Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In the NAVI camp, it is hard to get a good understanding of how the 2026 season of Counter-Strike should be viewed. The team is one of the few with two A-tier tournament wins under their belt after victories at IEM Atlanta and the ESL Pro League Season 23. On the other hand, the team crashed out of the big three events of the year so far in Krakow, Cologne, and at the EWC in Paris last week. We spoke with NAVI's in-game leader Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen at the media day before the BLAST Porto Open 2026 tournament, where NAVI is scheduled to play M80 later today.
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In the NAVI camp, it is hard to get a good understanding of how the 2026 season of Counter-Strike should be viewed. The team is one of the few with two A-tier tournament wins under their belt after victories at IEM Atlanta and the ESL Pro League Season 23. On the other hand, the team crashed out of the big three events of the year so far in Krakow, Cologne, and at the EWC in Paris last week. We spoke with NAVI's in-game leader Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen at the media day before the BLAST Porto Open 2026 tournament, where NAVI is scheduled to play M80 later today.
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