EliGE: "NA is back, boys"

Following Liquid's strong win against new-look G2, Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski spoke with James Banks for a post-match interview where he spoke about the G2 trashtalk, Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis' contributions to the team structure, and the state of North America. EliGE the ever-reliable posted a 1.07 HLTV Rating in this morning's win over G2.

EliGE, a very solid game against the new G2 there, a little bit of smacktalk there, were you throwing the YEKINDAR star straight at them?

Yeah, we're just having a little bit of fun. They were talking a little bit before the game, after the game, during the warmup, they were doing what they were doing. We're just having fun.

One thing I noticed right as YEKINDAR came into the team was, not only is his presence helpful, but individually you have been stepping up as well. Are you feeling more comfortable or confident with this?

Overall I think that he is a spacemaker, but I think the main thing is that he is a really smart player - which not many people know. He's brought a lot of structure into the team, he's very macro-oriented and I play a lot better with structure.

Next up you'll be going up against Complexity - you've got a big smile on your face, how do you feel going up against Complexity?

NA is back boys, NA is back, that's all I gotta say. We're both 1-0, everyone's predicting 0-2s, but nope.

Liquid have already beaten Complexity 16-14 in today's Upper Final. They will now await their Group B Final opponent, who they will face in a best-of-one series at 01:30PM. The winner of that match will have an automatic bye to round three of the knockout stage.