m0NESY: Falcons is not a championship contender yet

Falcons hopes to recover from a poor season with two strong events to be held in Hong Kong and Singapore. The team's AWP player Ilya m0NESY Osipov spoke to HLTV at the BLAST Rivals Season 2 media day. Despite finishing 7th and 8th at IEM Beijing, he said the team has kept its belief in itself and that he is always optimistic.

m0NESY admitted that it is currently hard to see the team as championship contenders. The reason, he said, is that the results and the in-server gameplay are not at the expected level. Still, he said they aim to reach the playoffs at this tournament and at the Major. The player said that winning the Hong Kong tournament or the Major, or even winning both back to back, would be good for rescuing the season. He added that he does not want to put pressure on the team.

Recalling last season, m0NESY said everything was going well after the Major title. The team finished second at the Astana and Shanghai tournaments. According to the player, the performance in the first three tournaments after Finn joined the team was a good experience. This season, however, everything seems to have snapped at once, something the player himself cannot fully explain.