“4IVAN confessed to what he had done. However, even that did not change the main thing”: Nemiga manager

The manager of the Eastern European team Nemiga Gaming, Eduard zverHDD Ashurkevich, spoke about the incident with Ivan 4IVAN Moshkovsky on his personal Telegram channel. According to him, the match-fixing organizers tried to get the bets on the game canceled by publicizing the situation with 4IVAN as quickly as possible.

"After the match ended, in order to ‘cover their backs’, the guys who suffered financial losses independently initiated an investigation and, possibly, put pressure on the player himself. He was brought in for a conversation with the tournament organizer, where he confessed to what he had done.

However, even this did not change the main thing. The bookmakers made all the calculations and will not cancel the bets. That is why it was important to pause and not raise an information fuss prematurely. Not to do what some people wanted so badly. Namely, an urgent public announcement of a ban and cancellation of the match result."

zverHDD noted that he would actively participate in the investigation of incidents involving match-fixing, as well as promote the practice of adding players to ban lists among tournament organizers.

As a reminder, the European Pro League administration officially suspended former Winter Bear carry Ivan 4IVAN Moshkovsky from participating in all league tournaments due to an incident during the Winter Bear vs. Ilbirs eSports match in the group stage of European Pro League 34. The championship organizers also announced that all the information and evidence collected will be forwarded to Valve and other major tournament operators.

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