{"id":33299,"date":"2026-01-25T16:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=33299"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:33:02","slug":"team-liquid-to-compete-without-naf-at-iem-krakow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/team-liquid-to-compete-without-naf-at-iem-krakow\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Liquid to Compete Without NAF at IEM Krakow, Krimbo Steps In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Team Liquid <\/strong>will play at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/news?l=english\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/news?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEM Krakow 2026<\/a><\/strong> without their main player, Keith \u201c<strong>NAF<\/strong>\u201d Markovic, one of their most experienced players. <strong>NAF<\/strong>, the Canadian rifler, is missing the event because of urgent family<em> <\/em>reasons. The team shared this news on social media, asking fans to respect his<strong> <\/strong>privacy and offering support to him and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karim \u201c<strong>Krimbo<\/strong>\u201d Moussa will fill in for <strong>NAF <\/strong>at the event. The 23-year-old German rifler last played for <strong>BIG <\/strong>and has not competed since October 2025, when he was benched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Due to urgent family matters, NAF will not be attending IEM Krakow. Our full support is with him &amp; his family during this time, and we kindly ask that his privacy be respected.<br><br>In the meantme, Krimbo will be stepping in until NAF is able to return to the active roster. We thank\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Team Liquid CS (@TeamLiquidCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamLiquidCS\/status\/2015137936468291614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liquid\u2019s Roster for IEM Krak\u00f3w<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/krimbo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/krimbo-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/krimbo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/krimbo-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/krimbo-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/krimbo-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karim <strong>\u201cKrimbo\u201d <\/strong>Moussa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Team Liquid\u2019s <\/strong>lineup for the<strong> IEM Krakow<\/strong> will be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Roland <strong>\u201cultimate\u201d <\/strong>Tomkowiak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guy <strong>\u201cNertZ\u201d <\/strong>Iluz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamil <strong>\u201csiuhy\u201d <\/strong>Szkaradek<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan <strong>\u201cEliGE\u201d <\/strong>Jablonowski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karim <strong>\u201cKrimbo\u201d <\/strong>Moussa (stand-in)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viktor <strong>\u201cflashie\u201d <\/strong>Tam\u00e1s Bea (coach)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Liquid will start the event with a<strong> Play-In<\/strong> match against <strong>Ninjas in Pyjamas<\/strong> on <strong>January 28<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What This Means for Team Liquid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NAF <\/strong>has been a key part of<strong> Team Liquid\u2019s CS <\/strong>roster for years, known for his consistent performance, clutch plays, and adaptability. His absence in <strong>Krakow <\/strong>is a big change as <strong>Liquid <\/strong>looks to move forward in one of the season\u2019s first major international LAN events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is a big chance for <strong>Krimbo<\/strong>. After being benched at <strong>BIG <\/strong>in late 2025 and spending months away from top-level play, filling in at <strong>IEM Krakow<\/strong> gives him a chance to show his skills on one of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/news?l=english\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/news?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CS2\u2019s<\/a> <\/strong>top stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Liquid will play at IEM Krakow 2026 without their main player, Keith \u201cNAF\u201d Markovic, one of their most experienced players. NAF, the Canadian rifler, is missing the event because of urgent family reasons. The team shared this news on social media, asking fans to respect his privacy and offering support to him and his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":33300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-33299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33303,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33299\/revisions\/33303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}