Kassad is confident that Spirit will win BLAST Bounty Summer 2026

Counter-Strike 2 analyst Alexander kassad Trifunovic reflected on the favorites for BLAST Bounty Summer 2026. Trifunovic shared his thoughts in a video clip published on YouTube.

There is only one real favorite in the tournament. And it would be the same if instead of Spirit there were Falcons or Vitality. Perhaps even FURIA. You would still put teams of this level in first place as the main contender. Therefore, Spirit is a team that everyone will be watching. I think the players themselves understand this. But before we analyze the participants individually, we need to identify all the storylines with which these teams enter the new season and this tournament. After all, this is a LAN, and on a LAN the story is completely different. Online is a completely different thing. Where to start? Probably with Spirit, because she is the main contender. She looked strong at the major. In the second stage she was good, in the third stage too. In the quarterfinals, she beat G2 in a wild match, one of the best in recent years. It was all there: entertainment, close fights, clutches. It was the quarterfinals of a major, which is everything you want from a single CS match. The Spirit won that game, but then lost again to the Falcons in a very close game. I already said in Hot Take Point Made: if they had won that match, they would have taken the major. They were literally a few rounds away from a very good position to win the tournament. So, I think Spirit is coming into this season very strong. Donk is still donk, and the rest of the team is still the rest of the team. The only question for me is who will coach them, will they have a coaching duo, who will stand behind the players? Because in some of the things they do, it makes a huge difference. But despite this, Spirit still remains the main favorite of the tournament. Simply because of the state of the other teams and because there are no other usual tier-1 contenders here. They seemed to sag a little.

Team Spirit advanced to the main stage of BLAST Bounty Summer 2026, defeating 100 Thieves in the match for the exit. The final score of the confrontation is 2:1 (13:11 on Anubis, 4:13 on Mirage and 13:0 on Dust2). At the time of publication of the material, the first opponent of the Danil donk Kryshkovets team is unknown. You can see the results of the qualifying rounds in the report.