BESTIA CEO fights Major replacement after visa breakthrough: "Help me stop this injustice" *

21-5-2025 22:17

The Argentine side claims it has received assurances that its last two visas will come through by Monday.

tomaszin and Luchov will allegedly have their visas granted after weeks of failed attempts

Update 22:15 : BLAST confirm BESTIA's replacement by Legacy

"We regret to announce BESTIA will no longer be participating in the upcoming Austin Major, as the team was unable to secure the required U.S. visas for a sufficient number of eligible players," BLAST's post said.

"In their place, Legacy, the runner-up of the South American Major Regional Qualifier, will be stepping in to compete. We are pleased to confirm that Legacy has obtained all necessary travel documentation and will be attending the Austin Major."

Original story:

BESTIA's CEO, Alejandro "PapoMC" Lococo, has taken to X to make another plea to the community, asking for support in getting the team more time to receive the final two visas they need to attend the BLAST.tv Austin Major.

In a major breakthrough, which comes after Luciano "⁠luchov⁠" Herrera and Tomas "⁠tomaszin⁠" Corna's applications were repeatedly denied, Lococo claims that he has received confirmation that the two players will receive their visas by Monday, after all.

However, BLAST has allegedly already informed BESTIA that they have been replaced by the next team in line, Legacy, after failing to obtain the necessary visas in time for the deadline.

That was set for May 21, a little over a week before the teams qualified for Stage 1 are due to travel to Austin, Texas.

In his post, the BESTIA chief calls on the community once again, after he asked for help with obtaining the necessary visas earlier this week.

"I've just received confirmation from people who are giving their all to help us that we'll have visas for Lucho and Tomi by Monday," his post says.

"At the same time, we received an email from BLAST saying we'd be replaced by Legacy, whom we easily beat in the MRQ, and that they'd announce it in a few minutes. I'm asking everyone to make one last effort. Help me stop this injustice, and next week, Bestia will be representing Argentina at the Major."

BESTIA make plea for support to secure visas for Austin Major

would be good for them :)

2025-05-21 21:41

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x.com/Vitality_apEX/status/1925266197718.. Apex +rep

2025-05-21 21:45

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apex have always been a good guy. blasts hypocrisy pisses me off. More then willing to bend their rules when it fit them with Astralis and the whole br0 fiasco, now not so much ig.

2025-05-21 22:38

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perfect example that people with a platform should point out.

2025-05-21 22:47

if a EU team didn't get there you already know astralis was next up because "they finished 2nd in the latest tournament before the deadline" or sth like that lmao

2025-05-21 22:59

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Are the Astralis boys unfit to play this time?

2025-05-22 12:16

Community must remember this things and point out blast joke decision. Br0vid moments.

2025-05-21 23:50

USA and Visas, some things are never changes)

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can't wait for esport to finally die in that shithole, i can't remember a single t1 event where every team gets it's visa. and it'll only get worse now))

2025-05-21 21:47

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mad disrespectful man

2025-05-21 22:10

he right tho

2025-05-22 00:23

he right though, @golosefastgg deserves a NA major in his country too

2025-05-22 16:19

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we want Canada major big time … easier to get things done in this country because it’s smaller + more economic impact for us so approval is easier #TOMajor2026

2025-05-23 04:05

toronto major 2026 incoming ?!?1!1?

2025-05-23 05:30

Cry is free

2025-05-21 22:57

Well keep waiting bud, 40k tickets and a sold out event. Really heading for the chopping block

2025-05-22 13:31

Did you even read it bruh the visas are granted but blast replaced them because they didn’t submit by the deadline

2025-05-21 21:54

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Which is why there its called a deadline.

2025-05-21 21:56

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It is not like blast never made exception to their own rules before, blastralis incident instantly comes to my mind atleast.

2025-05-21 22:00

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I didnt say anything about blast. And im also pretty sure there are different rules on majors that transcends what blast wants or not.

2025-05-21 22:20

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You very much implied it though, you responded stating this: Which is why there its called a deadline. To a comment stating this: "blast replaced them because they didn’t submit by the deadline" Are you on the blast payroll or something lol.

2025-05-21 22:26

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forgot to put " on your quote but whatever, you should still get it.

2025-05-21 22:27

No im just saying deadline is a pretty simple word that no one should be able to misinterpret.

2025-05-21 22:29

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It is a simple word and I would not think this were a big issue unless Blast have willfully been very willing to bend their rules when it fit them. I very much dislike people and organisations being massive hypocrites.

2025-05-21 22:33

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Well the major is being held in a country that currently gives the word hypocrite a new meaning.

2025-05-21 22:34

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Not a big fan of the US either especially not their current administration but that does not make Blast any less terrible.

2025-05-21 22:36

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I dont see anyone able to take their place in the current ecosystem. They put money into the game, tbh we should be happy.

2025-05-21 22:37

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Nah I do disagree completely. We should not just be satisfied with them simply existing in the scene, they should have accountability like everybody else!

2025-05-21 22:39

Im not saying you cant enter a dialog about current problems, but they are the lifeblood of the game. Dont be too harsh.

2025-05-21 22:41

It truly feels like I am talking to a pr person from Blast, I am done with this conversation. Does not even feel like I am talking to a real person tbh.

2025-05-21 22:44

You haven't even entered an argument, you just tell me not to be satisfied with the status quo. That's not a very constructive path.

2025-05-21 22:45

all your arguments were please dont be so harsh of blast please. While he had genuine points which you didnt even respond to, kept going around the bush

2025-05-22 07:11

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I dont buy what your selling. All he said was that blast has been known to bend the rules AND he criticized them for it. Then it appears he wants them to bend them again now that it suits his agenda. So now when they actually uphold the rules, that’s not good enough either. Talking about being a hypocrite

2025-05-22 09:11

its called hypocrisy, when they bend their rules for 1 org which blast has been in favor of but not extending a deadline which are known to be extended and this guy is just calling out hypocrisy. The entire situation with bro was way worse compared to this. Astralis lied about Br0 being unfit just to play with cadian and still they only got a slap on the wrist for it and were allowed to play, while the org has no play in their visas and even got confirmation on their visas but hey deadline is a deadline

2025-05-22 09:14

I'm not weighing in on which case is worse. Sure the br0 thing was a real mess, and Astralis shit the bed there. I'm just saying you cannot fault them for upholding rules while criticizing them for not doing that exact thing. It doesn't make sense. The states are notorious for messing with Visas and while id like the spot to go to those who earned it, its only fair to have a deadline so that you can call in a replacement.

2025-05-22 14:20

do you work for blast? why are you riding them so hard? what the hell man. this is an injustice, and you defend it? LOL.

2025-05-22 08:19

Obviously i do not work for them, but i have a sense of logic.

2025-05-22 14:10

i understand that there's a deadline and you're "being logical", but you're also being an asshole, and blast has been very much known to show favouritism to teams that have made it. it's not fair if they've done it for other teams and won't do it for bestia. there's no excuse to not wait a few more days, especially considering that astralis was given an opportunity they most certainly shouldn't have had at a previous tournament. using logic is fine, but you can't have favouritism towards teams like blast seems to have and call it "logic". it's just unfair, regardless of what the guidelines were, because blast has broke those very guidelines purposefully for the benefit of teams before. why they won't do it now is just an injustice towards bestia and makes astralis look like more of a golden child. sucks.

2025-05-22 23:25

I’m not buying it. The teams that are going to standin needs enough time to prepare as well. It’s not ideal, but I’m not gonna give blast hate for actually trying to improve their handling of rules, after being flamed for exactly that. Giving me examples of how they have mishandled the rules in past tournaments is nothing but an argument for them to work on exactly that going forward. If not now, then when. Visa issues is a hitch, as we all want to see the most stacked major ever. But then again maybe they need to chose more neutral grounds. We live in a world where some counties are at war, of cause there are consequences for the counties involved, and the new administration in USA has been going crazy with border controls as well. I’m actually confused as to why there is not more visa issues. Especially for the Eastern European players.

2025-05-23 10:54

fair enough. it's just so strange that both bestia can't get visas in time for a major they had months to prepare for (i know conflict exists but cmon), and that blast won't even give a single bit of leeway for something like this. the whole situation feels like both sides absolutely messed up royally, and often, it's definitely more on the organizer in these types of scenarios. however, that being said, i completely agree. very surprised that there are not more visa issues with players, especially with how many different teams go to events now. think of how many countries have a t1/t2/t3 or even t4 team that has attended an a or s-tier tournament in the last 1.5 years? 75?

2025-05-24 07:21

yes because blast would NEVER bend a rule😂😂😂

2025-05-21 22:07

they've been trying to get the visas for ages and got rejected over and over again for seemingly no reason

Yes I know idk why they kept getting denied it was stupid but the fact that blast can’t make an exception for the major is crazy due to global circumstances. Idek why blast wanted to do one here with all the stuff we got going on tbh

2025-05-21 22:46

Did you even read it? It was very clear that the main reason why they got in this situation in the first place was because their visas kept getting declined.

2025-05-21 21:58

They didn’t submit it on time because they were denied several times

the visas were granted way too late, they have been trying to obtain it for a while now

2025-05-21 22:16

last ever major in that third world country please, come to Seoul I guarantee you the event's gonna be better

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mvp pk major champions

2025-05-21 21:42

VOLVO I BEG YOU LET US HAVE A SEOUL MAJOR ITS GONNA BE PEAK I SWEAR

2025-05-21 21:46

Is cs popular in Korea?

2025-05-21 21:49

2025-05-21 21:51

I arent think that

2025-05-21 21:53

i wish

2025-05-21 21:59

not anymore

2025-05-21 22:04

There are currently 0 active korean players. Xign was the last one for the past few years but he left for military service

Chinese will go there and watch

2025-05-22 11:08

I wonder, will Valorant fans come to watch a CS event or not

2025-05-21 23:43

mostly likely yes since a big chunk oft them are ex cs players.

2025-05-22 01:18

Dude, you guys are technically in a war. It would be dangerous!

2025-05-22 12:25

the two cs fans in south korea are gonna love a Seoul major!!

2025-05-21 21:50

I agree. Seoul is eSports mecca

seoul is a cool ahh name wish it was a cool ahh place

2025-05-22 04:01

Seoul overrated, come to Pyongyang. good food, good service, good views

2025-05-22 04:26

what about trans women?

2025-05-22 04:27

thailand/bangcock

2025-05-22 07:12

Solo on his burner account

2025-05-22 07:36

holy based

2025-05-23 01:14

fuck no, if a major were to be held in asia it would have to be in either china or mongolia and MAYBE kazakhstan, maybe. but already i don't see a major in kazakhstan ever happening, pgl Astana had 1/3rds of the arena empty, and for mongolia, well let's just say the country is not as developed, and china already had a major recently so no more asia majors for a while.

2025-05-23 05:58

BLAST TRYING TO ROB US #ArgentinaAlMundial

2025-05-21 21:48

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@AdemarCounter

2025-05-21 23:06

Not even ademarcounter would disagree on this

2025-05-21 23:12

you are brazilian lil bro

2025-05-22 12:09

BLAST TRYING TO SAVE US FROM 0-3 RUN #ARGENTINANOSCENE

2025-05-22 12:34

Portugal don't even have a team in the major

2025-05-23 04:52

it truly sucks... feel sorry for all argentine fans

2025-05-22 15:53

This is heartbreaking, get Bestia back in right now

help bestia

Legacy catching strays lul

they deserve it those losers said something among the lines "well it looks that we'll be in the major hell yeah" without even acknowledging that you got in because the team that beat you lost to bureaucracy

2025-05-21 21:44

i thought lux said BESTIA deserved to go to the major

no more USA majors

falseflagger

2025-05-21 22:50

probably Canadian

no, just smart enough to know the US visa process is too intense for any cs tournament

2025-05-21 23:13

it's intense for everyone why is cs so special?

2025-05-21 23:14

because us officials see Spanish sounding names and think they're gonna overstay their visa, and then deny it or delay the process as long as they can same as they do for people trying to become naturalized citizens

2025-05-21 23:40

He should be deported?

2025-05-22 12:27

we need someone with aura to speak on this situation such as jks or snax so that it could get resolved

VISAS are 100% CONFIRMED, we just need BLAST's confirmation 🙏

#justiceforbestia

ok but we would rather see legacy

who is we brother

the teams playing in the first stage would rather face those noobs yes

I would rather see the team that qualified fair and square

who's we, bro? both bestia and legacy are irrelevant imo, but bestia earned their spot.

Definitely something fishy with these South Americans. Replace them already

weirdo

what?

Least braindead Swedish fan

2025-05-21 22:48

Blast: Bestia is unfit to play

They should be allowed, 9Pandas were only forced to pull out 3 days before the major started, 2 weeks is a little harsh. Also curious who the second team rumored to have visa issues were, I assumed it was CW but we've heard nothing since

2025-05-21 21:43

Just swim or sneak over the border

and then play on a livestream?

2025-05-21 21:52

maybe we'll steal austin, kick them all and make it ours. what do you think?

What's going on with your flair man?

2025-05-21 22:49

Supporting america's greatest ally of course.

2025-05-22 03:58

more like vassal

2025-05-22 16:22

Rules are rules, unfortunately

Isn't it just a deadline which are extended all the time.

I reckon Blast must have extended it many times and if they didn't, it's Blast not PGL that gave 9Pandas until the very last week

Blast have gone against their own rules before when it fit them, remember the whole blastralis situation with br0?

2025-05-21 22:05

Exactly. They shouldn't have broken the rules for Astralis then and they shouldn't for Bestia now. Anyone who was mad when the rules were broken for Astralis and is now asking for the rules to be broken for Bestia is a hypocrit.

2025-05-21 23:44

but they broke the rules for asstalis and not for bestia, so blast is the hypocrite here, not the people who are calling for equality. people criticised blast for doing it and they still did it regardless so it really doesnt matter

2025-05-22 07:17

i support this plea the only likeable SA team.

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Nobody even knows they exist bro

if you don't know tomaszin, you're not living

tomaszin is a cry baby since losing to red canids lol

br teams should not be allowed to play in any tier1-2 events. they dont deserve to be there.

whats your argument about it? or just hating? did a brazilian stole your girl or something?

they make events boring, 4 br teams per event, all loser-bracket worthy.... and lower the overall quality of events. look at furia in kz, reaching playoffs only because they beat other br teams.... kscerato is the only good player.... but fallen is total trash.

2025-05-21 22:06

weak argument in your logic underdog teams from regions that dont usually win tournaments shouldt even qualify for t1 and t2 events cs would become boring if only the favorites would win all the time and brazilian cs is the second biggest in terms of viewership, only losing to russia also furia beat Gamerlegion and did GREAT against Spirit and Mongolz

2025-05-21 22:15

thats because kscerato is the only good player, but im not going to give furia any exceptions..... however how do you explain other br teams that are always present and lowering the quality of events? 4x asian cs teams would be better than 4x br teams.

2025-05-21 22:18

do you think it will be different if bestia actually plays? they WILL lower the quality of the event, they lose against any BR team, that series was an exception that last bit about asian cs is really dumb lol, the only asian team winning against brazil is mongolz, lynn vision and tyloo or rare atom literally cant win against brazil br teams are better than asia and oceania teams by a long shot

2025-05-21 22:23

lynn tyloo rare atom will spank any br team to tears... br teams have proven themselves time and time again to be 0-3 contenders and lower bracket participants. as for bestia, they qualified for the event, and they deserve to be there. legacy should just apologize, uninstall and let bestia play. dont make things hard.

you are really delusional or just rage baiting, i wont argue anymore and your scene is momo and pokemon who arent even playing in a team rn lol

2025-05-21 22:28

look gl with standin rekt furia fraud again. fallen "professor" is total scam marketing. hes more like "dropout". furia has no other br teams present for them to beat, and even if they did, its because of 'foreigners'. molodoy plays like he has far more experience than this noob fallen.

2025-05-21 22:51

thats why we like it

can we please stop hosting tournaments in this stupid country?

major in india pleaaaaase

2025-05-22 04:59

I feel bad for bestia. they deserve major ! pls no more USA majors

More like blast fault also, PGL major ask teams to be 3 days before major start. Blast 2 weeks? For what?

I mean none of this would have happened unless they kept getting their visas declined in the first place. Something that has always been a problem in the US and it has only gotten worse with their current administration, especially for Latin Americans for what should be obvious reasons for anyone who remotely follows current us politics.

2025-05-21 22:09

yes, blast acting weird you are right. but US visa process is trash

Please CS community, help us, help us BLAST. We ALREADY HAVE THE VISA, we just need BLAST CONFIRMATION

man i hope everything will be fine. BESTIA deserve this major spot, they earned it.

As much as I like seeing Argentinians get rekt (as a Brazilian, jk), this is FUCKED beyond reason, from all parties, but the players. They actually might see their dreams/chance to make it big get taken away because of incompetence of other people, after they have successfully done their part.

They could just win the next one from Budapest and it will all be fine. Now they have a lot of time to prepare.

2025-05-22 12:38

#ArgentinaAlMundial

Follow the rules, argenlusers, lol. Not blast fault

Volvo rules says 3 days not 2 weeks before the event start

if this is true, then they still have a chance. hopefully it works out

source?

2025-05-21 23:26

frfr

#74

last TOURNAMENT in that shit country please

allat just to go 0-3 hoping for the best for them tho

doesnt matter as long as you make it there... you know its a huge boost in order to get sponsors AND they get stickers

2025-05-21 22:22

the stickers are the main thing yeah, that can be multiple millions and it can legit make or break the financial season for some of these tier 2 orgs

2025-05-21 23:03

legacy doesn't deserve to be in the major.

Blast only bends rules for astralis

They sure did bend their rules hard that time with br0 and all. A lot of people on here seem to very conveniently forget about that whole incident, seen multiple users say stuff like "just follow the rules" or whatever on here lmao. Hope they come to their senses on this, the bestia boys deserves it.

i love legacy but come on, bestia win fair, they deserve it

Blast gonna replace them by Astralis for sure

Bestia is not EU

but blast is blast

2025-05-21 22:40

yea but valve would probably screw them badly if they did this

2025-05-22 11:42

And br0 was fit to play

Need more pressure on Blast from top players, casters , etc. Bestia deserve this Major

what the fuk can i do

2025-05-21 22:19

Damn they really announced that they are not going to give them any more time, that is insane. Since when does Blast ever stand by their principle? They for sure did not do it with Astralis and the whole br0 incident. I am very disappointed but not at all surprised.

thats so sad

Man, those visa issues are getting annoying.

2025-05-21 22:24

wow disgusting, again team that doesnt deserve to play a major got in

2025-05-21 22:25

rip 9pandas

Blast is a joke, strange they didn't decide to give this spot to Astralis

They are massive hypocrites for sure, very willing to bend their rules when it fit them but not this time apparently.

2025-05-21 22:35

Unlucko no justice for bestia

TOs should stop with the tournaments in that banana republic. The same crap every time.

mhm

i fckin hate bestia and argentine but this is disguting from blast

2025-05-21 22:43

"replaced by Legacy, whom we easily beat in the MRQ"" he just had to throw that in there lmao sad tho, really wanted to see tomaszin at the major and an argentine team wouldve been a cool inclusion

honestly that was uncalled for, they had my full support but this was just so unprofessional, like legacy has anything to do with all of this

2025-05-21 23:32

more like an answer for dumau interview. he said something like "in 10 matches we could ve won 9 vs bestia" or smth like that. in the middle of this whole visa situation from them , cant really blame the ceo for that tbh

2025-05-22 00:06

no more blast major

First 9Pandas a few majors ago and now Bestia.. we can't have anything nice

2025-05-22 12:43

#JusticeForBestia

This would be the best time to "break the rules" by Blast. This shit doesn't even benefit them or am I wrong??

They don't want a default losd on the bracket if Bestia is bluffing, which would lose them a ton of sponsor money. For Legacy to travel, they need to buy plane tickets as fast as possible at already very inflated prices. So it's more about not losing money.

2025-05-22 01:08

what a shame, i liked blast before

2025-05-21 22:53

"we'd be replaced by Legacy, whom we easily beat in the MRQ" on this saying they dont deserve it

2025-05-21 22:54

Feels bad man... Atleast we got another promising team to watch in their place

no more US majors please

Trumpmerica lul

2025-05-21 23:00

Big L for making the decision so fast

2025-05-21 23:01

All the teams should just boycott Blast and organize their own tourney in its place... Disgusting behavior from Blast, there's no reason why there should even be a deadline in place this far out

Here we are once again Blast distorting reality on which teams and players should go to their event

imagine if it would be s1mple, they would immediately move the major a week. double standards

2025-05-21 23:17

BLAST AGAIN LMAOOO FUCK BLAST Imagine if it was S1mple or Astralis who could not obtain US visa they would move whole major to next week for him.

2025-05-21 23:19

isnt VISA issues related to government n shit. Not much blast can do right?

2025-05-21 23:22

The thing is BESTIA already obtained their visas

2025-05-21 23:25

oh that sucks. Most of those players probably will never reach a major again... :(

2025-05-21 23:27

they didn't, they are saying that someone told them they will get it, but who knows if that's true

2025-05-21 23:33

Unluko

XDDDDDDDDD

2025-05-21 23:58

2025-05-22 00:04

BLAST frauds

2025-05-22 00:18

This is only happening because 1xbet isn't sponsoring Blast

2025-05-22 00:31

Worst day ever

2025-05-22 01:38

Big sticker money went down to DRAIN.

2025-05-22 01:45

TF they could say least be like PGL with 9pandas why so early replacement

2025-05-22 02:44

Legacy paying blast money under the table

ikr right so fishy

2025-05-22 12:48

DESERVED FOR MATCHFIXING

2025-05-22 03:52

#StopBlast #ArgentinaAlMajor

2025-05-22 05:32

HELLO BLAST VALVE HERE LAST MAJOR?

2025-05-22 06:15

Common Blast L

2025-05-22 08:00

Imagine if BLAST extend the deadline for them and they still don't have the visas after all.

2025-05-22 08:17

But they have visas? We have have 2 weeks till major starts, not 3 days like with 9pandas in copenhagen

2025-05-22 09:15

They do not have the visas. The guy literally said "I've just received confirmation from people who are giving their all to help us that we'll have visas for Lucho and Tomi by Monday".

2025-05-22 10:07

x.com/PapoMcArg/status/19260394122798370.. Check again

2025-05-24 02:37

Not sure i like that Legacy would be their replacement. They're all Brazilian but have dual citizen ship and are based in NA. The compete in NA ECL and do a majority of their qualifiers in NA.

2025-05-22 08:28

#BLASTMAJORBOICOTT The Majot wont happen :)

2025-05-22 08:30

from the best organizer to one of the worst, what a downfall blast

2025-05-22 08:37

Blast with shit format and events with no crowd. Major with online MRQ. And now this shit. The downfall if blast needs to be studied.

2025-05-22 08:45

I don’t understand why people insist on holding an international event in the US. Let them play between themselves and claim their “world champion” like they do in every other sport.

2025-05-22 09:40