Falcons coach zonic: Bad starts are completely disrupting the team

Falcons ended their IEM Beijing campaign with a 1-2 loss to Natus Vincere. The team had beaten HEROIC earlier the same day. They avenged their opening loss to NAVI on Ancient, but lost on Inferno and Mirage.

Coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen said the team has faced a recurring problem this season. Bad starts make players tense and impatient and make it harder to follow protocols. Sørensen said they talk about it every day, but the problem continues.

Sørensen also addressed problems on the maps they pick themselves. He said Dust2 is currently the only map the team can rely on, but even that is not certain. The coach said that although the team is the top seed, they struggle with their own map picks, and that a difficult start disrupts their game structure.

In the Inferno match, Falcons started poorly against the opponent's pressure game, and Sørensen said the first few rounds decided the rest of the match. He stressed that this is unacceptable.