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It’s unclear if Fnatic broke a mirror or smashed a black cat, but the team is doubling down on bad luck when the Worlds of League of Legends. Disturbed during its preparation and penalized during the start of the Play-In because of the coronavirus, another twist of fate came to strike the team. This time, the disease is not in question, but the concern comes from the administration (visa).
The only point”positive“, which is not a player who is in difficulty. The five usual starters will be able to hold their place tonight against Cloud9 (beginning of the Main Event). But the situation remains penalizing, since the member concerned is Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi, the team’s head coach.
Not on stage, but present in vocals
We don’t know exactly what happens with the visa of Yamato, but the latter has announced that he will not be able to be on stage this evening and it is not known if the problem will or can be solved. Generally, when administrative issues aren’t the quickest to resolve… The Swede spoke of a “griefed” visa, which suggests a silly mistake that could have been avoided.
However, the coach will still be present during the preparation and the draft. He will be in voice with his players and will be able to give instructions and advice. It’s better than nothing, but we imagine that for team cohesion, the presence of the coach would have been more beneficial. Especially since Yamato is renowned for his good humor and his ability to federate around him.
Short time to fix the problem
Fnatic has little time to sort out their coach’s visa issue. The team plays the 7the 8 and the 10 October its first three group matches. Then the 13 will be played its last 3 matches and a possible tie-breaker. So there is less than a week left to find a solution. For the rest of the competition, it will depend on the results… But while group A is considered the group of death, it is not known if the 3rd European seed will be able to qualify for the quarter-finals.
The quarters will be played on their side from the October 20. In the event of qualification, Yamato would perhaps have enough margin to find a solution to return to the face-to-face with his players. We imagine that the players therefore have even more motivation to shine.