syrsoN to miss Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 due to COVID-19

BIG player Florian "syrsoN" Rische will not be able to help his team at Elisa Masters Espoo 2022. The German club has announced on its official Twitter account that the AWPer has tested positive for COVID-19.

Stepping in for syrsoN at the upcoming LAN event will be Josef "faveN" Baumann. The esports athlete has recovered from the illness that saw him miss the European RMR tournament and IEM Rio Major 2022.

BIG have yet to announce what the lineup will look like following syrsoN's recovery given faveN's return to the server. Over the past two months, the team has played with a stand-in in Elias "s1n" Stein from the club's academy team.

Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 will take place on November 16-20 in the Finnish city of Espoo. Eight teams will fight for $200,000 in prize money and one ticket to the Play-In stage of IEM Katowice 2023.

 BIG will field the following roster for Elisa Masters Espoo 2022:

 Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz
 Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa
 Nils "⁠k1to⁠" Gruhne
 Elias "⁠s1n⁠" Stein
 Josef "⁠faveN⁠" Baumann

Origin: twitter.com