Two-time champion The International Jesse “Jerax” Vainikka told what it was like for him to play against the “golden” squad Virtus.pro. In particular, the Finn recalled his victory in the final of the Kyiv major in 2017.
Play against [“золотого” состава] VP was a real nightmare. I didn’t like it to the point that I didn’t want to meet them at all. We won the final of The Kiev Major 2017, but I believe that for such a result, a lot had to happen in order for us to beat them. It was a very scary lineup. I think they knew something special about the game and when you met them there was a lot of pressure on you. They were very strong in snowball. When they succeeded, it seemed like you had no control over anything at all. You just don’t feel like you can do anything about it, they just made you suffer while playing.
In addition, sometimes you understood some words in Russian that they wrote during training. It wasn’t very pleasant at times. I don’t think the EG or VP guys liked us, at least some of them. And we didn’t like them. Not to say that we hated them, but I felt that at some points when they acted like that, it was difficult to just leave it like that and remain friendly. One way or another, they still had some kind of sense of their own greatness, and it was very nice to defeat them.
I will remember this day for the rest of my life [финал The Kiev Major 2017]. I didn’t think we had any chance. In terms of preparation, these guys were much stronger than us. They did things that we didn’t have answers for at that tournament. I think they had the strongest players in every role. And the only thing we had was the desire to unite. But it’s a disgusting feeling when you realize that you are superior in everything.
Previously, the Finnish e-sportsman also spoke about the difficulties he faced in his career as a professional Dota 2 player.
Source: www.cybersport.ru
