4 Friends + Chrillee

Esportal Cloud9 are forced to drop out of the Esportal invitational qualifier last minute because of scheduling issues.

Replacing them in today’s game against Alliance will be Swedish squad 4 Friends & Chrillee who are now aiming to become one of the top teams in the world.

– When we got home from IeSF in Baku we set some goals and we’re aiming towards the qualifiers to TI5, Christopher ”Chrillee” Wåhlin says.

Because of a scheduling conflict the DreamLeague- and Summit 2-runner ups Cloud9 are forced to withdraw from today’s qualifying game against Alliance. Instead, the fans will now get to see an up and coming Swedish lineup in the shape of 4 Friends & Chrillee battling against the TI3 champions.

And after attending the IeSF championships in Baku last month, 4FC set some goals for next year that they’re now starting to pursue.

– We’re a tier 2 team that has always been able to beat the very best, but lately we haven’t been playing too good. Since we recruited Jesper ”Frigoleet” Göthe and Staffan ”Steffstyle” Solin we’ve been raising our game and are slowly making progress, Christopher ”Chrillee” Wåhlin says.

”Could become an interesting game”

Alliance have been playing the last couple of games as a mix team, so Chrillee doesn’t know in which shape they’ll turn up today.

– It’ll be fun with two teams that are a bit untried facing eachother and it could turn out to be an interesting game and it’s a great opportunity to face good teams in a major tournament, he says.

According to manager Jonas Öberg, the arrival of Frigoleet and Steffstyle motivated the whole team to work harder and their goal now is the qualifier for TI5 next year.

– 4FC has always had the image that they’re a bunch of friends not taking the game too seriously, but since they’re so good they’ve still been able to compete with the best. Now we’ll give it a real go, he says.

”Impossible to know what they’ll do”

And Öberg is looking forward to seeing his team against Alliance later today, which could go either way if you ask him.

– Our chances against them have increased since they’re a mix team right now. When they’re at their peak few teams in the world can measure up, so if you wanna win against them you should do it now. At the same time it’s impossible to know what they’ll do in the game. We can’t look at old games to scout them so it’s gonna be interesting.

At 2PM today, 4FC and The Alliance face off in Esportal. View the game here at Aftonbladet Esport or at Esportals official Twitch channel.