Esports News UK spoke to Mareks ‘YEKINDAR’ Gaļinskis before the IEM Kraków 2026 playoffs, where Furia start in the quarter-finals against Aurora.
YEKINDAR spoke to ENUK about the current struggles within teams to manage Counter-Strike’s ever-expanding global calendar.
The Latvian also touched on the team’s 2026 so far, playing with Danil ‘molodoy’ Golubenko, and the lessons he took from his time IGLing a struggling Liquid roster.
“You don’t really see the best versions of the best teams in the world because they are going from an event to event… Many, many players, and especially staff, are working a lot of overtime, and with all this travel and overtime, you definitely get burned out.”- YEKINDAR on the Counter-Strike calendar
So far, it’s been a bit up and down.