“You are playing in the final. You make some decisions quickly, which you wouldn’t do in practice” – coolio Laments Lost Clutches but Praises FUT’s Progress

FUT Head Coach András ‘coolio’ Fercsák spoke to Insider Gaming after FUT’s 1-3 EWC CS2 Grand Final defeat at the hands of Team Spirit.

coolio discussed the clutches that cost the young roster on Anubis and Ancient, FUT’s experience in their first big arena Grand Final, and the team’s ranking now sitting above their former parent organization, NAVI.

Insider Gaming interview with FUT Coach Coolio at the Esports World Cup 2026

A long series, a lot to unpack. First of all, in terms of the veto, why did you let Nuke through and not back your Dust2?

Yeah, I think Dust 2 is their best map, and they just didn’t want to play that. I know from outside it seems our Nuke is the worst map, but also maybe at least something with Dust, we are also not the best, you know.

We wanted to take out their best map instead of taking out our weakness. But I think it wasn’t a loss because it was Nuke. I think we just ran out of energy for Nuke, and then they had really good momentum, and we couldn’t win any duel on Nuke.

You had a good T-side on Cache, but it still got tight in the end. Was something missing on the CT side?

I mean, that was our first official on Cache, so we were missing some reps on the map when it comes to officials. Also, first time on this big stage, and I think Cache is kind of a T-sided map.

You can easily control how you want to play, and to be honest, we lost on Cache like two rounds where I think we should have played a little bit better, and then it would have been easier.

Even though we understood what was happening, we just didn’t get the kill or something, and that’s why in the end it was like getting closer.

There were a few times during the series where you lost from advantageous positions. Your players are young, and they like to go for duels. Did that cost you, and how do you want to balance that aggression with playing the situation?

Yeah, I mean, definitely we lost today because in these clutch situations they were much more calm and much more sharp, but we are, as you say, inexperienced, and we need to get some reps, and we need to fix the mistakes. So, I think that was a difference maker today.

I don’t think they were shooting better than us in the first three maps. For the fourth, we just lost energy, and they were using it better, but yeah, there was some communication issue where, for example, we were not discussing to swing and then someone just swung.

There can be some pressure situations when there are many people screaming, and you are playing in the final. You make some decisions quickly, which you wouldn’t do in practice.

We just need to get the experience, and then it’s going to be better.