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“I personally think there’s no pressure on us. All the pressure is on them”

British player Kruise tells us ahead of Paris Eternal's Overwatch League Season 2 match with London Spitfire, their opponents and reigning champions of the Overwatch League.

“In our house we believe we can win it, it’s everybody else who doesn’t.”

Kruise’s confidence is easy to buy into, and he has the air of a group leader.

I posed the point that after Brexit, the Eternal will be the main European team.

When asked about how they feel about shouldering the hopes of the continent, Kruise says (before asking if it would be ok to say)

“I don’t think London Spitfire are a European team. They’re more like Seoul Spitfire. We are the only European team.”

Later he would tell me that he chose the Paris Eternal after his standout performance in the World Cup to champion the underrepresented European Overwatch scene.

“I want to make the world see how great Europe can be.”

“I think after we beat London Spitfire, we’ll get a lot of their fans too.”

Michael De Wit interjects to say he agrees with what Kruise is saying, and they both agree that they don’t want to beat them because they’re the other European team, they want to triumph because they are the reigning champions.

You can read the full Paris Eternal Interview on the link.