Natus Vincere exited the Esports World Cup 2026 in CS2 with a 0–2 loss to Brazilian side Legacy in the round of 16 on August 20. The result ended NAVI’s run at the tournament.
Captain Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen said it was hard to pinpoint every mistake without a full review, but that Legacy simply played better and NAVI “were not the team” that can challenge for trophies. He singled out slow starts on both maps, saying that style makes victory almost impossible against opponents of that level and would have been even harder in later rounds.
Aleksib added the team needs to be “twice as good, twice as prepared,” and stressed the need to keep working and not lose hope. Sport.ua cites post-match comments and HLTV.org as the original report.