{"id":36000,"date":"2024-05-30T21:05:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T01:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=36000"},"modified":"2024-05-30T21:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T01:05:22","slug":"virtus-pro-parts-ways-with-cs2-coach-dastan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/virtus-pro-parts-ways-with-cs2-coach-dastan\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtus.pro parts ways with CS2 coach &#8220;dastan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just hours after Virtus.pro&#8217;s elimination from the IEM Dallas group stage by BIG in the lower bracket semi-final, the Armenian organization announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a> coach Dastan &#8220;dastan&#8221; Akbayev has been relieved of his duties.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Kazakhstani skipper will be replaced by analyst Pavel &#8220;PASHANOJ&#8221; Legostaev at the team&#8217;s next event, the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-premier-series\/spring-final\/\" title=\"BLAST Premier Spring Final betting guide\">BLAST Premier Spring Final<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SVJBNvyJpE\">pic.twitter.com\/SVJBNvyJpE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Virtus.pro (@virtuspro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virtuspro\/status\/1796058969137369503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dastan had managed Virtus.pro since 2019, when the organization acquired the AVANGAR roster that won BLAST Pro Series Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>He stood behind the team through all their victories, including Flashpoint 2, CS_summit 7, IEM Rio Major 2022 (under Outsiders), and ESL Challenger Atlanta 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The shake-up in Virtus.pro&#8217;s ranks comes after a rough first half of 2024, despite the recent inclusion of star player Denis &#8220;electroNic&#8221; Sharipov.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian squad has not made it past the quarter-finals at any event this year and crashed out of <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/iem-katowice\/cs2\/\" title=\"IEM Katowice betting guide\">IEM Katowice<\/a> in the play-in stage and in the Copenhagen Major&#8217;s group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Virtus.pro&#8217;s recent struggles in events such as ESL Pro League Season 19, BetBoom Dacha Belgrade, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-summer\/\" title=\"IEM Dallas betting guide\">IEM Dallas<\/a> have prompted the organization to take action.<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s analyst, Pavel &#8220;PASHANOJ&#8221; Legostaev, will step up as the coach at the upcoming BLAST Premier Spring Finals, starting on June 12 in London.<\/p>\n<p>Fans eagerly anticipate how the team will perform under their new temporary coach at the OVO Arena Wembley.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">Esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Virtus.pro&#8217;s elimination from IEM Dallas, the organisation announced that Dastan &#8220;dastan&#8221; Akbayev would be relieved of his duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":20044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1913,3111,3672,2081,3673,322],"class_list":["post-36000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blast-premier-spring-finals","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-dastan-dastan-akbayev","tag-iem-dallas","tag-pavel-pashanoj-legostaev","tag-virtus-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36004,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000\/revisions\/36004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}