"Played like crayfish," — donk commented on the victory over 3DMAX

Danil "donk" Kryshkovets from Team Spirit offered a brief comment following his team's advancement to the final stage of the ESL Pro League Season 20 for Counter-Strike 2. The Russian esports player also outlined what he and his teammates plan to do before the playoffs begin.

"We didn’t perform very well against MIBR. We lost a match where we should have been stronger. Against The MongolZ, we had a rough start, but then we regrouped and managed to play decently in the third map, with a close score.

In the match against 3DMAX, we played poorly on the first map, but performed better on the other two. Our next steps are to fly to Belgrade, train from home, essentially set up an online bootcamp, get back into form, and prepare thoroughly for the playoffs."

As a reminder, Team Spirit secured a spot in the ESL Pro League Season 20 playoffs by defeating 3DMAX 2-1 in the lower bracket final of Group B. Prior to that, the team won against The MongolZ but lost to MIBR in the upper bracket. Team Spirit started their championship run with a victory over Wildcard.