EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) returned to Champions in high spirits off the back of two disappointments in Masters throughout 2024, starting their journey in Seoul with a comfortable 2-0 over EMEA's fourth seed FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #6 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban . After their victory, EDG took to members of the media in high spirits for their post-match press conference.

This is S1Mon's first international event. How did you feel today and did you feel nervous? Did your teammates help encourage you before going to the stage? Do you have any expectations for the G2 match?

S1Mon: "I was a little bit nervous on map one. I wasn't nervous on map two, but I didn't get kills. Regarding expectations for G2, I don't have much to say about that.

Smoggy took the MVP in today's matchup. What made your form so good today?

Smoggy: "I actually didn't play that well on scrims yesterday. That's why it makes me look good today, but maybe it's because I slept really early last night."

EDG are looking to be in their top form as of right now. Whereas before EDG seemed to have lost their direction and playstyle as a team, the team have found your direction back to form. Could you describe your playstyle right now?

ZmjjKK: "I felt like there was good points in both periods. If you really wanna talk about the two coaches and their different style when they coach us, I feel like we all had good performances and good growth in the international tournaments. I wouldn't say there was a big change, and if we talk about our playstyle, maybe we're pushing a little bit harder than before. I think both of the ways we played is good, but I don't really want to talk about this topic right now. I just want to take this step by step and take our best in Champions and win every matchup we should win."

What were your initial expectations against FUT heading into the match?

Muggle: "Our expectation was a 2-0. It was a little close on map two, but generally, our performance was to the level of our expectations."