“Next time we will come back stronger” - Ekki about 5-8th place at EWC 2026

Rune Eaters Esports support Marcel 'Ekki' Holovienko, in an interview after the defeat from PARIVISION at the Esports World Cup 2026, summed up the results of the tournament for the team, and also spoke about the meeting.

We are very upset, of course, losing is always hard. But we are pleased that we were able to beat some teams and were able to last this long in the tournament. Top 8 is a good result. Obviously we wanted to go even further, do even more, but that's life. Next time we will come back stronger.

[ Why were the games so difficult for you today? ] I think this is due to the characteristics of our opponent. PARIVISION has very good strategies against us. Their style of playing on the map is very inconvenient for us. We didn't have any good answers for this. We had to adapt as the game went on, but they did a great job and kept us from going through with our plan. This is a very strong team, one of the main contenders for victory.

Earlier, Alan 'Satanic' Gallyamov spoke about whether the squad is under pressure, being in the status of a favorite, and also spoke about preparations for the matches and the upcoming meeting against Team Yandex.