Destined rivalry
CS:GO ESL Pro League season 9 Finals has witnessed the fated match between Finn "karrigan" Andersen and his former teammates FaZe Clan. The two teams were on the upper bracket to compete for a ticket in the semi-finals
Under the leadership of karrigan, mousesports swept FaZe within just 2 maps, Train and Vertigo.
New project
karrigan was on the bench of FaZe Clan ever since the team fell into a shaky time in the late of 2018. They had no choice but opting for a drastic decision. The Danish was released from contract later in March and found his new home in mousesports.
Since then, karrigan assembled a whole new squad, recruiting young names like Özgür "woxic" Eker, David "frozen" Čerňanský to mix a team with Robin "ropz" Kool and Chris "chrisJ" de Jong. The team found their way back to the top-level competitive scene just shortly after that.
Most notably, mousesports won DreamHack Open Tours 2019 over Valiance. The Danish player then got a chance to taunt his former teammate - NiKo - the cousin of Valiance's Hunter.
Now that the two teams got the chance to fight against each other, karrigan proved himself well with his new teammates.
Interview with karrigan
Aftermatch, karrigan got an interview about the team’s recent success, how he worked with the coach to improve this young team and expectations for the upcoming matches.
How sweet is the taste of revenge?
He expressed his joy when defeating FaZe. “It feels really good to win against your old teammates. I had the same feeling when I joined FaZe and played against Astralis, but I'm sad it wasn't a knock-out game.”
The Danish IGL was once kicked by Astralis. After that, he joined FaZe and got immediate success when defeating the Danes with his new teammates. The story seemed to repeat itself.
Tough opponents ahead
However, karrigan also shared that his bracket is now extremely harder with Liquid and Astralis finding their ways through Quarter-finals. They are now the top 1 and top 2 teams in the world. Still, karrigan said he was happy to have proven themselves well against the #6 team, FaZe.
Talking about his current team, karrigan said the team is “pretty structured compared to his old FaZe lineup”. He felt excited when coming to the team with his old friend Christ.J. Also, the names on the list were young ones, giving much room for the Danish IGL to craft his own ideal squad.
Valuable help
karrigan talked more about the coach in mousesports, Rejin. He has known Rejin on a personal level since CS 1.6. The coach helped to bring new stuff to the table with his experience. He also helped to correct many mistakes. That gave karrigan big help in managing the team, give him enough time to focus on his own individual performance.
Upcoming matches
Mousesports has reached semi-final in ESL Pro League. They will play against either Astralis or Liquid on June 22. This is considered a tough matchup for mousesports since Astralis and Liquid are now the #2 and #1 team in the world. However, the two teams have displayed inconsistency lately.
karrigan said that his team would come to the match as underdogs and have less pressure to perform than normal. They would try to have fun and try to see how far they can reach with their current performance.
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