Serbian CS2 player Vladan "VLDN" Radević made his debut for the BLEED Esports team today in the first round of the Elisa Spring Invitational.
VLDN stepped in for Cai "CYPHER" Watson, who is rumored to be on BLEED's exit door and will no longer play for the team. CYPHER had an extremely poor performance in the open qualifiers for EU RMR, and it was already clear that he was not the best fit for the team at the moment.
On the other hand, VLDN, who after two years in the iNation team joined the 00 Nation team at the beginning of the year, had a very solid performance in the team during the open EU RMR qualifications, when the team twice reached the top 8, i.e. the decisive Bo3 matches for passing at the EU RMR closed qualifiers, but they lost both times and had to settle for top 16 placement.
Shortly after EU RMR 00 Nation disbanded the team, and VLDN found themselves looking for a new team.
According to still unofficial information, VLDN will be on a sort of trial period in BLEED in the coming days, after which it remains to be seen whether he will join the team permanently.
His debut was unfortunately not marked by a victory, BLEED lost to MOUZ Academy, MOUZ NXT, in overtime on the decisive third map Ancient.
BLEED lost to Vertigo 8-13, to tie the game with a convincing 13-5 win on Anubis where VLDN excelled with 20 frags, 121 damage per round and a 1.79 rating, and on the third map MOUZ NXT won 19-16 after two rounds of overtime.
VLDN will have the opportunity to play for BLEED again at the start of the RES Regional Series Europe 1 tournament, where in the first round BLEED meets BIG.
