Rumors: zakk may leave coaching position at 9z

According to the portal Dust2, the Latin American team 9z is in danger of being left without a head coach zakk. The 31-year-old Brazilian's contract has come to an end on December 31, 2022, and he has already received permission to explore options to continue his coaching career. The information was also confirmed by zakk, who spoke about the end of the contract with the Argentine organization.

There is a possibility that zakk will leave the team soon. However, there is also an option for the Brazilian to remain at the helm of 9z for next season, as he managed to announce on Twitter. At the same time, zakk himself has already removed any mention of 9z on his social networks, hinting at a possible change in club registration.

I'm still in talks with some teams and one of them is 9z, I can't confirm I'll stay with the team but I'll let you know when I know more.

zakk took over 9z in March 2020. For three seasons, the 31-year-old Brazilian specialist has helped the team achieve great success. In particular, under his leadership, the team became the winner of WESG 2021 Latin America: LatAM South, FiReLEAGUE 2021, BLAST Rising LATAM 2021 and FiReLEAGUE 2022: Argentinian League, and also made it to the top three at DreamHack Open September 2021: South America, ESL Challenger #48, CCT South America Series #1, Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022: American RMR and FiReLEAGUE 2022: Global Finals.

We must not forget that the work of zakk helped 9z qualify for the first time in history at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022. However, the Brazilian specialist missed the championship in Belgium due to accusations of using a coaching bug, but a few months later he was acquitted and attended the autumn major in Rio de Janeiro.

These possible changes add fuel to the fire of the future of 9z, which is preparing to make a sniper swap with 00NATION. Thus, try will return to the command, and nqz will be sent in the opposite direction.

Estimated composition of 9z in CS:GO discipline:

• dgt
• max
• dav1deuS
• buda
• try
• tge (analyst)