Former Movistar Riders player, Kristjan ”shokz” Jakobson has announced that he’s taking a break from competing due to circumstances both inside and outside of the game. The 24-year-old Estonian made the announcement on Twitter, where he also revealed that he’s aiming to come back at some point in 2023.

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The former Fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas player, Simon "twist" Eliasson has found himself a new home on the Israeli Team Finest.

Another Swede Niclas "PlesseN" Plessen has also been announced on the roster, which peaked in 36th place on the World Ranking last year. The team has had a troublesome 2021 with 16 different players on the roster throughout the year. 

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Owen “smooya” Butterfield has been removed from Movistar Riders’ active roster, confirming the recent rumours of the Brit leaving the team. The decision to bench smooya follows the two roster moves the Spanish org made 12 days ago, where they released Kristjan "⁠shokz⁠" Jakobson and benched Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes.

Filling in the empty spaces on the roster will be the Spanish trio Álvaro “SunPayus” García, Raúl “DeathZz” Jordan and David “Dav1g” Granado, who all three previously played for Iberian Family. Down below you'll find a passage from Movistar Riders' statement.

- With these five players we seek to recover the illusion of having a completely national project and take it to the top, with the mission of being the reference for all of you, the followers of CS:GO.

As a result of this rethinking, Owen “smooya” Butterfield is removed from the starting roster, becoming a substitute until the end of his contract. The English player, whom we thank for these 6 months of dedication and work with us, is now open to hearing offers from other teams.

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{cflag:GB} Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield (benched)

{cflag:BR} Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes (benched)

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The Spanish organization of Movistar Riders has just announced a new roster change. The roster change involves the release of Kristjan "shokz" Jakobson, who joined the team in the 2020 off-season, as well as the decision to bench their Brazilian IGL Lucas "steel" Lopes. The changes come after a lack of results in the early stages of the 2021 season. 

Movistar Riders will now seek to further strengthen their roster in order to participate within the tier one level of Counter-Strike. The team currently ranks as the 47th. team in the world, peeking at 22nd. in the start of 2021. After the roster changes the Movistar Riders roster looks as follows: 

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The Turkish side Sangal qualified to the closed qualifier after beating Unicorns of Love and Quantum Bellator Fire in the final stages of the qualifiers.

They were given a default win against SKADE in the deciding semi-final because there were some complications with matches for SKADE, where they chose to play at the Elisa Invitational.

Movistar Riders qualified after beating the likes of 19CM GANG, a mixed team featuring Lobanjica and rigoN, and then Copenhagen Flames in the deciding semi-final.

The game between the Danish organization and the Spanish organization was a close match, where Movistar ended up winning both matches with the same initials 16 to 14.

The Estonian shokz was the MVP of the game with a rating of 1.16 and a k/d on +12 at the end of the game.

Watch some highlights from the close semi-final here:

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The Spaniards from Movistar Riders has had a phenomenal start of 2021 so far, with the team having won 11 out of their first 12 matches. And today they continued their great form in their victory against K23 at the second edition of European Development Championship.

Lucas “steel” Lopes and company secured the series through two stellar performances on Inferno and Overpass, which included an outstanding comeback on the first map, where Movistar Riders came back after being down throughout the entire map. 

Movistar Riders – K23 (2-0) | European Development Championship 2

16-14 (Inferno) | steel – 1.35 Rating / 28-17 K-D / 81.7 ADR

16-7 (Overpass) | shokz – 1.45 Rating / 21-12 K-D / 94.5 ADR

This 1v2 cluth by mopoz was essential for Movistar Rider's comeback on Inferno:

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The victory means that Movistar Riders will meet Izako Boars in the Group Decider at 15:00 (CET), while K23, on the other hand are being eliminated from the event.

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