Juve returns as coach of Into the Breach, trace departs

25-10-2023 21:00

The team's former skipper returns from the bench after stepping back in August.

Juve has returned to stand behind a very different-looking ITB roster

Gustavo "⁠Juve⁠" Alexandre has returned from personal leave and has re-assumed his role as head coach of Into the Breach, a move which simultaneously results in the departure of Martin "⁠trace⁠" Heldt after less than three months.

Juve stood behind Into the Breach during their Cinderella run to the quarter-finals of the BLAST.tv Paris Major, and was the team's skipper for the better part of two years.

After their result in France, the team lost its British core with the departure of Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson and Sebastian "⁠volt⁠" Maloș, and Juve stepped back from the roster shortly after their last-place exit from the IEM Cologne Play-in.

Juve steps down from Into the Breach: "Sometimes you have to focus on you"

His place was taken by former Astralis and Astralis Talent coach trace, but the team struggled to stabilize with its new roster and were forced to make changes twice, once with the termination of Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar's contract and again when Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting stepped down.

The team has largely taken part in online competitions in the last two months, coming just short of qualifying for the European BLAST Premier Fall Showdown but otherwise faltering early in their last three CCT event appearances, recording just one series win.

That is a trajectory that Into the Breach will hope to course-correct with the return of their 20-year-old coach, although he will need to familiarize himself with two new faces in Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev and Kévin "⁠misutaaa⁠" Rabier as he adjusts to the new-look roster.

Into the Breach have:

Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz
Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel
Aurimas "⁠Bymas⁠" Pipiras
Kévin "⁠misutaaa⁠" Rabier
Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev

Gustavo "⁠Juve⁠" Alexandre (coach)

Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting (inactive)

2023-10-25 21:00

fraglider reported on this so long ago, they took a long time to announce it

no one car, dead team

young experience

2023-10-25 21:01

wtf

good this team is still promising imo not getting enough match time atm though

2023-10-25 21:04

I just want to remind everyone that he was the coach when they did thier legendary Paris Major run.

2023-10-25 21:06

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Thanks for this comment man. If not for your comment I would have forgotten I read the exact same line in the article seconds before

2023-10-26 09:02

Now they just need a real Awper and they might be a pretty good t2 team.

2023-10-25 21:07

good move

imgur.com/a/ii4BBI4

2023-10-25 21:08

misuta Dem0n

2023-10-25 21:09

get cypher back pls

2023-10-25 21:10

nice move

2023-10-25 21:12

20years old and a coach yikes how does a person like that learn anyone anything on the pro scene i dont understand one bit

2023-10-25 21:14

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Dude, there are top football managers with barely any experience playing the game, at least at the top level, even in other e-sports like LoL, many coaches never played professionally.

2023-10-25 21:17

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not any 20year old dude, all coaches that coach either with experience or no experience on the field as a player have a education in coaching and it takes step by step to get to lets say the PL and La liga so you cant compare that at all and nooooone of them is 20 that has never happend

2023-10-25 22:03

Juve has more than proven himself as a great coach so not sure why you're bringing age into this.

2023-10-25 22:53

2023-10-25 21:26

Then become a coach or analyst yourself

2023-10-26 00:43

what does that have to do with anything

2023-10-26 01:26

save Qikert

2023-10-25 21:16

like we care about coaches other than HUNDEN

2023-10-25 21:21

Like we care about DOGH*NDEN

2023-10-26 00:45

nice

2023-10-25 21:24

-juve +juve best move

2023-10-25 21:30

Juve's history juve - into the breach juve - ex-into the breach juve - into the breach juve - ex-into the breach juve - into the bin juve - into the breach juve - ex-into the breach

2023-10-25 21:55

-15 points Juventus

2023-10-25 21:35

20 years old already made top8 major what a legend

2023-10-25 21:46

Big ++ in my book. They had trace and still were loyal to their coach through his troubles.

no one cares about this random mix F for neofrag

2023-10-25 22:07

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40% winrate, neofrag's gotta be real happy about that kick ngl

2023-10-26 00:46

I'm only sad for Qikert, man deserves better

2023-10-26 08:33

Agreed

2023-10-26 10:45

ez for Juvenus

2023-10-25 22:09

why was he kicked tho?

"Gustavo "⁠Juve⁠" Alexandre has returned from personal leave and has re-assumed his role as head coach of Into the Breach, a move which simultaneously results in the departure of Martin "⁠trace⁠" Heldt after less than three months."

2023-10-26 00:48