The FUT roster fell to Spirit with a 1-3 score in the Esports World Cup 2026 Grand Final in Paris. Following the match, the team's sniper, Mykyta "cmtry" Samolotov, spoke openly about his individual performance and the challenges the squad faced while playing in a large arena.
FUT has established itself as a highly balanced roster, where every player maintains a rating of 1.00 or higher. However, cmtry has statistically remained the lowest-rated player on the team over the past year, which is unusual for a primary AWPer in modern Counter-Strike. According to the esports athlete, it was his individual misses and inability to cope with the pressure that prevented the team from closing out against their opponent on Anubis and Ancient.
The deciding factor in the series was the 2v2 situations and tense late-round clutches, which mostly ended in Spirit's favor. The sniper admitted that due to a lack of experience playing in such large-scale tournaments, FUT's communication turned into chaos. The arena noise, nerves, and non-stop flow of information made it difficult to focus, allowing their opponents to act more cold-bloodedly in critical moments.
Despite the loss in the final, the FUT roster significantly exceeded its own expectations. Mykyta noted that the team had aimed for the quarterfinals at most, so securing second place is an outstanding result for the young squad. He emphasized that the players supported each other and fought to the very end, giving their all even in the most difficult rounds on Nuke.
Moving forward, the team plans to analyze their matches in detail to fix their shortcomings as quickly as possible. At the same time, cmtry believes the final defeat was the result not so much of tactical or structural mistakes, but rather unforced errors, lost 5v3 situations, and his own misses in key moments of the game.
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