siuhy on Vitality match: "They also need something special up their sleeve against us"

The Polish IGL says that MOUZ are coming into the final in red-hot form.

MOUZ's only trophy under Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek's leadership came in the last season of ESL Pro League, where they defeated Natus Vincere in the grand final. Since then, the team has come agonizingly close to several titles but ultimately failed to fill the trophy cabinet.

Their latest heartbreak came at IEM Chengdu, where they made it to the final only to fall at the final hurdle. Now, back in Malta, siuhy and company hope to crown their impressive performances with a tournament victory.

After their win against Complexity, the Polish IGL joined HLTV to chat about the game against the North Americans, the crowd support his team gets in Malta, and MOUZ's expectations for the final against Vitality.

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Congrats, you made the final. Talk me through your feelings right now.

Feels really good, especially because of how strong of a mentality we showed as a team. I'm really happy about that because we are still a young team, and things like this could get easily out of control, but we were able to manage it and move forward.

Talking about your mentality, I heard torzsi say "What is he doing" during his clutch against EliGE, when he accidentally shot. Do you think the pressure got to them?

I wouldn't say the pressure got to them. I think it was a good game from both sides, and both teams showed up in my opinion. We just feel really on fire right now, and coming into a game like this, we know that we are the favorites, and we just need to show it. I wouldn't say that the pressure had an impact on the result today.

On Ancient, you dominated the server and had that 1v4 clutch. I don't know if you heard, but the whole crowd screamed for each kill during it. How does it feel to have the crowd on your side?

It feels amazing. It's hard to describe this feeling, but even after the game, you're walking past the stage, and people are just screaming your name. It's an amazing feeling, and I never thought that I would be at a point where so many people are cheering for me and my team. So it's a very heartwarming feeling.

Last time you were here, you lifted the trophy, which was your only one in MOUZ so far, but you got very close many times. Do you think you can repeat the feat tomorrow?

Definitely. What we did last season is something that we can do again. Now, we are a different team, a more progressed and developed team. It's even more possible to do it now.

Would it mean even more after coming so close? You made the semifinals in Katowice, then made the finals in Chengdu. Would it mean a lot to get over that hurdle?

Yes. The end of the season is coming up, and for us to finally lift the trophy this season after the work that we put in, it will mean a lot. The players and the staff deserve it, so we will do everything to bring it home.

You'll be going up against ZywOo, who is definitely in form. What are your thoughts about that matchup?

We're just going to show up how we did in every other game. We play really good CS right now, we're in shape. We're also in form, so they also need something special up their sleeve against us. It's going to be a good game.