degster: "There is an understanding that OG are going to ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022 to win"

OG player Abdul "degster" Gasanov has shared on his Telegram channel his expectations for ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022, which will be held from September 2 to 9. According to the Russian AWPer, his team is aware of its status as a favorite and arrived in Australia only to win.

We are flying to Australia to play the tournament and ideally win it. This is our binding goal. There is an understanding that OG are going to ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022 to win. We are the favorites and the highest-ranked team among all participants. We need to understand this and learn how to play not only from the standpoint of an underdog, where you realize something like, "Here is FaZe. They are top 1. You win them and you'll be happy." There are tournaments where you need to feel that you basically came to win. I think it's a very interesting experience. You have to win, get your head in the game and show the highest level of play. No relaxing.

OG will start ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022 in Group A, where their opponents for two playoff spots will be Entropiq, Wings Up and Evil Geniuses (Party Astronauts). The first match of the European squad will take place on September 2 against the Chinese from Wings Up.

Origin: t.me