OG announce nexa transfer

23-1-2022 18:46

The IGL swap between OG and G2 has been completed.

OG have announced the arrival of Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković from G2. The Serbian IGL will take over the captaincy of the International squad from Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen, swapping places with the Finn who joined G2 earlier on Sunday.

The transfer ends nexa's tenure with G2, having joined in September 2019 alongside Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač and spearheading the team's transition from a French roster to a European one.

nexa begins a new chapter in his career with OG

nexa started to come into his own in 2018, leading the ragtag mix of young players brimming firepower that would eventually go on represent CR4ZY. Under his leadership, he would reach the New Legends Stage at the StarLadder Berlin Major in 2019, catching the eye of G2's hierarchy.

The Serbian player then spent more than two years with G2, leading the squad to a total of eight grand finals, five of which came on LAN. Despite the many final appearances, the Franco-Balkan mix was not able to come out victorious in any of them, suffering their most recent heartbreak at the PGL Stockholm Major.

G2 add Aleksib, XTQZZZ

This is OG's first change in lineup since April 2021 when Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen and Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan were acquired to fill the gaps left by the benchings of Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt and Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad.

The in-game leader comes into OG with hopes of turning around a squad that failed to live up to expectations last year, reaching the IEM Summer final and the ESL Pro League Season 14 semis, but otherwise failing to make deep runs at events.

An addition to the organization's staff was also made as former BIG coach Alexander "⁠kakafu⁠" Szymanczyk is being added to the coaching team, where he will assist Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due.

The new-look OG will debut at BLAST Premier Spring Groups during a bootcamp in Warsaw, Poland, facing off against Astralis in the second match of Group B on Saturday, January 29.

OG now field the following squad:

Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković
Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså
Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen
Mateusz "⁠mantuu⁠" Wilczewski
Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan

Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (coach)
Alexander "⁠kakafu⁠" Szymanczyk (assistant coach)

Expected

2022-01-23 18:47

8 replies

Didn't see that coming

2022-01-23 18:53

2 replies

Downgrade, nexa deserves a better team

2022-01-24 00:10

1 reply

-niko +rigon/amanek

2022-01-24 05:47

OG WAY STRONGER NOW

2022-01-23 20:58

4 replies

Aleksib is 200 IQ POG IGL

2022-01-24 05:12

3 replies

aleksib iq is like 90 but nexa is something like 120 trust me bro I from Finland

2022-01-24 10:40

Aleks so overrated. Just an average, no better than nexa.

2022-01-24 18:51

ik nexa is so much better in og

2022-02-05 13:53

how unexpected

Niko downgrade

2022-01-24 08:26

YAY

yay plays valorant not cs

2022-01-23 21:04

2022-01-23 21:15

Pog!

one of the better introduction videos.

2022-01-23 22:14

Expected, but sad for nexa. Doubt he will achieve anything there

21 replies

hltv.org/matches/2344822/og-vs-natus-vin..

2022-01-23 18:49

20 replies

hltv.org/team/10503/og Show me at least 1 trophy or won event

14 replies

sad because navi got rekted by team with no trophies,navi only won major because OG wasn't there

2022-01-23 18:54

Hahhha, you are quite funny

2022-01-23 18:56

Hahahaha good one

2022-01-23 19:55

2022-01-23 20:23

tbh that was a good one

2022-01-24 10:50

Same with g2 ngl

2022-01-23 19:02

G2 at least made couple of finals last year. They just got unlucky with the opponent

2022-01-23 19:03

OG won Spring Sweet Spring #2. NAVI never won any of those tournaments. OG > NAVI easy

2022-01-23 19:47

Oh shit, well I guess og is a better team. Fuck me, how could have I forgotten about such a prestigious event? Silly me

2022-01-23 19:54

hltv.org/team/5995/g2 Show me at least 1 trophy or won event after 2017

2022-01-23 20:19

#56 I should have put big events, but still. They had chances to win every single final

2022-01-23 20:20

Champions cup 2019

2022-01-23 21:54

doesn't even show up on hltv as a trophy....

2022-01-23 22:26

2022-01-24 08:09

Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev

2022-01-23 18:57

flamie was 2nd fragging and they still lost

2022-01-23 18:59

idc i hate navi

2022-01-23 19:00

LMAO flamie on that navi lineup so outdated

2022-01-23 21:01

Online nobody cars

2022-01-24 10:24

actually a better move for OG than alkesib to G2

2022-01-23 18:48

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"⁠nexa⁠" Good igl and player "⁠valde⁠" Overrated player, can play tier 1 but he cant be the star player that og needs "⁠niko⁠" not a tier 1 rifler "⁠mantuu⁠" Solid awper "⁠flameZ⁠" Good young player, but cant play and develop alone top 20 roster

2022-01-23 18:51

10 replies

Agree, expect mantuu is shaky and unreliable

mantuu is just average top 20 team awper, not bad but nothing special, its like a broky

2022-01-23 18:55

Except broky got Top 20.

people said the same about old roster and they got top 6

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this roster is far worse than the issa and nbk roster

you are funny man,after they got kicked issaa is teamless and NBK went to val tells you all you need to know

lol just wait and see, this roster could be mad lions one, not tier 1

2022-01-23 19:04

you are funny man,before they got kicked niko was benched and flamez was on endpoint tells you all you need to know

2022-01-23 23:52

Nbk to mousesports. Looks like you know a lot.

2022-01-25 07:25

They peaked at top6 but lesser teams like BIG peaked at top1 so whats your point? They weren't even top6 for long either which is the sad part.

2022-01-24 11:22

noooooooooo

OG is done oh wait they already on the bottom

I would laugh at aleksi and his stans if OG plays better than G2

Why?

2022-01-23 19:22

trash team, i will have fun betting against them

tier 219838129893

Unexpected

nexa milk delivery,who is igl?

GL nexa!

he looks good in the Og jersey xD

Pog

Why the fuck would any non Danish team that wants to be above tier3 ever sign niko? This org is so dumb.

2022-01-23 18:50

Upgrade for og tbh

gl guys but I think the only impactful part of this transfer is the fact that Aleksi is now with G2 OG needs way more changes

-niko + amanek and this team will be good

Facts

2022-01-23 20:07

Would be the best pick up of all lately.

2022-01-24 06:45

+1 I'd really like this.

2022-01-24 07:52

All the best, Nexa! As the roster stands the way it does, I don't think one roster change is enough. Mantuu, FlameZ are good enough. Move Valde to support, and find a solid star Rifler. And then OG would be good.

-niko +frozen valde to support roles.

2022-01-23 23:50

Now it looks OP, no more "wanna be a pro" Aleksi, finally a well balanced team (though -Niko +Amanek would have been even better)

2022-01-23 18:52

milka uwu

Nexa deserves better

upgrade for OG xd

BIGGEST GOOD FKIN LUCK EVER NEXA WE LOVE U

Get rid of niko and get Jks and might be a good top 10 team

that photoshop of nexa is really bad lol

milk?

Yeah didn’t really understand that either

2022-01-24 06:47

NOW GET AMA

Poor Nexa

Promising young squad

-bot mantuu now and good roster

2022-01-23 19:01

Flamez out, is the real fake in csgo

now bench niko and get ama and you have a good team

nice recent activity

OG won this trade

no? they got scammed

2022-01-23 19:12

-Niko +Espiranto or something would be pretty good.

2022-01-23 19:05

Espiranto would be great with Nexa

That's why I said him specifically.

2022-01-23 21:37

2022-01-24 11:02

Suprised to not see iBait on #1 in this thread

upgrade

2022-01-23 19:10

Welcome another already dead team for 2022 like coL in 2021

Downgrade

2022-01-23 19:13

This aged well: twitter.com/nexaOG/status/13070568458577..

Hahahaha lmao

2022-01-23 19:30

This is a huge upgrade for OG, i cannot believe that G2 actually wants AleksiB over sexa!

UNEXPECTED AFTER G2 ALEKSIB NEWS

2022-01-23 19:14

POGU

2022-01-23 19:15

These are getting very cringe

2022-01-23 19:16

Valde can step up, flamez has potential but mantuu is too inconsistent. Also niko is not a rifler for a team who aims to be top 10, he really sucks. Not sure about Ruggah as well, guy has not achieved anything of importance. Gl in any case Nexa

2022-01-23 19:18

2022-01-23 19:19

#DreamOG

2022-01-23 19:20

That's a major upgrade to OG , aleksi is highly overrated now -niko +amanek and this team has some potential

2022-01-23 19:24

and what has nexa ever done as an igl? hasnt won shit with G2 despite having way more firepower than aleksi.

2022-01-23 23:04

lol

2022-01-23 19:33

I give this team max 2 months before some changes happen.

2022-01-23 19:34

igl swap kinda like a wife swap.

2022-01-23 19:35

Alexib is going to destroy G2 lol

2022-01-23 19:37

2022-01-23 19:38

I don't know about this tbh , nexa is good fragging igl and he has my full support , but i don't see this team acomplishing anything , maybe if they make few changes , niko first of all ... but i would like to see nexa in another team with much more experienced players i think he deserve that ...

Great guy and player, wish him luck.

2022-01-23 19:40

This lineup is weird

2022-01-23 19:43

sexa will whip the danes into shape OG 5 majors incoming

Should kick niko

2022-01-23 20:01

Nexa got downgraded, poor guy :(

2022-01-23 20:05

I wouldn't be surprised if OG would get better results with nexa then aleksib lol

2022-01-23 22:52

How though? :D

2022-01-24 08:05

Because OG has pretty decent players and aleksib accomplished nothing since ENCE and after that people say he top 3 igl but he did nothing since then maybe on g2 he will teach how to nade better but about tactics its all unknown until like 3 months passed when everyone expect them to perform like top 3 team from now xd

2022-01-25 02:06

Disband

2022-01-23 20:08

2022-01-23 20:10

Aleksib went to buy milk and never come back.

nexa :(

2022-01-23 20:27

gl OG and Sexa <3

2022-01-23 20:30

Hard to imagine that OG can be top 5 team with nexa when nexa couldnt get it done with Niko and hunter meanwhile OG dont have top 20 players

2022-01-25 09:14

LET'S GO KAKAFU!

2022-01-23 20:33

Goat Austrian

2022-01-24 09:50

2022-01-24 19:03

nice

2022-01-23 20:41

-niko and +bubzjki and this team can do some serious damage

2022-01-23 20:50

Best for OG! #GotMilkNexa

Pro gamer move, both teams not happy with their leadership so lets swap igls. What can go wrong?

usally you can reverse it in a swap

2022-01-23 21:48

I'm more excited for the new OG than G2

2022-01-23 21:23

Good for them

OG so afraid nexa wouldnt have any ideas about strats so they even sign kakafu as assistant coach. LuL

2022-01-23 21:56

I think because he said he didn't want to igl but i think maybe is personal reasons. maybe cause niko get to emotional idk xD

2022-01-25 02:15

2022-01-23 22:12

very urgent - niko

2022-01-23 22:24

this f*cked up g2

2022-01-23 22:34

Best of luck nexa! Sure going to miss him

2022-01-23 22:41

2022-01-23 22:42

SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD FUCK MAN NOT NEXA

2022-01-23 22:57

gl hf nexa, actually I think here you can be heard of in the right IGL way

2022-01-24 00:11

Not sure "niko go frag" will work so well for nexa on OG, but the best of luck to him.

2022-01-24 00:20

Go go sexa!

2022-01-24 00:30

How lucky is the OG team

2022-01-24 00:48

gl Nexa!

2022-01-24 00:50

OG 🌻

2022-01-24 00:58

The situation is a downgrade even tho nexa > alrksib skillwise

2022-01-24 01:09

G2 got scammed Sadge

2022-01-24 01:25

Good for Navi 😋

2022-01-24 01:58

nexa's best strat "NiKo go kill" won't work here, bcs OG niko is too bad

2022-01-24 01:47

OG offload the problem and signed a solution good job OG , Now I can like og csgo once more .

2022-01-24 01:57

hmhh, in what world you give up on nexa and take aleksib? hopefully this will work for both teams.

2022-01-24 03:32

bot out

both bad but ok

2022-01-24 07:11

Happy, nexa deserved a good team, he got into one

2022-01-24 07:16

niko+nexa strikes again

2022-01-24 09:24

hahahahahaha

2022-01-24 09:30

Og ruined

2022-01-24 10:22

+amanek and farlig or kennyS

2022-01-24 10:34

now -niko

2022-01-24 11:00

still niko's IGL

2022-01-24 13:35

Solid replacement for Aleksib, but still I think OG needs much more firepower to compete with the best, I think nexa and valde is a solid duo to build a team upon, but they desperately need more firepower to work with. GL OG!

2022-01-24 14:33