Blizzy — on DreamLeague Season 11 qualifiers

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Evgenii «Blizzy» Ri, in a conversation with Konstantin «PrinZe» Zagrebelnom, commented on the final stage of the qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 11, and also shared his nearest plans. Recall that earlier,  Andrii «Mag» Chipenko .

— How were the qualifiers? How are you? After the unsuccessful first day, how did you guys find back the confidence in your capabilities and showed a completely different game afterward?

— Honestly, I was sure that we can qualify. We performed well during the "scrims", so I did not even doubt that we are getting this slot for the Major.

We had to win the first game against  Gambit Esports in the group stage, but it went a little sideways: for example, Slark died with the biggest net worth on the map while having Hand of Midas. I think that if we won that game, we would just roll with the high wave and continue to play good.

And in the second game they simply closed us out with the help of Meepo. Should have banned him, but in the end, it was a free game for that hero. It went a little wrong.

— Mark out two games — the worst (both in terms of draft and the performance itself) and the most memorable, which you really enjoyed playing it.

— The worst is probably the second game against  The Pango. But it was not that bad as simply the rehost made it a little iffy. We won the game for sure, I took First Blood, had the top net worth. But here we are remaking the game: The Pango changing item builds, they are doing better on the lanes and that's it. That is probably the worst game.

But the best one is the first game against Gambit Esports, where I had Doom. I had a complete free farm and felt that this game was in our bag.

— How much do you trust your coach? Seen from the side it is clear that Mag works more closely with  SoNNeikO, and you are more like of executors.

— As a matter of a fact, Mag played a very big role. He took the responsibility by saying: "That's it, I will be picking, just trust me." Previous times it was not like that: although he was picking, he was not completely confident. Now he came up to the job with more responsibility and took it all on himself. He came up with ingenious drafts, so to speak (laughs).

— Before the start of qualifications,  Virtus.pro and  Gambit Esports were considered as favorites. What do you think, what is the reason? Did it put pressure on you?

— Well, of course: we failed in the last qualifiers of both Major and Minor. And the Gambits performed well, took the second place in the Minor. Besides, they have good players, fng — an excellent captain. Thus, people thought they were favorites. But actually, before the start of qualifications, I was sure that we could beat them quite easily.

— A month and a half before the start of DreamLeague Season 11. What will you guys do in the meantime?

— I think I will take a break from the dota for 3-4 days, and then I will start playing again. Probably, everyone else will do that as well.