{"id":36412,"date":"2026-04-22T05:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=36412"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:19:03","slug":"delonge-was-benched-by-gentle-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/delonge-was-benched-by-gentle-mates\/","title":{"rendered":"deLonge was Benched by Gentle Mates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eloy \u201cdeLonge\u201d Suarez is <strong>no longer the active<\/strong> coach for Gentle Mates because the team moved him to the bench. This puts an <strong>end to his 8-month <\/strong>career with the organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gentle Mates Benched deLonge<\/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\">Hello everyone, my time as head coach for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gentlemates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@gentlemates<\/a> has come to an end &#8211; I&#39;ve been moved to the bench.<br><br>Grateful for this year of grinding from the bottom. This Iberian Soul\/M8 chapter has left me with wonderful memories and amazing teammates. <br><br>Thanks to every M8 fan for your\u2026<\/p>&mdash; deLonge (@deLongeMVP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deLongeMVP\/status\/2046669483167580311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After it became clear that deLonge won\u2019t be a part of the team anymore, he tweeted that he is \u201cgrateful for this year of grinding from the bottom\u201d. He has <strong>been a part<\/strong> of the team for a lot longer before he officially became the coach. In fact, he <strong>coached the team<\/strong> while they were competing for the Iberian Soul and KOI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this was happening, the team actually achieved good results. KOI, for example, managed to <strong>secure a slot for the PGL Copenhagen Major<\/strong>. The team even almost made it to the StarLadder Budapest Major. Gentle Mates also came <strong>close to qualifying<\/strong> for the IEM Cologne Major, but ultimately missed out on the competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following deLonge\u2019s departure, the t<strong>eam looks like this<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alejandro \u201calex\u201d Masanet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alejandro \u201cmopoz\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez-Quejo Cano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pere \u201csausol\u201d Solsona Saumell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David \u201cdav1g\u201d Granado Bermudo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antonio \u201cMartinezSa\u201d Martinez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s next for deLonge?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that deLonge <strong>has almost always been a coach<\/strong> ever since his career started in 2017. There was a brief time when he played for two teams &#8211; Dogmination and GTZ Bulls Esports, but this did not last long. Ever since he became a part of Caronte in 2021, he has been a coach for several teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering that he is <strong>now on the bench<\/strong>, it is very likely for him to leave the squad and look for new opportunities. There are several CS2 teams that would love to have the Spanish superstar by their side, so we\u2019ll have to wait to see if he will make the move. <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/\">Follow us<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eloy \u201cdeLonge\u201d Suarez is no longer the active coach for Gentle Mates because the team moved him to the bench. This puts an end to his 8-month career with the organization.\u00a0 Gentle Mates Benched deLonge After it became clear that deLonge won\u2019t be a part of the team anymore, he tweeted that he is \u201cgrateful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":36413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-36412","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\/36412","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\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36415,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36412\/revisions\/36415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}