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molodoy: 'We Had the Chance to Win — We Just Threw Our Game'

FURIA's Kazakh AWPer molodoy played in front of his home crowd at PGL Astana — and lost a heart-breaking 2-1 series to Falcons after multiple closeout chances.

molodoy: 'We Had the Chance to Win — We Just Threw Our Game'

Home-crowd elimination stings differently. Danil ‘molodoy’ Golubenko played FURIA’s entire PGL Astana 2026 run in front of his Kazakh fans and exited in 5-8th place after a 2-1 quarter-final loss to Falcons. His read on it: ‘We had the chance to win many times — we just threw our own game.’

The marathon series

FURIA won Mirage 13-9. Then dropped Nuke 20-22 after four overtimes and Dust2 17-19. The young AWPer thanked the local crowd for the support and acknowledged that this kind of experience is part of the process for a roster still rebuilding its identity. YEKINDAR had earlier framed Astana as the revival moment — the loss doesn’t undo that, but it makes the next event harder to feel buoyant about.

The Falcons compliment

m0NESY called the series one of the hardest matches he’s played in recent months because of the constant overtime pressure — and singled out molodoy’s individual impact. karrigan said his team’s victory showed growing confidence in high-pressure moments. Tauson added that karrigan’s calling helped Falcons stay composed during the chaos.

What’s next

FURIA take $40,000 in prize money and leave Astana with an identity-rediscovery story to build on. molodoy’s individual numbers across the tournament reinforced his standing as one of the best young AWPers in CS2. The PARIVISION-style decline coach Dastan described earlier in the week is exactly the trajectory FURIA’s Astana run has now bent away from — even in defeat.

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Marco Velasquez
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8 years covering professional Counter-Strike, former tier-2 CS:GO analyst. Reports on Tier-1 roster moves, Major coverage, and esports betting integrity.

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