous role in helping the team almost qualify for the Major.

Both new players transfer away from national rosters and will now take on the challenge of going international under the guidance of "nexa" and "ruggah".

According to Dexerto, OG has found their replacement for the newly benched Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen and Valdemar “valde” Vangså, with the international roster picking up two promising youngsters in Adam “NEOFRAG ’”Zouhar and Maciej ‘F1KU’ Miklas.

Dexerto has published an article stating to multiple sources confirming the acquisition of the SINNERS and AGO riflers.

2022 has been a busy year for the OG organization so far with the roster having been well and truly shaken up. First, it was the IGL  Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen switching place with Nemanja "nexa" Isakovic in a quite surprising transfer deal between OG and G2. Then to the recent news of the benching of the Danish duo of niko and valde, who both are set to leave the team. 

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If the rumours are true, OG will field the following roster:

{cflag:PL} Mateusz “mantuu⁠” Wilczewski

{cflag:IL} Shahar “flameZ⁠” Shushan

{cflag:RS} Nemanja “⁠nexa” Isaković

{cflag:DK} Casper “ruggah⁠” Due (Coach)

A huge celebration was in order after Bad News Eagles secured their spot at the Antwerp Major with a 2-1 win against SINNERS.

The Balkan team has been one of the positive surprises at the European RMR event and could complete their journey with a qualification for the upcoming Major. The only team that stood in their way was SINNERS. The Czech team had taken down Spirit and HEET at the tournament and was also looking to represent their home country in the biggest CS:GO tournament on the calendar.

The match started upside down. On BNE’s map pick, it was SINNERS who were the better team. The Czechs won both halves to take don Mirage 16-10. On Nuke it was the other way around. Bad News Eagles played a perfect CT-half and dominated their opponents leading 12-3 at the break before converting it to a 16-6 map win.

The mother of all decider maps, Inferno was left as the ultimate decider for the most important match of all ten players on the server, who had never attended a Major before. And Inferno delivered! Right from the get-go, it was a back and forth game of Counter-Strike. SINNERS took a 9-6 lead at the break, but could not hold on to the lead in the second half. Bad News Eagles grinded their way back into the match and made history with a 16-14 victory on Inferno to secure a win and qualification for the Major in Antwerp!

Bad News Eagles - SINNERS 2-1 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B

10-16 (Mirage) | NEOFRAG - 1.45 Rating / 28-17 K-D / 110.6 ADR

16-6 (Nuke) | sinnopsyy - 1.69 Rating / 20-15 K-D / 129.6 ADR

16-14 (Inferno) | juanflatroo - 1.29 Rating / 24-18 K-D / 80.4 ADR

MVP: {cflag:CZ} Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar - 1.24 Rating / 66-58 K-D / 93.1 ADR

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dupreeh and company from Astralis have secured their third victory in Group B at IEM Fall EU after taking down their rivals 14-16 on Nuke.

Astralis and Heroic went head-to-head in the Danish Derby. The action started on Nuke, where Heroic got a good start by winning the first three rounds on the attacking side. But things changed when Astralis upgraded their gear as they won eight rounds in a row. They kept their lead for much of the first half, which ended up 10-5. In the second half, Astralis quickly extended their lead, stringing three rounds together to go up 13-5 on the scoreboard. Heroic was unable to keep a lid on Philip "⁠Lucky⁠" Ewald as Astralis kept on their lead in the half. When it seemed like Astralis were going to steal away their favorite map pick, cadiaN troops came back from the dead and were hoping for a comeback, but Astralis closed out the map 16-14 and avoided any overtimes.

14-16 (Nuke) | {cflag:DK} dupreeh – 1.40 Rating / 28-16 K-D / 84.4 ADR

Sinners – Endpoint (16-9) | {cflag:CZ} NEOFRAG – 1.72 Rating / 25-17 K-D / 119.3 ADR

Complexity – Movistar Riders (14-16) | {cflag:ES} ALEX - 1.53 Rating / 29-15 K-D / 93.3 ADR

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The second group of the day at IEM Fall Europe ended with two Danish victories and a surprise win for SinnerS.

Astralis went head to head with Endpoint on Overpass. The English team had to play with Sabit "mirbit" Coktasar as a stand-in due to visa problems for their Jordanian player Mohammad "BOROS" Malhas. Endpoint managed to keep up with the Danes on their CT-side, but in the second half Astralis steamrolled their opponents. Andreas "

" Højsleth showed once again, that he thrives being back on LAN. The Astralis player was a constant annoyance for Endpoint, who could not find a way through the defense of the Danes. Xyp9x ended the match with a 26-14 K-D score, while Astralis won the match 16-7.

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Heroic almost copy-pasted their Danish rivals. With a similar 9-6 score at the break, Heroic turned up the heat in the second half on Dust2. Movistar Riders were left with few chances to make a difference against a fine CT-side from the Danes. Casper "cadiaN" Møller showed, that he is in-form for the RMR event producing an ADR above 100 during the match. Heroic won the match 16-10.

The last match in group B was the most anticipated. A replay from the incredibly close encounter in ESL Pro League between SinnerS and Complexity. A match that ended 16-14 in favor of Complexity after SinnerS had taken the lead at 14-13. This time the Czech's found themselves in the exact same position. 14-13 up, SinnerS started the round by losing two players in the yard on Nuke. But in a dramatic assault on the A-site, they succeeded in winning the round and subsequently the match after an excellent performance from the experienced Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný and Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar. The Czech's looks like a dangerous outsider for one of the top spots in the group.

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Tier-one CS:GO is back with ESL Pro League Season 14 and we are finally able to see just how the teams have improved and bettered themselves throughout the player break. Group A concluded with the favorites in Heroic and Vitality on top and the first Bo3-series in Group B was set to be between G2 and Sinners. Whilst the heavy favorites to win the first game of Group B were undoubtedly G2, it wasn’t as easy for the European giants as one would imagine. As a matter of fact, it was the Sinners roster to start the series the strongest after winning their own map pick of Vertigo. G2 retaliated with a victory on Inferno and the Bo3-series headed to a third and final map to decide the winner. The deciding map was Mirage and coming flying out of the gate were the Sinners roster. Having seemingly stunned the G2 roster from early the game quickly fell out of the hands of G2. A dominating performance on Mirage saw Sinners take home the first three points of Group B and start their journey in ESL Pro League better than one would have thought.

The first map was the pick of Sinners. Luckily for the side of Sinners, the G2 roster left open Vertigo as a possibility, and with a win rate of only 29% (7) in the past three months that may have been a mistake. Sinners have managed to win 71% of their official games (17 games) on Vertigo and once again they looked strong on the map. “NiKo” tried his absolute best to lead by example and topped the scoreboard from the G2 side. However, it wasn’t “NiKo” that was the star of the show on Vertigo. Sinners player “NEOFRAG” carried his team on his back with an exceptional performance. Sinners and “NEOFRAG” were ultimately too strong on Vertigo for G2 to handle and at the scoreline of 16-11, the underdogs were one step closer to making a huge upset.

The second map of the series was G2’s map pick. Just as Vertigo was for the Sinners roster, Inferno was an easy pick for G2. In the past three months, they have managed a 75% win rate (12 games), whereas the Sinners roster is sitting on a win rate of only 43% (7 games). As expected and intended it was the Kovač’s in “NiKo” and “huNter-“ to put on the pressure from the G2 roster. Despite a valid attempt on Inferno from Sinners, they would have to see themselves outmatched on the second map of the series. G2 closed out the game at the scoreline of 16-10 and forced a third and final map in the Bo3-series.

The third and final map was set to be played on Mirage, a map known for its open spaces and upset potential. The open space of Mirage allows for many individual plays, and it isn’t always the most strategical plays that are the most efficient in getting rounds on the board. Perhaps surprisingly with the star power of the G2 roster, it was Sinners to come flying out of the gate. With an impressive CT-sided half they managed to create an 11-4 lead going into the second half of Mirage. The second half saw G2 string together a handful of rounds, however, the damage had already been done. At the scoreline of 16-9, it was the Sinners roster to walk away from the Bo3-series with three points after defeating the heavy favorites of G2.

16-11 Sinners | NEOFRAG 1.57 Rating / 100.7 ADR / 33-17 K-D

16-10 G2 | huNter- 1.60 Rating / 103.5 ADR / 26-17 K-D

16-9 Sinners | oskar 1.36 Rating / 88.8 ADR / 22-14 K-D

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Nikola “NiKo” Kovač | 1.34 Rating - 70-52 K/D - 90 ADR - 75.6% KAST

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NEOFRAG shows just how to retake control over banana after losing it in the first place, he went in hard without hesitation and shocked his opponents, who didn’t see him coming which allowed him to make the ace.

A fantastic play by the Sinners player, who ended up losing 0-2 to a strong Turkish roster from Sangal.

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The promising team of Sinners has since the creation of their CS:GO team climbed the rankings, with the Czech roster having established themselves as a strong tier-2 team. One of the key figures on the team is the 20-year old  Adam "NEOFRAG" Zouhar, who has presented stellar numbers in 2021, averaging a staggering rating of 1.20. 

The talented and powerful rifler is also behind our Pley of the Day! - Watch NEOFRAG dismantle Lyngby Vikings in a 1v5 situation.

Sprout is favorites as they met forZe, both teams have things to prove to their fans after they both lost their last two matches.

The newly acquired German slaxz- has been in great form, and will be a player to keep an eye on in the game.

Watch the game between forZe and Sprout here:

Sinners are small favorites in the match against Dignitas as they have been in great form in the last couple of games, but the game is difficult to predict because the teams are so evenly matched.

Their will be two players with a key role for Sinners in the game, it´s the duo NEOFRAG and the new member of the team oskar, the two have been consistently playing on a high level lately.

Watch the game between Sinners and Dignitas here

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In December last year, the profiled AWPer Tomáš ”oskar” Šťastný decided to head home to the Czech Republic, by joining the lower-ranked team called Sinners. A transfer which has proven to be quite the success, as the former mousesports player alongside the promising player Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar has made Sinners a competent top 30 team. 

And at the ongoing event of Snow Sweet Snow 2, oskar and Sinners have continued their impressive levels, with especially the 29-year old veteran putting in the numbers with him averaging a staggering 1.45 Rating. Something, the Trident roster got to experience today in their Group Stage match against Sinners, which ended in a confident 2-0 victory. 

Sinners – Trident (2-0) |Snow Sweet Snow 2

16-8 (Inferno) | ZEDKO – 1.57 Rating / 25-13 K-D / 103.8 ADR

16-7 (Nuke) | NEOFRAG – 1.60 Rating / 24-14 K-D / 111.3 ADR

Tomáš ”oskar” Šťastný | 1.42 Rating / 39-21 K-D / 86.3 ADR

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