Heroic confirmed tonight that Abdul "degster" Gasanov will miss his second straight tournament due to visa issues.
The struggles of the Russian player continue, and this will be the third tournament he has missed since joining the team. After IEM Dallas 2024 and BLAST Fall Groups, Degster will also miss one of the two most important CS2 tournaments after the Major.
The Russian's absences are a growing problem for Heroic, and the question arises as to how long they will watch him through their fingers, and when they will decide to replace him with another player. Let's remember that coach Eeta "sAw" Sahu played for the team at BLAST, while this time they will have a more specific change.
It is Volodymyr "Woro2k" Veletniuk, who left Monte last month. Woro2k was rumored to be on his way to Fnatic, but the deal fell through at the last minute.
He will now have a great opportunity to show himself and win a place in one of the teams that would serve a new AWPer.
Heroic will open their play-in campaign against the MiBR team, after which they will face the better of the duel 3DMAX - 9z. For now, there is no indication whether Degster will join the team if they make it to the main stage of the competition.
