European team MAD Lions signed a contract with Danish esportsman Johannes "b0RUP" Borap and thus returned to the six-man roster. Johannes moved to MAD Lions from Heroic, where he had been on the bench since February 2021.
Before this, b0RUP spent more than a year as part of Heroic. With his participation, the team won several major tournaments in 2020, including DreamHack Open Fall and ESL One Cologne Europe. In addition, after Heroic management made him inactive, he took part in HYENAS – an independent team that competed without the support of any esports organization. However, after Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjarbier decided to leave this project, its participants went their separate ways, and the future of b0RUP remained uncertain.
The young player's move to MAD Lions comes at a not very favorable time for the team, as it has remained outside the top 60 in recent months. MAD Lions coach Jakob "kuben" Gurczynski notes that plans to add a more experienced player to the team who will fit well into it have existed for a long time. In his opinion, b0RUP is ideal for this role: “Since the beginning of the season, Thomas “TMB” has taken on the role of in-game leader. Bundesbeck, and therefore we decided to introduce another high-quality Danish player with similar views on the game to the team.” Kuben believes that the combination of Borap's experience with the desire of young players to succeed will help to significantly improve the team's results.
