Saksa Summed Up Team Yandex’s Performance at the Esports World Cup 2026

Martin “Saksa” Sazdov stated that in the third-place match at the Esports World Cup 2026, Team Yandex demonstrated a higher level of preparation than in the series against PARIVISION for a spot in the grand final.

The player made this statement on Twitch.

“We played much better today than yesterday. We’re in good form today. Everything’s great. We’ll rest a bit, recharge, and prepare for TI to fix the things we did poorly in our matches—for example, against PARIVISION. We’ll head into TI in good spirits.

I hope so. They might release something new. Who knows? There’ll be a break before TI, so we’ll have time to prepare.”

According to a statement by Martin “Saksa” Sazdov, after the Esports World Cup 2026 concludes, the Team Yandex players will take a break from the tournament, after which they’ll begin preparing for the upcoming The International and analyzing the team’s mistakes at the EWC. The esports player also doesn’t rule out the possibility that the developers will release a patch before TI that changes the meta, but he hopes his team will have enough time to prepare.

As a reminder, Vladimir “Maelstorm” Kuzminov previously commented on Team Yandex’s loss to PARIVISION in the Esports World Cup 2026 playoffs.