Following his team's victory over North that secured them a playoff spot, HLTV.org talked to Finn "karrigan" Andersen about FaZe's group stage struggles and the bracket ahead.

One of the favorites for the tournament coming in, FaZe, had a rough ride through the group stage, only securing a playoff spot with a win in the last match of the third day here in Cologne.

After losing to mousesports and picking up wins against fnatic and Heroic, FaZe were looking like big favorites to secure playoffs going into the match versus OpTic. However, the North American side took them down on Train, so FaZe was forced to face North in the final group stage match.

After his troops defeated the Danes on Inferno, we sat down with Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen to hear his thoughts on their ESL One Cologne performances, Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač's impact as a secondary caller and more.