Boombl4 to return to CS:GO scene after almost a year

Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov, one of the best IGLs we have seen in competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive servers, returns to the scene almost a year after being removed from NaVi’s lineup.

There is no doubt that it was all a matter of time before it happened, as any team of any level would be delighted to be commanded by this experienced player.

While his return is not with a top-tier organization, the Russian wants to return to the top with an all-Russian lineup under the name 1WIN.

Boombl4 joins 1WIN

Former NaVi IGL and PGL Major Stockholm winner leaves the sidelines to join Russian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team 1WIN. Boombl4 appears in this new lineup with the former Entropiq duo of Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy and Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov. All this has been reported in the last hours by Aleksey “OverDrive” Biryukov on his official Twitter account.

Boombl4 has been away from the competitive scene since its split from NaVi last May 2022. This happened a few days after the team lost the grand final of the PGL Antwerp Major against FaZe Clan.

At the time, the reason for the separation of NaVi and Boombl4 was due to “high risks to the reputation of the organization,” and they stated that the “decision was not related to their game at all.”

The Russian captain and IGL have been in free agency since last January 1, 2023, after his contract with NaVi officially expired.

The Russian captain has been a free agent since January 1, 2023, after his contract with NAVI expired.

New 1WIN lineup promises

Like Boombl4, NickelBack is in free agency. On the other hand, Forester is currently under contract with Entropiq. Now if rumors of this are confirmed, this trio would play with AWPer Denis “deko” Zhukov and Aleksandr “TRAVIS” Timkiv.

Recall that NickelBack, was a 1WIN alternate in January 2023, and the players who would step aside for this new lineup commanded by Boombl4 would be Aleksandr “glowiing” Matsiyevich and former NAVI rifle flamie.

About 1WIN

The 1WIN organization is ranked 51st in the HLTV world rankings. The team climbed very important positions and was ranked 28th at the end of September. But their poor performance in the third quarter of the year doomed them again in the rankings.

Deko has been 1WIN’s best player and is the organization’s most valuable asset. In 2022 he averaged an excellent 1.21 rating, according to HLTV.

If these roster changes reported by OverDrive come to fruition, 1WIN would gain a Major champion and excellent IGL in Boombl4 and two players who have attended Majors in NickelBack and Forester. However, it is unclear who the IGL will be, as both Boombl4 and NickelBack have been captains throughout their careers.

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