Chopper: “Stay away from Spirit. Let them just play CS"

Esports athlete Leonid chopper Vishnyakov spoke about Team Spirit’s defeat from JiJieHao at the group stage of the Esports World Cup 2026 for CS2. He recalled that the team often does not start major tournaments very well.

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We all have a memory like that of fish. Last season, Spirit came back from a very difficult start, took second place in Rio, and won Astana. Top 4 majors without a coach. We all sat and sang songs to them. Now we are in the top 2 on Bounty, when the rest have crap. Now we lost in BO1 and as usual you start throwing around: replace this one, replace that one. Stay away from Spirit. Let them just play CS.

Team Spirit lost to JiJieHao in the first match of the group stage of the Esports World Cup 2026 and is now on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament. She will play Luminosity Gaming in the lower bracket. The meeting is scheduled to start on August 13, 16:45 Moscow time.