MODDII: "We played very well"

We had a quick chat with Andreas "MODDII" Fridh in the wake of fnatic's 2-1 victory against Natus Vincere in the PGS final, and asked the Swedish star about his team's display against the Ukrainians.

The Scandinavian side lost the first map, de_train, 22-18, but then turned the score around by winning de_dust2 and de_tuscan 16-13 and 16-5, respectively.

The second map got interrupted by almost an hour half way through the second half after the problems with the internet connection caused three players to disconnect from the server. The solution found was to replay the round, which fnatic had won, and set up $6,000 startmoney for Michael "Friis" Jørgensen and $4,500 for the rest.

In this interview, Fridh discusses fnatic's convincing victory on de_tuscan, the impact that the break had on his team and his expectations for DreamHack Winter.

Your team came out on top of de_tuscan 16-5. Did you expect such an easy job, considering that Na´Vi had already lost to Anexis on that map?

No, I did not expect that. I was really surprised. We played really well, we changed our playing style and they could not do that much about it. We just played very well and made all the right decisions.

After the break, you started playing better. Were you angry at Na´Vi and seeking revenge?

We were not angry at Na´Vi. We were really tired and it was annoying that the admins did not really know how to solve the problem. We just wanted to start playing. But it was nice to have a break, to break their momentum and to talk with the players, so I think it was really good for us.

What is your opinion about the admins' decision?

You can always talk about it. We did not agree on everything. The break benefited us but the decision itself did not, because we had won that round, we were up 3-0, and they would have to go on eco, so it would probably go 4-0 for us. But after the break we took one round and then lost the next one.

After the K1 League, your team will switch to CS:GO. What do you think about the game?

I have played it just a few times, and it was a month-and-a-half ago or something. We are going to talk about it when we come home from Romania and we will see what happens.

You will only have like one week to prepare for DreamHack Winter. Do you think that it would better not to attend the event at all?

I think we are going to attend it anyway, just to see how it goes and how good we are in that game. We will try to have fun and try to play against the top teams and hope for the best.