"We tried to climb out of this low-skill pit, but we didn’t manage to", — Team Spirit players commented on their elimination from TI14
Yaroslav Miposhka Naidenov and Magomed Collapse Khalilov spoke out after Team Spirit's defeat in the elimination match against Team Falcons at The International 2025.
The team captain apologized to the fans and said that the players were not always able to implement their ideas at the championship and sometimes lacked the strength to show their best game.
The Spirit offlaner also noted that the team was often unlucky and failed to establish stable gameplay.
"We tried to climb out of this low-skill pit, but we didn’t manage to. Throughout the whole tournament we kept playing just as badly. Sometimes something worked here and there, but… hell knows. At least I tried, I gave it my all. But it wasn’t enough…
Even though I have a slight smile on my face, it’s more from shock, from the fact that I ***don’t understand. Not that I don’t understand — it’s just so sad it’s funny. We’re out of The International 2025, unfortunately we didn’t make it to the playoffs, we didn’t reach the main stage. I apologize if I underperformed somewhere. There were probably plenty of such moments, just like for everyone else in the team. Personally, I just want to say: sorry guys, I didn’t live up to your expectations. That’s how it is."
The club's manager, Dmitry Korb3n Belov, also commented on the team's unsuccessful performance. In his statement, he referenced remarks exchanged with Oliver Skiter Lepko after FISSURE Universe: Episode 6.
Comments by Korb3n and Skiter after FISSURE Universe: Episode 6:
After Falcons' victory over Team Spirit in the grand final of FISSURE Universe: Episode 6, Skiter said that “Team Spirit is trash,” to which Korb3n replied: "Skiter, congratulations, bro, but in a week and a half at The International, you're going to get knocked out. Then we'll have to get revenge at BetBoom Dacha“
Comment by Korb3n after being eliminated from TI:
”It's my turn to get revenge at BetBoom Dacha. See you later, Skiter.
I'll be rooting for Alan, Danil gpk, Pure, and Stas.
Dear fans, I'm sorry it went so badly.
You can leave your wishes of love and kindness, or death by diarrhea, in the comments.“
Before the start of the decisive series between Spirit and Falcons at The International Korb3n also stated that if his team wins, he will comment on the level of TI's organization, but if they lost, he would refuse to comment: ”Who cares about losers whining," Belov wrote.
It is worth noting that the Team Spirit — Team Falcons series in the TI elimination round became the most popular Dota 2 match in 2025, with a peak online audience of 770,000 viewers.
The International 2025 takes place from 04.09.2025 to 14.09.2025 in Hamburg, Germany, with 16 teams participating. The starting prize pool for the event is $1,600,000. You can follow the progress of the tournament in detail in the report.
Earlier, CyberScore presented the final statistics for the first stage of TI.
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