On March 9, the esports organization fnatic announced that seventeen-year-old youth player Matias “Banjo” Kivisto will perform in her opening match in the ESL Pro League instead of Freddy "KRIMZ" Jonson. The latter will be forced to miss the match after testing positive for coronavirus.
This replacement became another link in the chain of troubles with the roster that the team has encountered recently. Recently, sniper Owen “smooya” left its composition. Butterfield, and Ludwig "Brollan" Brolin is in an active role, and recently there have been speculations about his possible transition to NIP. In addition, fnatic had to make another replacement – instead of Julian "regali" In Kharyau, Bulgarian e-sportsman Valentin “Poizon” will appear in the first matches of the tournament. Vasiliev. Although KRIMZ cannot yet arrive in Germany due to quarantine restrictions, fnatic hopes that he will be able to join the team in the later stages of the championship.
Thus, Banjo will play his first match with the fnatic main roster. It already features another player who came from fnatic Rising – Peppe "Peppzor" Borak. Banjo joined fnatic Rising in September 2021, ahead of the second season of the WePlay Academy league. Currently his average rating is 1.06.
