Juve open to offers after ITB fail to reach Major

The Portuguese coach notably led the team to the playoffs of the Paris Major.

Juve's time with ITB could be coming to an end

Into the Breach coach Gustavo "⁠Juve⁠" Alexandre has announced that he is available to listen to offers both as a coach and an analyst. The revelation came just days after the team failed to qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen.

ITB gave a disappointing account of themselves in the Europe RMR A tournament, where they were eliminated with a 0-3 record following defeats to G2, BetBoom and 3DMAX. The team had inserted Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting back into the starting lineup in December, this way retaining the core of the lineup that had reached the playoffs of BLAST Paris Major.

"Even though I'm still contracted to Into the Breach, I'm available for offers," Juve wrote on X/Twitter.

"I'm looking to keep my role as coach, but an analyst role is also something I would consider."

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3DMAX knock Into the Breach out of Europe RMR

Juve joined Into the Breach in January 2022, re-signing with the organization a year later after it had parted ways with the entire CS:GO squad at the end of the season. The new team made an unlikely run to the quarter-finals of the Paris Major before losing to eventual winners Vitality.

Into the Breach went through multiples changes in the months that followed the Major. Sebastian "⁠volt⁠" Maloș and Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson were transferred to GamerLegion and TSM, respectively, and Thomas was moved to the bench. Juve was also benched at one point and replaced by Martin "⁠trace⁠" Heldt, only to return to the team less than three months later.

Currently ranked 57th in the world, Into the Breach will now shift their focus to the European open qualifiers for IEM Dallas, scheduled for March 2-5.

Romania Sebastian 'volt' Maloș
Sebastian 'volt' Maloș
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
491
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
United Kingdom Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
641
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.71
United Kingdom Thomas 'Thomas' Utting
Thomas 'Thomas' Utting
Age:
26
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1173
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.68
ITB is finished!!!!
2024-02-18 11:27
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5 replies
Another Rallen team failed. What is that now? 14 failed teams?
2024-02-18 13:33
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4 replies
botmas overrated in that lineup is the reason this lineup failed. bring back volt , and joel instead of cypher
2024-02-18 22:07
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3 replies
You are right. Someone should give him the 15th chance
2024-02-18 22:17
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1 reply
wdm? TSM gave him a chance and OVER PROVED HIMSELF.. 1.50 rating 1 man army ... playing with overrated valde , interz type players.. this is mini-DONK
2024-02-18 23:06
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"Bring back volt" yeah I'm sure gl will just hand him over
2024-02-19 11:38
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#5
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Romania Coxmin
to saw !
2024-02-18 11:27
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#35
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Portugal OwnedBro
Only to be analyst or smth, not coach. And the anaylst position is also taken
2024-02-18 12:40
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#6
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Bulgaria VikiliteX
AllegriOut
2024-02-18 11:28
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1 reply
He should stay
2024-02-18 17:24
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Why would someone want you when you failed so miserably?
2024-02-18 11:28
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13 replies
How so? Terrible team. He overachieved.
2024-02-18 12:42
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I want to understand what you mean. What were your expectations from ITB in the rmr?
2024-02-18 13:50
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10 replies
Make at least one close game. High expectations, I know.
2024-02-18 15:21
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9 replies
#71
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Ukraine Xe0m
they won 1 map vs 3dmax
2024-02-18 15:59
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1 reply
And got stomped without a chance on the other 2 , wasn't close
2024-02-18 16:17
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Even though it wasn't the team they've been playing with and they lost a bunch of players since the last major?
2024-02-18 16:33
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6 replies
Coach had time to prepare them
2024-02-18 16:49
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5 replies
Ok, and can you give me a list of examples that show it was the coach at fault rather than the players?
2024-02-18 16:54
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4 replies
What list do you need. Coach has a say in making the team and is the first responsible for the results
2024-02-18 16:59
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3 replies
#83
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Portugal trusttt
The coach doesnt aim for the players, the team is crap, deal with it.
2024-02-18 17:08
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1 reply
The important thing their logo is lit.
2024-02-19 04:25
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Anything you think backs up your claim that the coach failed miserably
2024-02-18 17:22
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#54
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United Kingdom SnO0py
You do realise he lost his best players after the Major right? Team was guaranteed to fail.
2024-02-18 14:11
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Thought Juventus is buying a CS team
2024-02-18 11:28
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6 replies
+1 lmao
2024-02-18 11:30
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+1
2024-02-18 12:16
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#39
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Russia X1QHD
+1.xDDDD
2024-02-18 12:44
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that would be interesting considering Juventus is getting fined for corruption and unsportsmanlike conduct every year
2024-02-18 12:53
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Hahahaha
2024-02-18 14:03
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matchfixing would go crazy
2024-02-18 15:42
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#9
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Poland Obajtek
2faced
2024-02-18 11:29
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No hate for the guy, but how does someone so young and with no playing history become a coach even?
2024-02-18 11:29
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#21
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Portugal Gklys
I understand your point, but in 2022 he helped smooya's mix (benched heroes) reach the rmr (people might not remember because calyx and aunkere had trouble with visa and they were replace by another team) , and later in 2023 he made a deep run at the major with a team that no one thought could reach there.. So we can only admit that he has some given proofs
2024-02-18 11:55
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wtf does this have to do with anything? Maybe his profile fits the coach role Why do you assume you gotta have a playing history to become coach? you can just understand the game but not be good at it.
2024-02-18 11:56
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6 replies
Lmao what a shit take
2024-02-18 12:29
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#33
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Dudara | 
Latvia Dudara[d]
I mean yes and no, in sports usually the worst players become coaches. But he's 21, the age is a big red flag, because you usually need a lot of experience to become a coach and the fact he never played anything of significant also limits his scope of coaching abilities.
2024-02-18 12:30
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why do you need a lot of experience to become a coach when you don't need a lot of experience to become a player? and being a coach if fairly easy compared to being a player. You don't need necessarily learn from experience to be good at something, you can just... learn
2024-02-18 12:41
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#40
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FalleN | 
Brazil dungahk
it's a lot about respect tho, that's why teams like G2 and FaZe got legendary players as their coaches because the players are far more likely to respect what the coach is saying if they were great players before and have won big tournaments. if you were never really a player then analyst might be a better role as it's not directly linked to leadership.
2024-02-18 12:48
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that's a fair take, but if your team wants a tactical coach and not someone to just scream behind you and hype you up then the knowledge that coach has about the game (acquired from experience or not) should be what stands above everything else. You wouldn't rule out a guy who is seemly smart and is demonstrably showing what is right or wrong just because he has no experience. I honestly doubt that TaZ or NEO has any actual imput on the tactical side of the game. Like what the hell he's gonna pause a game for? ''Hey guys listen, let's calm down and win ok? LET'S GO''
2024-02-18 12:54
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#44
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FalleN | 
Brazil dungahk
yeah I understand what you say, I can't say whether NEO and TaZ have any input or not, because I don't know, but I think my point is about the players actually listening or not to what the coach says, sometimes they can pretend they agree but in the actual game they do something else because they don't respect what they coach is saying, I'm not saying that can't work, but it will depend on the type of players in the team
2024-02-18 12:57
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Being young and with no playing history doesn't mean not being able to manage a group of players and craft some winning tactics. Look at José Mourinho for exemple.
2024-02-18 13:32
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He has a lot of cs experience from very young, played for a bit in ftw, but eventually got sidelined into assistant coach or something like that, then got fed up with the organization and left looking for a coaching position, which he found in ITB. I think that everyone can agree that even with some good players like cypher he overachieved with ITB. After major, the team got poached and that's it. It was also apparent that there were some problems with the ambient in the team because of the way that neofrag incident played out, that he was ratted by his team for making some racist comments during a match against mongolz and then kicked.
2024-02-18 15:26
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Serbia nnikolaS
I obviously don't know his dynamic with the team and what he contributes, but there's no way that I would transfer-list the coach and NOBODY ELSE if I was ITB watching them play vs G2 was hilarious, it felt like a 3.5k elo stack against five 2100 elo solos, everyone is so ass
2024-02-18 11:30
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can give 20 zloty
2024-02-18 11:32
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Wow thats like 20.000.000 rubles!
2024-02-18 15:32
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isnt that tonali from newcastle ?
2024-02-18 11:32
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Mad how cypher carried ITB to major, please get him back !!
2024-02-18 11:34
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Not doing so well in his team atm and about to be cut if i remember correctly So they could actually get him back i guess
2024-02-18 15:19
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+1 Heavily implied by Kassad that CYPHER will be cut. Haven’t seen him play on Bleed at all but yeah supposedly he lost his touch a bit. Him and ITB could make something happen if they get him back and he returns to his old form.
2024-02-18 21:47
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#101
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Europe yommamas
can't believe Cypher left for fuck all
2024-02-19 09:20
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No neo no major
2024-02-18 11:49
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3500 tenge and Juve will be my personal coach. What do you think about this offer?
2024-02-18 11:50
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#24
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Finland Misttaa
I think the mental in this team isn't great. Juve and Thomas took breaks a while ago and now juve is leaving. I think that major run has messed with them more then just having their players stolen.
2024-02-18 12:03
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#102
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Europe yommamas
nah, Neofrag was just too based for them
2024-02-19 09:21
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#25
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Armenia VirtusNo
who would risk it with onehit wonder team coach, maybe some tier 3 team
2024-02-18 12:06
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#26
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Czech Republic sobrez
Can't blame him, run if u can bro
2024-02-18 12:08
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#28
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Lithuania sqvar3
Even botmas couldn't save this team.
2024-02-18 12:14
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21yo coach? Weird
2024-02-18 12:21
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abandon ship?? HAHHAHA
2024-02-18 12:26
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#34
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Monaco jusstey
something nice for him
2024-02-18 12:31
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#41
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Romania xceedw
Well, how can a coach who can't lead the team tovictory is looking for another team to win games? doesnt make sense, oh wait, is he blaming the players? even he goes to g2 can't win anything. 21 yo coach, he has not even played the game, how can he coach others?
2024-02-18 12:50
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He can't, he's a professional scammer (one of countless others across countless industries) Some people were just born to scam
2024-02-18 17:59
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save rallen from this team
2024-02-18 13:22
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So he can fail another?
2024-02-18 15:33
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1 reply
what? the team is just ass and rallen has performed most consistently topping the board
2024-02-18 15:57
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The players suck. No coach is gonna make them magically have tier1 aim
2024-02-18 13:27
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+1 think Thomas can perform at T2 level elsewhere but if this coach has big aspirations he needs to leave ITB. Destined to be a run of the mill team
2024-02-18 14:52
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Caused a few upsets in Paris when CYPHER was having a good run.... Back to being t3 team Only SMOOYA can save UKCS. Worrying.
2024-02-18 13:48
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#77
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Portugal ImACG
cypher mezii thomas smooya azuwu c: dephh / keita
2024-02-18 16:36
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Damn, didn't even try
2024-02-18 13:49
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Man I got baited, I thought the title said Juventus wanted to buy ITB
2024-02-18 14:12
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#56
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Brazil darkfroid
hello furia
2024-02-18 14:16
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pls don't go to NiP
2024-02-18 14:24
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probably good for itb but i feel like they need more than a new coach
2024-02-18 15:37
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#69
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Malaysia biatche
he could coach aleksib..... they have plenty in common
2024-02-18 15:53
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#76
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Portugal ImACG
2022-01-07 – 2022-12-10 Into The Breach (Coach) 2022-12-10 – 2023-02-02 Free Agent 2023-02-02 – 2023-08-02 Into The Breach (Coach) 2023-08-02 – 2023-10-25 Into The Breach (Inactive Coach) 2023-10-25 – Present Into The Breach (Coach) WTF is the management ?
2024-02-18 16:34
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#78
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mezii | 
United Kingdom sebmaq
would h ave been interesting to see what the old lineup could have achieved. Cypher was playing out of his mind
2024-02-18 16:39
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Get a job kid
2024-02-18 17:58
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#89
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Portugal Marlloff
God luck my boy...
2024-02-18 18:05
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#96
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Germany Charlsen
Why not to OG?
2024-02-18 22:15
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G? 3? X?
2024-02-19 01:06
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