Pro footballer Zinchenko stepped in and played for the organization he owns.
Arsenal's Oleksandr Zinchenko was called up to complete by PassionUA.gg during a professional match. The Ukrainian player replaced Eduard "zeRRoFiX" Petrovskyi, who according to the organization, had internet problems.
The Arsenal player is familiar with Counter-Strike, and Zinchenko is the founder of the organization, PassionUA.gg, for whom he played today. The Arsenal defender participated in a best-of-three in 2022 in solidarity with the victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In that charity matchup, there were unmissable names from the history of Ukrainian CS such as Yegor "markeloff" Markelov, Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev, Daniil "headtr1ck" Valitov as well as the football player Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka.
Zinchenko's performance in CS2 pro game
Zinchenko played the match under the nickname "zina17" helping the team in the match against ILLYRIANS in the United21 tournament.
The Arsenal player also made some standout plays in the new CS2 highlighted by the organization's official profile.
PassionUA.gg failed to close out the series on the second map in Inferno, suffering a tough 13-3 defeat. However, the team was still able to win the decisive map, Anubis, with Zinchenko still on the server.
The result of the last map was 13-9 in favour of Zinchenko's CS2 team with the Arsenal player finishing with a score of 7-18, something far below the rest of the team's players.
A Night of emotions for the Arsenal player
Zinchenko had an official Premier League match yesterday. The player was involved in Arsenal's hard-fought victory against Luton Town, entering the match in the 64th minute of play.
Even so, the Arsenal player did not hesitate to complete for the CS2 team the following day when the clock showed 12:34 p.m. UK time.
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