01.10.2025
RCY: «It's nice to just have this experience and know that I can compete against these players. I don't think there's a much bigger skill difference now»

Wildcard player Francis "RCY" Fundemera gave an interview to Players correspondent Sofiia Pikhalo after The International 2025. People call you the new star of NA. Do you feel this as a pressure or as an opportunity to prove yourself?  I would say just a little bit of pressure, but it's also a motivation for me, […]

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25.09.2025
BliNcc: «I believe we kind of achieved the minimum expectations we set for ourselves. We exceeded other people's expectations»

Wildcard coach Ionut BliNcc Musat gave an interview to Players correspondent Sofiia Pikhalo after The International 2025. So you're the young coach, but you're already working at the top level. What has been the biggest challenge for you in this role? I think the biggest challenge is actually learning what my job is actually supposed […]

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22.09.2025
s1mple's salary at BC.Game amounts to $130,000 per month

According to Players, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev salary in the BC.Game CS2 team is $130,000 per month. This makes him the highest-paid CS2 pro player, while the second is Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, who, according to our information, earns $100,000 per month. Also, according to our sources, Kostyliev’s buyout from NAVI amounted to $500,000. The contract with […]

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08.09.2025
sAw: «I think right now we are on our peak, happy how we perform the whole event»

G2 head coach Eetu sAw Saha gave an interview to Players special correspondent Alex Kharchenko after winning the BLAST Open London 2025 in CS2. The whole match was kind of scale, a great final, but it should be exhausting for you, what are your feelings? Yeah, it was exhausting, for sure.  First map went pretty […]

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06.09.2025
flameZ about helping mezii to lift a trophy in London: «Last year we f**ked up in London. This year we want to redeem it and get a trophy for William»

Vitality player Shahar flameZ Shushan gave an interview to Players correspondent Alex Kharchenko after the victory over MOUZ at the BLAST Open London 2025. Good match for you. What helped you to show such a performance? I think what happened is that we always had a plan coming into the rounds. In the rounds we […]

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06.09.2025
malbsMd about the match with FURIA: «We just got to play our own game that is kind of aggressive»

G2 player Mario malbsMd Samayoa gave an interview to Players correspondent Alex Kharchenko after the victory over FaZe at the BLAST Open London 2025. You closed the first map quite good and fast. What can you tell me about the first map in terms of your team performance?  For that map he had a really […]

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05.09.2025
Jimpphat: «But I think overall if we can step it up from today. We can put up a little bit of a closer fight. I think then the game will be more interesting»

MOUZ player Jimi Jimpphat Salo gave a short interview to Players correspondent Alex Kharchenko after the victory over M80 at the BLAST Open London 2025. M80 was close to winning the first map, but you took their pick. Was it because you have more experience, including on-stage experience or you were just better in clutch […]

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03.08.2025
sycrone: «Maybe on the other side we didn't have enough confidence today»

MOUZ head coach Dennis sycrone Nielsen gave an interview to Players special correspondent Sofiia Pikhalo after the loss to spirit in the grand final of IEM Cologne 2025 in CS2. Thank you for today and your performance of the team. How do you feel after this loss of 0-3?  I feel very disappointed. Playing here […]

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02.08.2025
Spinx: «Today’s win will help us with confidence. So nothing special, we just need to show up on the arena»

MOUZ player Lotan Spinx Giladi gave a short interview to Players correspondent Sofiia Pikhalo after defeating Vitality and reaching the finals of IEM Cologne 2025. Congratulations on today's match, it was like 2-0, it was really quickly for my opinion. What do you feel about it? I just feel a big relief right now, I'm […]

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02.08.2025
b1t on the loss to spirit: "The fact that we lost is not about makazze, as a team we showed a poor performance on the server."

NAVI player Valerii b1t Vakhovskyi gave an interview to Players reporter Sofiia Pikhalo after the loss to spirit in the semifinals of IEM Cologne 2025 in CS2. Thanks for today and for the match. Can you please share your impressions after these three maps? It’s a pity we couldn’t win Mirage, we lost Mirage, and […]

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