zorte: "We just need to focus on how we play as a team"
BETBOOM secured a place in the IEM Beijing playoffs after overcoming Liquid in a close series, recovering from a 9-3 lead on Nuke to win the Mirage decider.
HLTV4 Nov 2026 · 1 min read
For Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko , a key moment came when Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov asked him to buy an AWP despite a costly miss in the previous round. The sniper rewarded his captain's faith with an ace that brought BETBOOM to match point.
Speaking to HLTV after the victory, zorte also reflected on the break that helped him recover his motivation and the unexpected path back to BETBOOM through TDK . With the Singapore Major approaching, his priorities have shifted.
Having achieved their aim of climbing into the top 10 and earning tournament invitations, zorte believes his team can now concentrate on improving their game.
"We just need to focus on how we play as a team, and don't care about points and stuff," he said. We didn't adapt at the same time, and we just lost two crucial rounds.
And after that, they just had the economy, and we needed to adapt as well to try to predict what they wanted to do. They were playing really well at some moments, and they played really aggressively, and we didn't show up in crucial moments.
That's why, I don't know, when the score was equal, pretty much we were a bit stressed, and I think that's the reason, and they just won the map.
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Leo Hart · optimist
