After six months, G2 are in the market for a new CSGO IGL again Helena Kristiansson\/ESL Gaming via ESPATAleksi \u2018Aleksib\u2019 Virolainen has revealed that G2 Esports have allowed him to explore other options ahead of the summer break. The Finnish tactician confirmed on July 16 an early end to his tenure as in-game leader of G2\u2019s CS:GO team, having been signed in January from OG in a deal that saw Nemanja \u2018nexa\u2019 Isakovi\u0107 move in the opposite direction. Without going into detail about the team\u2019s decision, Aleksib announced on Twitter that he had \u201cbeen allowed by G2 to explore my options elsewhere.\u201d Aleksib\u2019s removal comes after a dismal run of form by G2, who had started the year with a runner-up finish at IEM Katowice 2022 \u2014 an incredibly encouraging sign for a lineup that had also been bolstered by the arrival of Russian prodigy Ilya \u2018m0NESY\u2019 Osipov. But the team struggled to maintain that level of success for the rest of the season. At PGL Major Antwerp, they couldn\u2019t even reach the playoffs after losing to FURIA in the final round of the New Legends Stage. At the BLAST Premier Spring Final last month, Aleksib was at a loss for words when asked to describe his side\u2019s capitulation against Vitality in the semi-finals. \u201cI just felt like, \u2018How did we lose this match?\u2019\u201d Aleksib said. \u201cWe still have one more tournament, which is Cologne. Let\u2019s see what happens next time. It just sucks.\u201d IEM Cologne presented itself as a make-or-break event for G2 before the summer break. But things looked dire from the moment the team first took to the server as they lost to Movistar Riders, who would turn out to be the tournament\u2019s surprise package. G2 still bounced back with a 2-0 victory over ENCE, only to lose to NIP in the following round in a three-map affair, exiting the tournament in 9th-12th place. Flurry of activity The break is expected to be a busy period for many teams in the CS:GO scene. Vitality and Complexity have been nothing short of underwhelming this year and could pull the trigger on changes, while Team Liquid are still looking for a new fifth player. Meanwhile, MOUZ and Astralis may have bought themselves some time after reaching the IEM Cologne playoffs. G2 now have a month to find a new in-game leader before the new season kicks off in mid-August. The BLAST Premier Fall Groups will be the team\u2019s first event after the summer break, followed by ESL Pro League Season 16. \u201cIt feels like crap to have the CSGO summer holiday start when we most suck,\u201d G2 owner Carlos \u2018ocelote\u2019 Rodr\u00edguez Santiago wrote on July 11. \u201cI have lots of thinking to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After six months, G2 are in the market for a new CSGO IGL again Helena Kristiansson\/ESL Gaming via ESPATAleksi \u2018Aleksib\u2019 Virolainen has revealed that G2 Esports have allowed him to explore other options ahead of the summer break. The Finnish tactician confirmed on July 16 an early end to his tenure as in-game leader of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}