For the second time in a row, G2 Esports will not play with its full squad, this time the best individual of the team, Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov, will miss the tournament, who will not come with the team to London due to visa problems.
G2 Esports previously traveled to IEM Dallas 2024 without captain Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen, who was replaced by Jacky "Stewie2K" Yip, and against all expectations they managed to come away with the trophy and win their first CS2 title.
It was in Dallas that m0NESY was named MVP of the tournament, continuing his top-notch performances that many consider him to be perhaps the best player on the planet right now. This time, G2 will have an extremely difficult time replicating the success, and the team's coach, CS esports legend Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, will jump into the top five.
This turn of events means that we will still have to wait for the second part of the competitive year to see the duel between m0NESY and Danilo "donk" Kryshkovets, a duel we should have seen already in the first round of the spring BLAST finale.
Let's remind, G2 will play in group B, in which besides them and Spirit there are also Vitality and Virtus.pro.
