YEKINDAR: "Finding strength to overcome all the doubts was something very important for me"
Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis ' time in FURIA has seen him revitalize himself after a downturn in his career during his stint with Liquid .
HLTV31 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
At PGL Masters Bucharest the Latvian rifler emphasised his career resurgence by putting forth a performance that not only carried his team to the trophy, but also earned him a career-first HLTV MVP award.
"FalleN said I'm out of my prime, but here I am making an MVP run," YEKINDAR joked to HLTV after picking up the trophy and MVP medal in Bucharest. "Honestly, it felt amazing throughout this tournament.
Everything was going my way, and maybe this is how donk and ZywOo feel." The 27-year-old is playing some of the best CS of his career, and took time to reflect on the difficult journey he endured to get to this point.
"I've had many doubts throughout my life, not only throughout Liquid times, but of just doubting myself in some moments, overthinking a lot, being very in my head.
But at the end of the day, with age and time, I just understood that what's in your head matters and that matters the most." You can watch the interview here . Back-to-back trophies, your career first HLTV MVP.
Just tell me what's going through your head right now.
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Earlier on CS2Feed
- 31 OctMareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis has claimed his career-first Most Valuable Player award by HLTV x 1xBet after concluding FURIA 's title-winning campaign at PGL Masters Bucharest with a monstrous grand final performance against Nemiga .
- 31 OctFURIA have won PGL Masters Bucharest after besting Nemiga in the best-of-five grand final (Ancient 2-13, Dust2 13-5, Cache 13-2, Mirage 11-13, Nuke 13-6).
- 29 OctHaving won Thunderpick World Championship last time out FURIA have continued their good form and secured back-to-back top-four finishes, eliminating BETBOOM in the quarter-finals of PGL Masters Bucharest to stay in the hunt for the trophy.
