Niko hits back at FaZe Clan haters after ESL One Cologne elimination ESL[jwplayer 3EyfiByz]CSGO star Nikola \u2018NiKo\u2019 Kova\u010d has addressed the \u2018hateful\u2019 comments audiences were directing toward his FaZe Clan team moments after being eliminated from ESL One Cologne. After an 0-2 loss to Team Vitality in the second round of the Lower Bracket in the ESL Cologne EU bracket, CSGO fans were directing their displeasure about the team on social media. The mounting furor was directed at many FaZe players, but largely aimed at newcomer Markus \u2018Kjaerbye\u2019 Kj\u00e6rbye. While players usually work off critiques and typically welcome feedback to build upon, there was a wave of comments that didn\u2019t sit too well with the in-game leader. \u201cEnough with the hate on my team and Kjaerbye,\u201d NiKo said. \u201cWe had 5 days of practice and we nearly won against the number two team in the world who has been bootcamping over two weeks.\u201d Enough with the hate on my team and @KjaerbyeCS, we had 5 days of practice and we nearly won against nr 2. team in the world who has been bootcamping over 2 weeks. Give us some time to work on our mistakes before judging, we are doing everything we can to improve asap. #FaZeUp \u2014 NiKo (@G2NiKo) August 26, 2020 The best of three was one of the day\u2019s best matchups with both teams unrelenting on either side of the map. On FaZe\u2019s map pick of Dust 2 in Game 1, it was a game of CT sides as both teams commanded the defensive side to take it to overtime. It\u2019s there where the French team were able to pull away with a 4-1 scoreline in OT after FaZe came back down 7-15 in regulation. That ultimately put FaZe in a dire predicament for Game 2 as they faced Vitality on their map pick of Nuke, where they\u2019ve won 53 times of the 85 total matches played in their team\u2019s history. There were many reactions to FaZe\u2019s performance, particularly to the moments in which they had man-advantages just to concede the round, failed to trade kills at pivotal moments, or gave up early picks to Vitality. Separately from NiKo\u2019s comment\u2019s, coach Janko \u2018YNk\u2019 Paunovi\u0107 also said that the team still had \u201csome rust from the vacation which showed in an embarrassing amount of rounds lost where we had a numbers advantage.\u201d Lost 2-0 to Vitality, gg’s! Still having some rust from the vacation which showed in an embarrassing amount of rounds lost where we had a numbers advantage\u2026 Straight back to work, EPL starts next week and we WILL do better, thanks to everyone who cheered for us! #FaZeUp #IDEMO \u2014 Janko Paunovic (@YNk) August 26, 2020 Regardless, it was clear that NiKo wasn\u2019t ready to roll over with what was being said about his team. As FaZe prepares for upcoming CSGO events around the corner, there\u2019s going to be more opportunities to prove how far this iteration of the lineup fare with the quality of players it has on the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Niko hits back at FaZe Clan haters after ESL One Cologne elimination ESL[jwplayer 3EyfiByz]CSGO star Nikola \u2018NiKo\u2019 Kova\u010d has addressed the \u2018hateful\u2019 comments audiences were directing toward his FaZe Clan team moments after being eliminated from ESL One Cologne. After an 0-2 loss to Team Vitality in the second round of the Lower Bracket in […]<\/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-38728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38728","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=38728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}