khaN: Nemiga handles pressure better against top teams

Nemiga advanced to the semifinals of PGL Masters Bucharest with a win over FUT. The result was the team's best performance at a major tournament, and the squad earned the right to take part in PGL Singapore Major.

Team player Beksultan "khaN" Ospan said the victory was not a surprise for them. Ospan noted that the team had played many scrims against top 10 and top 15 teams. He said those matches were not challenging, and added that they were not nervous before the result and knew they could beat teams at that level.

According to Ospan, Nemiga used to put too much pressure on itself against top-tier lineups in the past. When players constantly kept the goal of winning and reaching the playoffs in mind, tension increased, and this negatively affected results. He said they had recently let go of that mindset and were trying to play more relaxed on stage and enjoy the game.

Ospan also stressed that this version of the team is made up of more talented players. In his view, the team has both raised its level of play and is now able to control its nerves much better than in previous periods. Nemiga's successful run is seen as the start of a period in which it wants to keep its contention going at the upcoming Major tournament.