Reviews surfaced on Could 29 claiming the Brazilian ‘Godfather of Counter-Strike‘ Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo is on the record of names doubtlessly taking the reigns of FURIA’s CS:GO roster within the latter a part of this yr.
Plainly Andrei “arT” Piovezan can be the supposed goal of this switch, as FalleN’s AWP and IGLing experience would battle with the present chief’s ability set. Whereas there’s no express switch date, the change would doubtless happen through the “participant break”, based on reports by Gamesarena.gg.
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Despite CS2’s planned “Summer 2023” release arriving across the identical interval, we’d see FalleN turn out to be FURIA’s front-man earlier than the hyped sequels’ unveiling.
Whereas FURIA has remained close to the highest domestically, they’ve been struggling to maintain their head above water within the tier-one aggressive scene for months, and even when this FalleN deal falls by means of, it seems like a course correction in management type is the staff’s most important goal.
Whereas that is thrilling information for some Brazilian followers, final yr FalleN himself shared his desire to retire from CS:GO in 2023. The Brazilian veteran has been part of among the greatest South American rosters in historical past, but he’s nowhere near his peak 2016 form which noticed him lead Luminosity and SK to back-to-back Main wins.
Nonetheless, his current months have proven an uptick in efficiency. Whereas the roster is primarily taking part in towards lower-tiered Brazilian squads, there’s a handful of matches the place Imperial and FalleN have gone toe-to-toe with the very best that NA has to supply.
Imperial placed first in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Americas, taking the highest spot over groups like FURIA, paiN, and Group Liquid. FalleN additionally proved he’s nonetheless received gasoline within the tank, incomes a 1.18 HLTV score throughout the seven maps performed within the occasion.
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Whether or not FalleN can sustain this run of kind is up for debate, particularly given his announcement leaning in direction of retirement. Followers and analysts alike have been pointing the finger at arT’s IGLing for fairly a while, and it appears FURIA believes FalleN may very well be the answer.
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