Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş, a player for Eternal Fire`s Counter-Strike 2 team, has apologized to fans for their loss to MOUZ at BLAST Open Lisbon 2025. He shared his message on his personal X account.
In his statement, XANTARES mentioned feeling unwell, stating, “I`m like a corpse, I tried my best, but this is how it turned out. I have a serious lower back problem, I can`t breathe properly, and I have constant heartburn. This has been going on for 25 days, I take 5 pills a day, and I feel like I`m in a daze. Sorry.”
Eternal Fire faced MOUZ in the first playoff semi-final and were defeated with a score of 2:1. The map scores were 13:11 on Nuke and 13:10 on Dust2. MOUZ will next play against Team Vitality on March 30th.