Yegor "markeloff" Markelov talked to us after the huge upset FlipSid3 delivered versus NiP to advance to the quarter-finals of ESL One Cologne 2016.

Earlier today FlipSid3 shocked the CS:GO community by sending home Ninjas in Pyjamas following a close Overpass loss, a beating on Cache and a narrow Mirage victory, as the Swedes finished outside of the top eight for the first time in nine Majors.

We naturally grabbed one of the players, Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov, who delivered a great performance on the last map, for our next interview, which goes in depth into the upset and more:

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Check out the list of interviews we have conducted so far at ESL One Cologne to see if you've missed any:

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "I feel like I won an event"

Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell: "Came in with fresh minds today"

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović: "nV match was a team effort"

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "Confident playing T side [on Cobble]"

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov: "We wanted revenge for MLG"

Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad: "I expect us and G2 through"

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "Tech pause was good for us"

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: "gla1ve is really good at adapting"

Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 28 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 820 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 322 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.70 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 24 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 782 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 FlipSid3 #23 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 706 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 876 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović Age: 29 Team: MOUZC Ninjas in Pyjamas #4 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 962 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 756 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69