The Ukrainian club Monte, which currently fields a fully European roster without a single Ukrainian player, continues to surprise. After kicking all Ukrainian players, the organization faced a wave of backlash, but now we can see them gradually rebuilding their name.
Today, they defeated the Russian club PARIVISION, which has already reached two finals this year and even secured one S-tier trophy. The match turned out to be quite challenging — Monte at times lost rounds they should have won, but despite that, they looked very confident. Monte beat PARIVISION 2:1 and advanced to the next stage of ESL Pro League Season 23.
As a reminder, IEM Krakow 2026 became the most popular esports tournament of February.