Due to visa issues, Dmitry "⁠dimasick⁠" Matvienko will miss SuperNova CS:GO Malta and will be replaced by Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk, Gambit have announced.

dimasick signed with the Russian organisation in early November and will miss his first LAN event with the team because of visa issues. Instead, the team has brought in the former HellRaisers player bondik, who was released from the squad around the same time to make space for Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov.

Immeadiately thereafter, the 25-year-old Ukranian announced that he was a free agent and that he was actively looking for offers.

bondik joins Gambit for SuperNova CS:GO Malta

bondik will get a chance to beat his former side as Gambit have been grouped with HellRaisers at the event in the heart of the Mediterranean, alongside BIG and recent Toyota Master Bangkok finalists TYLOO, with whom the 25-year-old played in late 2017.

With dimasick ruled out and bondik set to play in his stead, Gambit will field the following lineup in Malta:

Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov
Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov
Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov
Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov
Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk

Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy (coach)

BIG #9 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Age: 24 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 547 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1016 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Rustem 'mou' Telepov Age: 27 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 944 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Dmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 385 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 425 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Gambit #25 Dmitry 'dimasick' MatvienkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovNikolay 'mir' BityukovSergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Age: 32 Team: GambitC HellRaisers #16 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Age: 16 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 81 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 30 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1352 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 TYLOO #29 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto