Solo:

"I am very disappointed with our performance."

Source: cybersport.ru - (10.12.16)After an incredibly strong group stage Virtus.Pro looked unbeatable before playoffs in the Boston Major begun. But the story in the bracket was completely different. The CIS squad struggled in their first bracket game vs. iG.V and were later eliminated by EG.Cybersports.ru managed to get a comment from captain, Alexei "Solo" Berezin who think there is no one to blame, but themselves.

Virtus.pro captain, Solo, made a comment about the Boston Major Quarter Final games.



“Our play was very restrained. I don’t believe EG outdrafted us in the first game, in a more calm atmosphere we most likely would’ve put an aggressive dual or even Weaver + Slardar + Ancient Apparition trilane against Morphling, he is one of the weakest laners on lower levels, maybe even the weakest.

We played the laning stage to about 50% of our draft’s potential - that was the problem. We never put pressure on their safelane, Io had space to help Ursa in mid. Ursa vs DK is a mostly equal matchup, but with Io’s help it turns much worse for DK.

Our first, and probably the biggest mistake - was to play off of our safe lane (we divided the exp on 3 heroes, which heavily delayed AA’s level 6). We couldn’t help DK in mid and couldn’t put pressure top. Though even with all that we had decent chances to completely win the teamfight near the Roshan pit, but we only managed to trade Roshan for a Treant Protector.

I believe, that if we were to play our draft more wisely, the game might’ve went in a completely different way.



In the second game, we were surprised by a final Enchantress ban followed by instant Chen pick. We wanted to pick Chen ourselves, and our draft was fully ready for it. EG read the situation perfectly, but we managed to recover fast and pick Doom, who puts a lot of pressure on Chen.

We had a great draft and were confident in its strength in all stages of the game. I believe, that the pressure from the tournament prevented us from calmly finishing the second game in our favor. There were a lot of mistakes in micro, and it all came down to cores from both teams not having buybacks. A game with an Alchemist like this one develops really fast, and we couldn’t handle the pressure.

When I was walking to join my team with a gem, we got jumped on under EG’s ward right under our base - it was a disaster. When both teams have no buybacks, the team that attacks first - wins.

EG is a very strong and consistent team. It wasn’t too nice to meet them in the second round. I am very disappointed with our performance, but I am confident that we can learn a lot from these two bo3 matches on a Major.

I want to thank all our fans for their support in the last few weeks, during the preparation for and during the Major itself.



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