{"id":8409,"date":"2019-10-21T05:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T05:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8409"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:04:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:04:15","slug":"movistar-riders-add-lowel-and-steel-to-csgo-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/movistar-riders-add-lowel-and-steel-to-csgo-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Movistar Riders add loWel and steel to CS:GO roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Movistar Riders have increased their <a href=\"\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CS:GO esports betting\">Counter-Strike esports<\/a> talent pool with the acquisition of Lucas \u201csteel\u201d Lopes and Christian \u201cloWel\u201d Garcia Antoran, the latter whom returns to the team after spending the six months at HellRaisers.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of the new additions surfaced on Saturday, October 19, when steel went on Twitter to show his excitement to play under the Movistar flag and taking on the top European teams, which is something he was in most part unable to do while playing at Luminosity Gaming.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Supppp guysss! I\u2019m so happy and excited to be announcing that I will be playing for Movistar Riders. It\u2019s gonna be so amazing to be playing with and versus Europeans for a all season, bro, what a good feeling for this new phase and I can\u2019t wait to start playing, we will destroy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SPsmhd8T6x\">https:\/\/t.co\/SPsmhd8T6x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; steelega ? (@steelegabr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steelegabr\/status\/1185480572753321984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>LoWel also announced his move in a Twitter post, where he expressed his gratitude towards HellRaisers as he said his final goodbyes to the Ukrainian franchise.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for everything <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HELLRAISERSgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HELLRAISERSgg<\/a> you guys are a good family and i will miss the good moments with all of you, it was a pleasure to play with my ex teammates, especially with my good friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LMBT_CSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LMBT_CSGO<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialANGE1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OfficialANGE1<\/a>, thanks for teaching me, i will miss u so much bro\u2764\ufe0f???<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Garcia (@lowelcs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lowelcs\/status\/1185500581860925440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The new additions give Movistar some much-needed quality while handing both steel and loWel another chance to prove themselves on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the Spanish esports team acquired steel barely 20 days after he parted ways with Luminosity Gaming, meaning the former Team Liquid member did not have to wait long to return to the professional CS:GO scene. <\/p>\n<p>The offered contract to loWel gives the entry-fragger a chance to star anew after a frustrating stint at HellRaisers, where he found himself benched at the start of September.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00bfA\u00fan no conoces a nuestro nuevo roster de CSGO? Aqu\u00ed te dejamos toda la informaci\u00f3n. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SomosMovistarRiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SomosMovistarRiders<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kwA7cn4SRD\">https:\/\/t.co\/kwA7cn4SRD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezLw4LlqSg\">pic.twitter.com\/ezLw4LlqSg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Movistar Riders (@Movistar_Riders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Movistar_Riders\/status\/1185601754181713922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The new additions to the team mean roster changes are in place for Movistar Riders, who have reportedly benched Alejandro \u201cPuNi\u201d Navarro Fajardo and Rub\u00e9n \u201cRubii\u201d Ferr\u00e1ndiz to make room for steel and loWel.<\/p>\n<p>With the news of Movistar&#8217;s roster re-shuffle also came speculation steel could take over the IGL role from Alejandro &#8220;ALEX&#8221; Masanet Candela, although there is no official announcement on that front as yet.<\/p>\n<p>With a new and improved roster, Moviestar Riders will look to leave a mark in the CS:GO pro scene and improve upon their fourth-place finish at ESEA Season 31: European Premier Division, which is the organisation&#8217;s best result to date.<\/p>\n<p><center><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" title=\"Latest CS:GO news\">MORE CS:GO NEWS<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movistar Riders have increased their Counter-Strike esports talent pool with the acquisition of Lucas \u201csteel\u201d Lopes and Christian \u201cloWel\u201d Garcia Antoran, the latter whom returns to the team after spending the six months at HellRaisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[626,81,4,440],"class_list":["post-8409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cs-go","tag-es","tag-featured","tag-movistar-riders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14232,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409\/revisions\/14232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}