We caught up with Tarik “tarik” Celik following Made in Brazil’s 2-0 victory over compLexity at the FACEIT Major here in London at the SSE Arena. The latest addition to the MiBR lineup spoke about their pregame thoughts on compLexity, dust2, their next opponent in Na’Vi, and Cloud9’s current struggles. MiBR took down compLexity 16-4 on Train before pulling off a 16-12 victory on Inferno.

VPesports: We’re going to get right into the match you just finished against compLexity. Talking to stewie yesterday, he said you guys got pretty lucky getting on that side of the bracket. He wasn’t too hard on compLexity but he seemed pretty confident. When you saw that matchup, were you guys thinking okay we have this in the bag or compLexity came to play, we need to take this seriously?

tarik: I think its definitely a good matchup for us but at the same time they proved their worth by going 3-0 and they’ve beaten a lot of good teams. We went into the match like it was any other team, we made sure we prepared, we made sure to take a couple of tendencies from their games, we reviewed some of their stuff. At the end of the day we focused more on ourselves but we also had an idea of how they play at the same time.

VPesports: Now going back to that rough Astralis game on dust2, is that a map you’re ruling out for the event until you figure it out or are you still up for it?

tarik: I’m not too worried about it honestly. I think everyone on this team has put that map beside us. It’s not something that we’re thinking about. It’s just an off game for us and they played really well. Maybe we did a little too much preparation against them that game and maybe it was too robotic. I think dust2 is still a good map for us and we’ll see in the future of the tournament.

VPesports: Speaking of teams that are playing well, you guys are up against Na’Vi next and they dominated in their quarterfinal match. Did you guys get to watch any of that and if so how are you guys planning to prepare for that? What do you change in your game plan, if you do at all, for a team with a s1mple and electronic on it?

tarik: We didn’t watch their games today because we were practicing but we have an understanding of what type of team they are. They have very experienced players and a lot of skill and we can’t underestimate them as we saw today, they played really well. We have to go into the match like its any other team. It’s going to be important for us to do the preparation that we normally do and make sure that during the day we’re all sharp and on the same page. It’s going to be a crazy game to be honest, I think that the matchup itself is going to be pretty sick.

VPesports: Seeing Cloud9 and the struggles that they’re going through, something I’ve talked to stewie and moses about, is making changes on that team. What would you change on Cloud9 knowing some of the players better than most?

tarik: I think getting Golden is a step in the right direction. I think they need a full-time dedicated in-game leader that can hold everyone accountable and make sure everyone is on the same playstyle. As far as keeping STYKO or not, it’s up to them, I think RUSH or autimatic are definitely capable of stepping up to the star role but I think it also comes down to Skadoodle stepping up as well because I think he’s an important part of that team. I think STYKO could make it work with them but it comes down to how they want to approach it. I think they have some options because there’s definitely other players to look at but it ultimately comes down to how Golden and Valens want to move forward.

(Photo: FACEIT)