karrigan: "We can't win our own map pick lately"
Falcons came through a three-map series against FaZe at IEM Beijing, but Finn "karrigan" Andersen was left frustrated by a familiar problem: winning their opponents' map picks while struggling on their own.
HLTV3 Nov 2026 · 1 min read
Speaking to HLTV after the victory, he discussed Falcons ' preparation, their difficulties on Anubis and facing former teammate David "frozen" Čerňanský for the first time since leaving FaZe . Listen to the interview here Falcons is really strong on Ancient.
Did you ever expect FaZe to pick this map against you today? Yes, we prepared for Ancient pick, and Mirage pick as well. It could be one of these two that they wanted to choose because lately they are punish picking.
So the question was just which of the maps, and in the end, we hit all the three maps we were really prepared for today. We can say it was far from an easy victory today.
No, obviously, I think it's so hard that we are winning so many map picks by enemies, but we can't win our own map pick lately.
And I think it's a little bit frustrating, because Anubis has been a good map when people pick against us, now we picked it, and now it didn't feel as good today.
So for me, it is as long as we grind and we win the games, it doesn't matter how, because right now we just need to take the small wins we get and transform them into some momentum.
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FaZe Clan still has to answer for this: "Speaking to HLTV after the victory, he discussed Falcons ' preparation, their difficulties on Anubis and facing former teammate David "frozen" Čerňanský for the first time sin…" That is the soft spot on the card. Nothing else in these lines closes it.
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