I still believe that our team fell apart because of the war, only because of the war. We lost at the LAN in Katowice for the first time, where the war started two days before the semi-finals. It's very sad, especially when you try to create your era and win a lot. And it's not because we kicked a player or something happened in the team, but because war has started. And when you think about it, you ask why? Why did this happen to us?

Alexander s1mple Kostylev

S1mple noted that "born to win" needs to train more and is going to boot camps next year.

I think we need to train as much as possible. Last year, we had only two ten-day boot camps. In 2021, we had five or six two-week boot camps. This is a completely different preparation for tournaments.

Alexander s1mple Kostylev

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On February 24, 2022, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Since then, the territory and residents of Ukraine have been under constant terror from the aggressor.

At the upcoming BLAST finals, NAVI will compete in group B, and in the first round, they will face Team Vitality. The match is scheduled for December 13, 6:00 PM Moscow time. The Ukrainian team will participate in the tournament with six players. As the team's coach previously reported, they want to distribute the maps between Viktor sdy Orujev and Andrey npl Kuharsky from the club's academy. You can read more about it here.

BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 will be held from December 14 to 18 in Abu Dhabi. The teams will draw a prize fund of $1 000 000. The schedule and results of the competition are available here.