9z bench dgt⁠ – player competed for team for over five years

Esports organization 9z announced changes to its Counter-Strike 2 roster: Franco "⁠dgt⁠" Garcia departed the team's active roster. The club put the Uruguayan on the bench. The announcement was published on the X social media account.

Garcia represented 9z for over five years – since May 2019. During his entire career as a Counter-Strike pro, which kicked off in 2017, dgt earned $100,000 in prize money. 9z has not yet found a replacement for him.

The official statement from the organization did not indicate the reasons for this decision. "quote", Franco himself explained via his X social media account.

Note that 9z secured 9th-11th place in the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Americas RMR and did not qualify for the Shanghai Counter-Strike 2 Major. At the moment, the roster occupies 41st place in HLTV ranking. In January of this year, 9z announced the addition of Luca "⁠Luken⁠" Nadotti and Gustavo "yel" Knittel to their starting five. The latter took over as coach of the squad.

 9z's current lineup looks as follows:

 Maximilian "max" Gonzalez
 Matias "HUASOPEEK" Ibañez Hernandez
 Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez
 Luca "⁠Luken⁠" Nadotti

 Gustavo "yel" Knittel (coach)

Origin: x.com