Falcons have announced that their Russian player kyousuke will miss BLAST Open Rotterdam, which will begin in Denmark, with the playoffs taking place in the Netherlands.
The reason is visa issues. He will be officially replaced by Falcons Academy player NucleonZ, who already stood in for the Russian during the BLAST Bounty S1 2026 playoffs and performed quite well, especially considering those were his first matches on HLTV.
An interesting fact: if NucleonZ plays more than five matches for Falcons, then under Valve rules he will be considered an official member of the roster and will be eligible for a Major sticker.
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