Coach of the Swedish team fnatic Andre «Samuelsson» Samuelsson in his commentary for the information portal fragbite.se spoke about why, in his opinion, the team is not able to achieve the desired result. He noted that the players devote both individual and joint training sessions a great deal of time, achieving a high level of fitness. The coach believes that now the level of the team is even slightly higher than last year.
However, the main problem that prevents the players from demonstrating their potential is psychological pressure. Last year, as fnatic climbed to the top of the world rankings, fans weren't expecting much from the team, and largely because of that, they were able to perform well. Now the situation is the opposite: the team is gradually losing ground in the world rankings due to too high expectations from both fans and players.
Talking about plans for IEM Summer 2021, Samuelsson said that the team expects to be more energetic and active than at previous tournaments, and not afraid to take risks. In the opening match of IEM Summer 2021, fnatic was defeated by Virtus.pro. They will face NIP in their next match, which will be played on June 4.