Karrigan: We Can't Win Our Own Map Picks

Falcons beat FaZe in a best-of-three series at IEM Beijing. However, team captain Finn "karrigan" Andersen said they played well on maps chosen by their opponents but could not produce the same results on maps they picked themselves.

Karrigan said that before the match they prepared for Ancient and Mirage picks. He added that they thought FaZe had been making punish picks recently, so they expected one of the two maps and went into the game with a solid game plan.

He did not hide his frustration about Anubis. He said the team got good results when their opponents picked Anubis, but this time they did not feel the same on the Anubis they had chosen. Karrigan stressed that what matters is winning and turning these small victories into a source of morale.

Karrigan also pointed out that he faced former teammate David "frozen" Čerňanský for the first time as an opponent. He said he had played against many former teammates before, so the match was not new to him, and that he enjoyed it. In his view, FaZe played well, and the mistakes his team made in key moments on Mirage decided the flow of the match.