Team Spirit`s star CS2 player, Danil “donk” Kryshkovets, has shed light on his animated reaction to a chat message sent by Martin “stavn” Lund of Astralis during the PGL Astana 2025 final. Kryshkovets provided his explanation in an interview with HLTV.org.
Honestly, I don`t really care what he writes. I just didn`t understand why he was typing in chat when he was already losing 0:2 in maps, and on the third map the score was 5:3. Bro, you`re going to lose anyway, so why are you doing that? Every match against Astralis and the duo stavn and jabbi is always personal for me because they wrote some nonsense to my best friend. Every match against them is revenge for my friend.
During the third map of the series, stavn typed “zz” into the general chat, a message that visibly displeased donk and was noted by online observers. While Astralis managed to win that particular map, Team Spirit proved dominant in the series, securing a 3-1 victory. This win earned the team first place and a $200,000 prize, with donk also receiving the Most Valuable Player award for the tournament.