Both sides enter this match with new faces on their roster. Team Singularity acquired Danni “smF” Dyg and Sebastian “larsen” Larsen as replacements for Tobias “TOBIZ” Theo and Casper “Celrate” Andersen last month, while FATE decided to replace Kaloyan “shaiK” Borisov and Milen “milky” Iliev with Kostadin “rafftu” Turbinov and Kalin “KalubeR” Еrenditzov.

Although good signings on both ends, we have to consider that FATE made their changes just this Tuesday, meaning some period of instability and poor synergy must be expected. The Bulgarian duo are definitely an upgrade to shaiK and milky, but that might not become obvious until a few weeks pass.

FATE are still good enough to win one map, but due to the questionable synergy, we have to side with Singularity.

Wis?a Kraków have been all over the place across the last month. After making some noise at IEM Katowice, where they lost to Virtus.pro (10-16) and Complexity (1-2), the Poles went on to defeat sAw (2-1), FATE (2-0) and HellRaisers (2-0), only to drop the ball against EXTREMUM (1-2) and Illuminar Gaming (10-16, 15-15).

That said, a majority of those losses came against stronger teams. This could be a problem since forZe are by no means a weak squad, although they enter this match in ordinary shape after narrow wins against FofTheWin (16-12) and ex-SPARK ESPORTS (16-11) as well as an 8-16 loss to Movistar Riders.

This match seems like a complete coin-toss, so punters have to favour the underdogs. If you believe forZe are stronger than their recent results might suggest, overs might be a better pick, but we just don’t see it.

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Wisla Krakow went through quite a chaotic period over the last couple of months. They parted ways with Kacper “kaper” S?oma and Piotr “morelz” Taterka in late February and then lost jedqr to Illuminar at the start of March. The abrupt departure of three players left Wisla with only two names on their active roster in Wiktor “mynio” Kruk and the in-game leader Grzegorz “SZPERO” Dziama?ek.

In a bid to rebuild their roster, the Polish CS:GO team acquired Mariusz “Loord” Cybulski as their new head coach. He initiated a trial process over several weeks that ended over the Easter weekend when Wisla Krakow announced the final three additions to their roster.

Two established CS:GO players in Pawe? “byali” Bieliński and Miko?aj “mouz” Karolewski were involved in Wisla Krakow’s trials, but neither was picked to be a part of the new-look team. Instead, the Polish organisation opted to build a younger roster with 21-year-old jedqr and two 20-year-olds in fanatyk and hades, which brings the average age of the team to only 22.6, with SZPERO (28 years) as the oldest member of the roster.

This marks the return of jedqr, who left Wisla Krakow to trial at Iluminar. He spent just over a month there before the Polish CS:GO team announced both he and ex-IGL Michal “mono” Gabszewicz would be benched in favour of Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski, Arkadiusz “Vegi” Nawojski and mouz, who arrived at Illuminar at the start of this month.

The final two pieces of the new Wisla Krakow roster are ex-ARCY loanee hades and an unknown youngster in fanatyk. Both were last seen playing together at Dok5, who won Hussar Cup 2020 – Open Qualifier #1 in early March.

Wisla Krakow will showcase their new roster at ESEA Season 33: Premier Relegation – Europe, where they are set to meet with The Dice in round one of the upper bracket fixtures. The tournament will run from April 13-15, with the top four teams earning a spot at the ESEA Season 34: Premier Division – Europe, which is set to begin on Monday, April 27.

Wisla Krakow CS:GO roster:
Grzegorz “SZPERO” Dziama?ek
Wiktor “mynio” Kruk
Grzegorz “jedqr” J?dras
Olek “hades” Miskiewicz
Dominik “fanatyk” Barkiet
Mariusz “Loord” Cybulski (coach)

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The 33-year-old Polish veteran has an illustrious Counter-Strike esports career behind him both as a coach and a player. Loord first appeared on the scene in 2005, when he played for a CS 1.6 stack named Team Sky and Daj Bo?e Rozum. He then joined Team Pentagram and played alongside Counter-Strike legends such as Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas, Filip “NEO” Kubski, Jakub “kuben” Gurczyński and ?ukasz “LUq” Wn?k, now known simply as the Golden Five.

With Pentagram, Loord won Intel Extreme Masters I and Electronic Sports World Cup 2007, which earned him renown as one of the best players in the scene. In December 2007, the Pentagram squad signed for MeetYourMakers, where the Polish quintet continued their dominance by winning ESWC 2008 and finishing second at IEM III.

The squad moved between organisations in the months that followed and in July 2009 formed AGAiN, a clan tag they used to compete under whenever they were not tied with an esports organisation.

Loord made his first appearance in CS:GO scene in April 2012, when, while playing under ESC Gaming, he and his team claimed silver at the Sound Blaster CS:GO Challenge. In November the same year, Loord fully transitioned to CS:GO with ESC and later played for Dorby&Gaming, MeetYourMakers and INSHOCK.

In July 2015, Loord joined Gamers2, where he enjoyed his first stint as a head coach of a CS:GO team. He later returned to the battlefield for Dorby&Gaming and Lounge Gaming. His last appearance as a CS:GO player took place at the RGN Pro Series in November 2015, after which the Polish pro opted to hang up his mouse and become a full-time coach.

As a CS:GO coach, Loord led Lounge Gaming, Dorby&Gaming, devils.one and most recently Aristocracy (later ARCY). His most successful period was from June 2016 to February 2019 when he coached Team Kinguin, who he helped win gold at DreamHack Open Montreal 2018 as well as silver medals at WESC 2016, ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 and Games Clash Masters 2018.

Loord left ARCY on in January 2020, shortly before the team disbanded and released its CS:GO roster. Having spent the last two months as a free agent, the Polish CS legend has now found a new home at Wis?a Kraków, a team that entered the CS:GO scene in October 2019 when they signed adwokacik’s roster.

Since its formation, Wis?a Kraków have parted ways with three of their members. Kacper “Kap3r” S?oma and Piotr “morelz” Taterka left the team at the end of February, while Grzegorz “jedqr” J?dras left for Illuminar at the start of March.

Wis?a Kraków now field only two permanent members in their active roster: Grzegorz “SZPERO” Dziama?ek and Wiktor “mynio” Kruk. Most recently, the Polish team were seen trying out Miko?aj “mouz” Karolewski, Pawe? “byali” Bieliński, and Patryk “ponczek” Wites, but are reportedly seeking fresh faces after a poor display at ESEA MDL.

Wis?a Kraków now have plenty of time to find suitable players, seeing how the esports scene as a whole has slowed down amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wisla have now made headlines twice in under a week after losing three of their members in quick succession. On Wednesday they parted ways with Kacper “kaper” S?oma and Piotr “morelz” Taterka, and now jedqr has left to reunite with morelz and Micha? “mono” Gabszewicz at Illuminar.

Wisla Krakow have already filled the gaps by adding Patryk “ponczek” Wites, Miko?aj “mouz” Karolewski and Pawe? “byali” Bieliński, who will represent the team at ESEA Season 33: Premier Division – Europe as stand-ins. While one or more of them might be offered a permanent stay, the team are still planning on holding trials with other players.

Not a lot has been revealed about Wisla Krakow’s plans of rebuilding their roster, although it was reported that they have their eyes set on several youngsters from Pasha Gaming School – a CS:GO development program led by Jaros?aw “pashaBiceps” Jarz?bkowski, a former member of the famous Golden Five roster.

Jedqr started his career as a CS:GO pro in 2017 with OFF-MODE Black and remained there until July 2017, when he took a break from the competitive scene. He made a return in October 2018, when he teamed up with mono at x-kom Team. Jedqr later played for AGO, Youngsters and adwokacik. The whole adwokacik roster was signed by Wisla Krakow in October last year.

Since joining Wisla, jedqr has claimed silver at Polska Liga Esportowa S7 Grupa Mistrzowska – WarmUP, a top-four finish at ESL Mistrzostwa Polski – Fall 2019, and fifth-sixth place finishes at the Polska Liga S7 Finals and LOOT.BET/CS Season 5. The team took a swing at all four stages of the Europe Minor Championship – Rio 2020: Open Qualifier, but to no avail. In February, the Polish squad finished fifth-sixth at the LEGENDS.BET L33T CUP.

Throughout his career, jedqr has averaged a 1.05 rating, 0.67 DPR and 1.00 impact rating, although he has not seen much success outside a few top-three finishes in national leagues and at ESEA.

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