CS:GO team withdrawn from IEM Katowice due to covid
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Tomorrow will launch the IEM Katowice and while the competition will be played offline, all the teams tighten their buttocks. The virus is still active and to have its full complement, you have to get through the drops. One team was unlucky. Decimated, she forfeited.
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The IEM Katowice take on the guise of Koh Lanta. While the pandemic is not completely settled, the CS:GO circuit still has to deal with the virus. Knowing that the competitions are linked and that with the return of LANs, the players move a lot, they are relatively more exposed to the risks of contamination. And before the competition begins in Poland, all the teams are crossing their fingers to be spared. FaZe Clan will have to start without Roz and MOZ will happen Bymas, tested positive. But the damage is even greater in another team, which has simply withdrawn for the entire tournament.
The second team to forfeit
Earlier in the month, the Asian team TYLOO had already withdrawn from the event, thus offering his place to Sprout. This time it’s the USA team Complexity (29th in the HLTV rankings) which was shelved due to “multiple cases of Covid within the team”. It’s unclear exactly how many players have tested positive, but one imagines there are enough cases to prevent the managers from building a competitive squad.
To replace Complexity, the organizers invited on the basis of Pro Tour points the Spanish team Movistar Riders (23rd in the HLTV ranking). As the Spaniards are slightly better ranked than the sick team, we say that this is not necessarily a gift for BIG, their opponents in the first round (February 15 at 1:30 p.m.).