HR|TAFA: "Decision is not fair"

HellRaisers manager Taufiq "TAFA" Khidri says he sees no reason for his team to be given a default loss to mousesports in the Extreme Masters relegation stage. 

The Ukrainian team were due to play against mousesports on Tuesday in the Extreme Masters European Championship relegation stage, but missed the match as the players were on their way home after competing in Arbalet Cup at the weekend.

Despite HellRaisers' attempts to have the match rescheduled, they were given a default loss as mousesports did not agree on playing later than initially planned as it would fall very close to the EPS Finals.

And Khidri has now declared that it was not his team's fault that they could not be online in time to play the match.

"Yesterday at 13:00 we received information about the match," he told HLTV.org "On this day the entire team flew from Stockholm to Kiev, and the players were on the trains (they live in different cities in Ukraine). Therefore, no one was able to check the e-mail.

"This game was very important to us and we are very disappointed that the organizers have deprived the audience from this match at such a crucial stage of the tournament."

After mousesports finished their group behind KerchNET, Khidri believes the Germans wished to avoid a new confrontation with a Ukrainian side, and has called on the community to support them.

"One gets the impression that mouz just do not want to play with us," he noted. "Throughout the season, we approached the game responsibly and always acted with dignity.

"In my opinion, the decision to give us a technical defeat is simply not fair. I hope that the international gaming community will support us."

Stay tuned to HLTV.org for full coverage of the Extreme Masters European Continental Finals.