On Saturday afternoon, 9z Team marked history for Latin American esports, becoming the first Argentine team to compete in a Major, counter Strike’s largest global competition.
On Monday, the HLTV world ranking was updated and marked a new historic position for the violet squad, ranked 26th in the world.
After the victory to Pain Gaming by 2-0 and in the previous to the celebration we could make a ping pong of questions to know more about their emotions. Filo.News: How did you experience the blow of falling in the first 2 games? Zakk: It was a hard blow because I thought our team was ready for all the training we had, but I always thought we could get it. Filo.News: What was the factor that helped you get the comeback in? Zakk: Confidence in the training we had, especially in the bootcamp we had here. Filo.News: How did you experience the last two Bo3s in a row? Did it affect them? Zakk: Yes, we were very tired. A series of 3 maps such as EG left us without energy. After talking to Zakk, we were able to get some answers from Luca “Luken” Nadotti, who for the first time will be playing a Major.Filo.News: What does it feel like to be a Major team? Luken: I don’t know, it’s an indescribable feeling, I’m very happy. Filo.News: To whom is this historic moment dedicated? Luken: It’s dedicated to all my friends, my girlfriend, my old lady, my old man, the fans above all. Mostly to those who know me and helped me when I was unwell. The day before the great historical moment, Luca posted the following on his Twitter account.
More difficult is to play a new role that is totally different from everything I did, the number of people who support is incredible and know that it feels, I do this 100% for me, for my way of being, I do not know what will happen tomorrow, but I swear that I will go out to eat the world, to 200%. – Luken (@LuknCSGO)
April 14, 2022
