Collapse: "It seems that we didn't figure out the draft against Xtreme"
2024-09-14 19:02:00Team Spirit offlaner Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov spoke about their exit from The International 2024 and named his favorite. On Nix's stream he confidently bet on Tundra beating Falcons. The player also revealed that everyone from the team left Copenhagen shortly after the loss. Miroslav "Mira" Kolpakov was the only exception.
I'm already in Serbia. We spent couple of days there [in Copenhagen], relaxing, chilling. Well, we were playing Deadlock, actually, and then flew back. <...> Our stay was prepaid by the organizers, I just decided not to stay there. It seems that only Mira and Slava [Spirit's host] remained at the event. <...>
After we lost, I watched a few games, but wasn't really paying attention. I watched Xtreme Gaming, Falcons, and Tundra. These were my three favorites. [Nix: You said that Tundra can beat Falcons] I believe. I believe Tundra will just beat them.
On loss against Xtreme
We had a month-long bootcamp when we simply played a lot. At TI13, I started playing even more. Overall, a loss like any other. We just need to deal with it. Nothing can be done. We could've perform better, but whatever. <...> Things just didn't click. We were obviously not in best shape, made a lot of mistakes. It seems to me that we didn't didn't figure out the draft against Xtreme. We should've grabbed their Sniper instead of picking Phoenix on the third map, but we never came up to that solution. <...> Silent was drafting in most of the matches.
Team Spirit lost to Xtreme Gaming and finished 9th-12th. Just like Collapse predicted, Tundra defeated Falcons with a score of 2:0. They will fight Gaimin Gladiators for the opportunity to meet Team Liquid in the grand finals.
