Team Spirit coach hally expects peak form for Asian events

Team Spirit coach Sergey hally Shavaev said the team is expected to reach peak form for the series of tournaments in Asia, Cybersport.ru reported on Oct. 27. The comments were in Russian.

Work after EPL

Shavaev said the team worked on the weak spots that showed up at EPL. He thinks they handled them decently, but said he does not know and that it will be interesting to see how the team applies the changes.

In practice matches before PGL, Spirit had a heavy loss and a very strong win, he said. According to Shavaev, that can raise questions about concentration and involvement. Some practice problems overlapped with what the team had done badly, and he said they fixed those. Official matches are needed to see how it works, he said.

How he sees the stretch since vacation

Shavaev described how the team played after the vacation:

• BLAST BountySpirit played at an average level.
• EWCthe start was hard, but the team picked up form at the event.
• PortugalSpirit were in good order.
• EPLthe team played a long EPL that did not work out.

There is a short break now, he said. Shavaev said that once Spirit finish Bucharest, they should be in good form.

Cybersport.ru also reported that Shavaev missed Spirit’s match against MOUZ at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 because of illness. Assistant coach Dmitry S0tF1k Forostyanko replaced him.