PaiN announced that Franco "dgt" García will miss the first two days of PGL Astana 2025 due to visa issues. He will be temporarily replaced by the team's coach, Henrique "rikz" Waku, who has already substituted for a player earlier this year.

According to paiN, there was too little time to process the visa between signing the contract with the Uruguayan player and the start of the tournament. The document allows entry into Kazakhstan only from May 12, while the team's first match is scheduled for the 10th.

This situation is not new for the team. At IEM Melbourne 2025, rikz already replaced biguzera, who was unable to participate due to health issues. At that time, the coach recorded the worst rating of the entire tournament, finishing with a 4.1 rating — and the team lost to FaZe and Complexity.

dgt made his debut for paiN at BLAST Rivals Spring 2025, but the team finished the tournament last, losing to MOUZ and Wildcard. paiN's first match will be against HOTU. The lineup for the first match:

• Lucas "nqz" Soares
• Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt
• João "snow" Vinicius
• David "dav1deuS" Tapia Maldonado
• Henrique "rikz" Waku (substitute)

PGL Astana 2025 will take place from May 10 to 18 in Kazakhstan with a prize pool of $625,000. You can follow the news, schedule, and results of the tournament here.