The French organization Team Vitality has benched Santeri "BONECOLD" Sassi their Valorant roster. This became known from the official Twitter account of the organization.

Today we announce that @BonecoldVAL is moved to the bench of our VALORANT roster Bonecold has been a really great player and leader but we believe that changes are necessary to prepare the VCT24 season and come back even stronger  

 

In turn, Santeri "BONECOLD" Sassi posted a message on his account thanking the organization and the people who supported him. He also shared his future plans.

Thank you @teamvitality for everything, its tough but I enjoyed every moment with the team, coaches and staff Moving forwards, I will not let this year define me and as soon as I've got back to Finland, the grind continues And as I said previously, I'll be back, stronger than fucking never. Thanks to all my family, friends and fans for the support lately, catch yall soon :)  

 

After this decision, only three active players remain on the roster

• Jokūbas "ceNder" Labutis
• Michał "MOLSI" Łącki
• Tomas "Destrian" Linikas
• Salah "Salah" Barakat (Head Coach)  
• Harry "Gorilla" Mepham (Assistant Coach)  

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The entire journey of the player with Team Vitality

Santeri "BONECOLD" Sassi joined the team on May 7, 2022, as a captain and immediately showed the fans and the organization that it was not a mistaken decision. After his arrival, the team became the best team in France, won the VRL 2022 France tournament, and received an invitation to the VRL 2022: Finals, where more than $150,000 was distributed among 7 teams from Europe. Team Vitality showed a decent result, taking second place, losing only in the final to FUT Esports with a score of 2:3 and receiving $36,000. The next tournament, VCT LOCK//IN São Paulo 2023, was not as successful as the previous one, the team took 9-16 place out of 32 possible and received only $10,000. After that, the team participated in the VCT Emea League 2023, the team was a step away from a ticket to VCT Masters Tokyo 2023, taking 5-6 place. The last tournament of this season was supposed to be VCT EMEA Last Chance Qualifier 2023, but due to a tragic incident with player Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener, Riot Games allowed them to abstain from participating in this event.