MOUZ CS:GO squad player Kamil siuhy Szkaradek published a photo with the trophy after winning the ESL Pro League Season 18 championship. It contains a reference to football player Lionel Messi.
Fans immediately noticed that the cyber athlete copied the famous photo of the Argentine footballer, who was similarly photographed with the cup after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
After receiving the 2022 MVP award from HLTV, Natus Vincere sniper Oleksandr s1mple Kostyliev posted a similar photo of himself copying Messi.
On October 1, MOUZ became the champions of ESL Pro League Season 18. In the final siuhy's squad defeated Natus Vincere with a score of 3:0. The team received $200,000 of prize money for first place.
In addition, MOUZ received slots to BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 and IEM Katowice 2024. Natus Vincere earned $90,000 of prize money.