Sprout has removed ”Marko ”kressy” Đorđević from their lineup effective immediately. The roster change comes after a string of disappointing results. The team was eliminated quickly from the ESEA Premier S38 playoffs and did not manage to secure a single win at IEM Fall, which was the last RMR tournament before the upcoming major.

The German organization has not announced a replacement for “kressy” yet but says that they expect to have more news soon.

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In a must-win, Bo3-series Sprout welcomed FaZe to a brawl. Going into the series the clear favorite was of course FaZe, however, after the signing of the new in-game leader “karrigan” FaZe have had issues finding their footing. Today was a showcasing of exactly that, a FaZe who looked nothing like their previous self. Going all three maps Sprout managed to defeat and eliminate the legends of FaZe with a 2-1 victory and advance further in the Flashpoint 3 event.

The first map of the series took place on Mirage. The map was the map pick of FaZe and when looking at the statistics it makes sense. FaZe has a 70% win rate on Mirage in the past 10 official matches played on the map. And despite Sprout giving it their all, today was no different. Due to a strong CT-sided performance in the second half of the map, FaZe could walk away with a 16-10 victory on Mirage.

The second map was picked by the Germans of Sprout. Unsurprisingly the map picked by Sprout was Dust 2. It is by far their most played map recently and they have an impressive 62% win rate in the past 26 official maps played. Dust 2 was a close match between two rosters eager to win. Trading rounds it was unclear as to who had the upper hand. In the end, it was the Germans of Sprout to have the slight edge over their opponents and they managed to close out the map at 16-14.

The third map was set to take place on the map of Train. Securing an 11-4 scoreline in the first half it was Sprout to start Train the strongest. The second half continued as the first had ended, with Sprout dominating FaZe. Sprout kept piling on the pressure and ended up securing the victory at a scoreline of 16-10.

16-10 FaZe (Mirage) | coldzera 1.37 Rating / 76.2 ADR / 22-13 K-D

16-14 Sprout (Dust 2) | broky 1.34 Rating / 94.5 ADR / 27-20 K-D

16-10 Sprout (Train) | faveN 1.38 Rating / 94.7 ADR / 21-16 K-D

Josef "faveN" Baumann | 1.22 Rating - 63-49 K/D - 83.7 ADR - 79.3% KAST

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Sprout are now ready for the playoffs at European Development Championship after closing out the series 2-1 against Lyngby Vikings with an insane comeback on the decider of Nuke.

Dust2: 8-16 | birdfromsky – 1.40 Rating | 89.3 ADR | 22-13 K/D

Vertigo: 16-12 | kressy – 1.76 Rating | 121.8 ADR | 28-16 K/D

Nuke: 16-14 | NaToSaphiX – 1.45 Rating | 87.5 ADR | 27-19 K/D

Lyngby Vikings caught the German-side off guard on the opener of Dust2 and secured the first map of the series in a very controlled manner. Sprout answered back by taking Vikings’ pick of Vertigo, even though they were off to a slow start on CT-side. The German-side only allowed NaToSaphiX and company to grab 3 rounds as they switched sides and ended a nearly perfect T-side to equalize the series. It seemed like the Vikings would take the series on Nuke as they stormed to a 3-10 lead on T-side, but as the teams switched sides, Sprout came back from a 6-12 deficit with kressy playing a massive role for his team.

Marko “kressy” Dordevic – 1.22 Rating | 81.2 ADR | 60-48 K/D

Lyngby Vikings will fight once again tomorrow in the decider match against the winner of ex-ETHEREAL/forZe, while Sprout are set to face off against SAW in about a week.

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Sprout have officially returned to a German line-up after announcing the signing of Fritz “slaxz-“ Dietrich and Marko “kressy” Dordevic to complete their roster. After snatchie and dycha were placed on the transfer list early in December, the German organization began the work to build up a German roster following a failed bid to qualify for ESL Pro League.

The new addition has been top priority for Sprout since late last year when both players stated that they would not be renewing their contracts with ALTERNATE aTTaX which they had been playing for since the beginning of 2019.

Sprout have laso expanded their coaching staff by signing Jan “Jansen” Westerheide, who is a former Team analyst of BIG Academy.

kressy and company are set to return to action with their new roster on January 17 at ESL Meisterschaft.

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The German organization announced on Twitter, that they have parted ways with Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki.

Both "snatchie" and "dycha" were placed on the transfer list early in December. Rumours have speculated in a pure German lineup for the future with two ALTERNATE aTTaX players as replacements. Marko "⁠kressy⁠" Đorđević and Fritz "⁠slaxz-⁠" Dietrich have both rejected a renewal of their contract at ALTERNATE aTTax and seems to be the top priority at Sprout.

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Last week Sabit "mirbit" Coktasar announced that he was not going to renew his contract with ALTERNATE aTTaX. Yesterday Marko "⁠kressy⁠" Đorđević did the same.

Today a third player from the roster has announced his departure. This time it is Fritz "⁠slaxz-⁠" Dietrich.

- I won't renew my contract with Alternate aTTaX - but I‘m looking back at two really beautiful years in CS and my life. I couldn't have asked for a better team to start my professional career with and I will be forever grateful that Alternate made this possible for me - after only one season in the first division of Germany, where they bought me out of a difficult contract. I wish them nothing but the best for the future and I am sure, we will meet again on our upcoming paths to success. I also wish all my teammates success in whatever comes next for them, I really love all of you, the German player writes in a TwitLonger post.

ALTERNATE aTTax are down to two players at the end of the month.

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Marko "kressy" Đorđević won't be extending his contract with the organization as he seeks to leave in order to pursue his goals elsewhere. The 24-year-old was the second player to announce their leave from the roster, as Sabit "mirbit" Coktasar said his goodbyes with the organization and roster last week. "Kressy" announced his departure in a post on Twitter: 

Whilst he has not yet confirmed a new roster, he is reportedly on Sprouts' wishlist. According to dbltap.com both "kressy" and his former teammate Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich is being regarded as possible replacements for Paweł "dycha" Dycha and Michał "snatchie" Rudzki who have parted way with the German organization. 

Whether or not this transfer will happen is uncertain, but they are seemingly a great fit for the lacking roster of Sprout. 

The current #18 in the World is contemplating making changes on their roster.

According to dbltap.com, the organization is looking to create a full German roster for the future. Favorites to join the team are Fritz "slaxz" Dietrich and Marko "kressy" Đorđević from ALTERNATE aTTaX replacing Pawel "dycha" Dycha and Michael "snatchie" Rudzki.

Sprout peaked at the world ranking on 28th of September as number 16.

You can read the report from dbltap.com here:

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