s1mple: "On stage, some players are still sh*tting their pants"

Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev spoke with James Banks after a disappointing loss to 2-0 loss to Heroic which saw his team eliminated from IEM Katowice. During their interview, the player spoke about the team performance, how he is trying to accomodate some of his teammates, and how Heroic played against them.

s1mple, it's never fun to go out. The thing I want to touch on with you as a player and for the team - you've won the biggest tournaments, you've achieved so much. Still, making playoffs with a new player coming in and seeing the changes that you're trying to make as a team, how do you view this performance overall.

Overall, it's nice, but on stage some players are still shitting their pants, so overall, I would say in a more positive way but the way how we played today and the way some players communicate was really awful to watch and hear.

Is it about trying to get these players in the same mindset, because yesterday you even looked good even in situations where you were having to come back, you were fighting strong, what do you see as the difference between yesterday and today?

Today we played against a much better team, that's 100%. Not really individually they played good, they had some insane headshots or whatever, but as a team they just rolled us you know? They snowball us on T-side.

Overall when we look at you guys as a player. You've achieved so much as a player, but how much has the change in the team affected you and the performance?

It affects me a bit and I am still trying to teach my new players some stuff, but I think that it takes time.

Would you still say that it's overall positive that you're making playoffs and deep runs? How much further away are you from being back to winning?

Far away. Few months still if players are going to progress.

So, a lot more hard work still to go forward?

A lot more hard work.

Natus Vincere have had trouble reaching finals and will be back in action when they play in ESL Pro League.