{"id":35891,"date":"2026-04-02T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=35891"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:49:16","slug":"hally-will-miss-iem-rio-and-pgl-astana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/hally-will-miss-iem-rio-and-pgl-astana\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Spirit coach hally to miss IEM Rio and PGL Astana due to health issues (CS2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Team Spirit will play <strong>IEM Rio<\/strong> and <strong>PGL Astana<\/strong> without head coach <strong>Sergey \u201chally\u201d Shvaev<\/strong>, the organization confirmed. The coach is sidelined due to <strong>health issues<\/strong>, and <strong>Dmitry \u201cS0F1k\u201d Forostyanko<\/strong> will fill in on-site. Spirit expects hally to return in time for <strong>IEM Cologne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why hally is missing IEM Rio and PGL Astana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter 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\">Sergey &quot;hally&quot; Shavayev will miss IEM Rio 2026 and PGL Astana 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KnBkhqBc4i\">https:\/\/t.co\/KnBkhqBc4i<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/myxzsuK8CS\">pic.twitter.com\/myxzsuK8CS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Team Spirit CS2 (@Team__Spirit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Team__Spirit\/status\/2039669275363873172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In an official statement from Team Spirit, the team explained that <strong>hally won\u2019t be helping the squad at the upcoming tournaments<\/strong>. It seems like he has some kind of health problems and the team decided to step down. According to Spirit, the idea is for him to \u201ccome back healthy and charged up for IEM Cologne\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of hally, CS2 fans will see Dmitry \u201cS0F1k\u201d Forostyanko, a <strong>31-year-old CS2 coach<\/strong>. He previously worked with the likes of<strong> Myroslav \u201czont1x\u201d Plakhotia<\/strong> and a few other big names, but eventually moved to Team Spirit\u2019s main team in July 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Spirit\u2019s Recent Results and Upcoming Tournaments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Spirit\u2019s most recent event was BLAST Open Rotterdam, but it failed to impress. Most people were <strong>expecting the squad to reach the playoffs<\/strong>, but instead PARIVISION and The MongolZ defeated Spirit and eliminated the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the disappointing result, Spirit will attend IEM Rio, which will be <strong>held between April 13 and 19<\/strong>. After that, the squad will have to play at PGL Astana, from May 9 to 17. Overall, the team has an exciting series ahead of it and fans will be looking forward to seeing it in action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Team Spirit\u2019s roster for the upcoming CS2 tournaments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Danil \u201c<strong>donk<\/strong>\u201d Kryshkovets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dmitry \u201c<strong>sh1ro<\/strong>\u201d Sokolov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrey \u201c<strong>tN1R<\/strong>\u201d Tatarinovich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boris \u201c<strong>magixx<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp; Vorobiev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Myroslav \u201c<strong>zont1x<\/strong>\u201d Plakhotia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dmitry \u201c<strong>S0Ft1k<\/strong>\u201d Forostyanko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As for hally, we hope to see him back in action soon. Team Spirit <strong>did not reveal anything specific about his health<\/strong>, so we hope that everything will be okay. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Spirit will play IEM Rio and PGL Astana without head coach Sergey \u201chally\u201d Shvaev, the organization confirmed. The coach is sidelined due to health issues, and Dmitry \u201cS0F1k\u201d Forostyanko will fill in on-site. Spirit expects hally to return in time for IEM Cologne. 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