Before Saturday's third place match, three members of Fnatic and Origen sat down with the press to answer questions about their upcoming Final. The following answers are from Fnatic coach Luis "Deilor" Sevilla Petit, AD carry Martin "Rekkles" Larsson, mid laner Fabien "Febiven" Diepstraten, Origen coach Titus "Ducky" Hafner, jungler Maurice "Amazing" Stückenschneider, and support Alfonso "mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez.

For Origen, how have the more experienced players on the team prepared the less experienced players on the team for the games tomorrow?

Mithy: I think the only player with little to no experience is Niels. I think we have done a good job of making him feel comfortable. I don't think it will be a problem for him to play on the stage.

For Fnatic, in the past there have been a lot of support bans against Origen. What are some of the advantages from banning supports you've felt you've earned?

Deilor: It has to do with the champion pools of the support and whether they play primary engage. We felt that the teams aren't able to play at the same level without these picks. For example, with the Unicorns of Love and Hylissang and Morgana, we felt that they were really reliant on this engage —depending on the game, depending on the team.

Rekkles, how does it feel to represent Sweden?

Rekkles: I never really thought about it like this because I've been living out of Sweden for years now...it never really felt like me as a player represented Sweden. I've kind of turned my whole fanbase outward. In the EU fanbase there are maybe French and English for example, so it doesn't necessarily feel like I'm representing Sweden, but it's nice to be back in Swedish country eating Swedish food. It's good to be back in Sweden, but I don't necessarily feel like—pressure of representing Sweden.

This question is for Origen. Coming into LCS your first split—and now you're in the finals — are you surprised at all that you made it to the finals already, or were you confident from the start that you would get here?

Amazing: I wouldn't say that we're surprised or anything like that, since we know our work ethic and we have strong players, so it was more if we can make that goal happen—because even if we know ourselves, we don't know how the LCS will be, so we had to improve in the beginning, but we were uncertain about our progress. So it's not a surprise, but it wasn't necessarily going to happen.

Mithy: Once we joined the LCS, we talked about what our goals were in the LCS so everyone was on the page with what we wanted to achieve. We decided we wanted to aim for Playoffs, and see what happens from there, doing the best we can. I think we exceeded our goal since we ended up top two, and now in the Playoffs, we're already in finals. I think it's going really well. We won't be sad if we lose because it's just really great because everyone is trying really hard to win.

For Origen, in some of your matches, you've had instances where you might over-commit on a dive or something when you have a lead. What's team communication like in those instances, and what steps have you taken to avoid these situations?

Amazing: I feel like most of these moments occur when you're not completely in control of what's happening. Maybe we're not aware of circumstances, maybe it's an error in shotcalling, so we try to eliminate those kind of instances when we're not 100% sure if something can occur or should occur, and we've taken steps where we try to level our shotcalling, try to minimize risks, take less risks in that regard. And basically organize our play. So if a commitment cannot be perfectly played, if we try to do too much, we reconsider it.

Mithy: A game that I personally was very happy about was the game where we threw against Fnatic. That game really helped us a lot. Since it's LCS, the one game didn't count for much, but it really helped us a lot as a team to lose that game the way we did. I think we improved a lot as a team, so I was really happy about that loss.

Okay, for Origen, or more specifically Mithy, since you played with Lemondogs in your first LCS split, and it was super successful, and you have the same situation right now with Origen, how would you compare those teams?

Mithy: In Lemondogs, we were a bunch of kids where we basically played all day and did nothing other than playing League, and we were just really talented. There wasn't much strategy back then. We just played our game, and it ended up working out. With Origen, it's more about—League is our job, we think about League when we have to think about League, we strategize way more, and everyone is much more experienced and mature in the way we approach LCS games and just everything in general. So I am much more comfortable on Origen because I just feel better both outside the game and inside the game. Everything is much more mature and experienced. Yeah, we were successful with both teams, but Lemondogs wouldn't have been in it for the long run, and I'm sure Origen will.

For Febiven, there's been a lot of focus on Fnatic's side lanes lately. How would you describe your role as the team's mid laner?

Febiven: My role on the team is pretty good. I get a lot of farm. It depends on what champion I play, but my team makes it so I always have the farm I need, and I'm in a good position.

Seeing Fnatic's streak this season—how intimidating is that going into Finals? How much do you weigh that?

Ducky: We're not intimidated at all. We scrim Fnatic a lot, we've beaten them a lot, and it's like—with their undefeated season, you also have to take into account the competition—like Fnatic are without a doubt the best team in Europe, I will never deny that, but on the other hand with a few teams, they are wrecking too much, it makes it sort of easier for them to get an undefeated season, but in a BO5, I think we're definitely at least able to take a game.

Now throwing it over to Fnatic, do you feel like, with your season in mind, do you feel like you have a mental advantage already going into the final?

Deilor: I don't think that it's an advantage. I don't think that they are scared. I think that going into the final, our undefeated season—it doesn't really matter.

But isn't it somewhat of a relief knowing that no team has figured you out yet?

Deilor: Not really, I don't feel relief. In fact, I'd say it creates more hype and puts more pressure on the players. For example, it's expected that they will win by the fans, the media. And maybe Origen have figured something out. They've gotten much better. They're strong and have increased the chance of beating us.

Rekkles, will we get a pentakill from you tomorrow?

Rekkles: I think I've gotten enough pentakills, and I will instead to try to set up my mid laner for some.

One more question for Origen, there's been a little more jungle focus in your play than Fnatic. Do you think the easiest chance for you to win is through the lanes or through the jungle?

Amazing: I think for us it's easiest through the jungle, but if we put too much attention in the jungle, Fnatic's lanes will react very well, so I don't think there's a clear specific way for us to win tomorrow. Whether we go through the lanes or the jungle—they are strong.

Kelsey Moser is a staff writer for theScore eSports. You can follow her on Twitter.