Yatoro on The International 2026: “There are a lot of good teams here that can win the tournament”
Team Spirit’s carry, Ilya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk, spoke about playing in the tournament’s playoffs and the event itself in an interview at The International 2026.
On his feelings about returning to The International playoffs
Yes, I love this crowd, I like this arena, and I’m glad we won.
On whether he was surprised by the number of Team Spirit fans in the arena
Yes, it’s amazing.
On why 1win Team left Lone Druid for Team Spirit on the first map
I think they just forgot about Lone Druid when they picked Doom, but it was a pick we had prepared for, so we’re glad we were able to pick him.
On whether this is The International with the highest level of play
Yes, I think there are a lot of good teams here that can win the tournament, and we’ll try to be one of them.
Earlier, Team Spirit coach Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov shared his thoughts on returning to the year’s biggest tournament in an interview at The International 2026 and also assessed the play of the team’s new player, Alexey “not me” Kosmyinin.
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