33 after Riyadh Masters: "We'll get Gaimin Gladiators next time. It's not like we can't beat these guys"
2024-08-06 17:13:00Team Liquid offlaner Neta "33" Shapira is confident they can defeat their rivals from Gaimin Gladiators in an important Dota 2 match. In the latest team vlog, he gave a brief speech to his teammates, encouraging them to see their result at Riyadh Masters 2024 as a positive outcome.
We could've won these games super f**king easily. We'll get them next time. It's not something like, "Oh my god, we can't beat these guys." So you know what? F**k it, the tournament was good, and yeah, it's just how it goes sometimes.
Team Liquid had a nice run at Riyadh Masters up until the upper bracket final where they faced Gaimin Gladiators. In the following bo3 and bo5 series against them, 33 couldn't win a single game. At the same time, in the lower bracket final against season's best team Falcons, they had no issues.
At the recent Elite League 2024 S2, Team Liquid broke a loss streak which lasted since 2020. Despite nine grand final appearances, they never won a LAN and their last online victory took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the times, the squad lost the decider to Gladiators. However, the LAN in Peru lacked top-tier competition, and even then, Liquid barely squeezed out the win.
