Verdant recently signed “The Free” formerly under Viperio. They are making their debut on the stage at i71 as the first seed in ESL Premiership. A lot of people would have expected a sweep, and they delivered.
After their dominant victory, UKCSGO talks to Mohamad “Ducky” Nourelden who is one of their new signings alongside Andrew “Wolfie” Allan to talk about his first-ever game on a stage.
You have just won your first game on the stage beating Royal Signals. Firstly how does it feel to play your first-ever stage game and win?
It was very fun that is all I can say. It is nice seeing everyone watching. It is my first time in this whole environment?
Was it nerve-racking at all as it is not normally what you are used to? And could this have been a nice warmup for tomorrow?
Yeah definitely, I think tomorrow the nerves will kick In, but today I didn’t really feel that nervous.
Looking ahead, to your game versus Raptors AC, what are your expectations and thoughts?
They are a good team so we cannot let our guard down. I have played with them all for a long time and I hope to do well tomorrow. We expect to win but it can go any way.
Continuing on that point, you are playing on a stage versus your old team, does that make you want to do better?
Yeah for sure, I really want to beat them. They are the team we want to beat in this tournament besides Endpoint.
