PARIVISION Falls to NAVI; FL1T Stresses Development

PARIVISION were knocked out of IEM Beijing in the quarterfinals after a narrow loss to Natus Vincere. In a statement to HLTV the day after the match, Evgenii FL1T Lebedev said the team was disappointed. Lebedev said they believed they had controlled the flow of the game, but they gave away key rounds while leading 7-2 on Inferno and handed control of the match to their opponents.

Despite the defeat, FL1T said he was happy with the team's development. He noted that every player was putting serious work into improving their own game and that cohesion within the team had grown. He also touched on the recent change in Dastan Akbayev's attitude and the experience Abay HObbit Khassenov has brought to the team. FL1T said playing with Khassenov was a great pleasure, adding that he had watched him for years and sees him as a leader of his generation.

He said they were not surprised by the opponent picking Mirage and banning Cache. Reminding that the team played well on Cache and had beaten their opponent on that map before, Lebedev pointed out that NAVI won against Falcons on Mirage with almost no resistance. For this reason, he added, they thought Mirage could be picked.

In the interview, he was also asked about the impact on the team of Dastan's early pauses, which have frequently come up during this tournament.