GX Jackies: "I’m just ready to stomp G2"

This Friday, suffered a 0–2 defeat in their opening match in Madrid against the hosts of this LEC Roadtrip, . Already qualified for the Spring Split playoffs thanks to a four-game winning streak at the start of the regular season, the team has now, however, fallen to three consecutive defeats against the league’s top contenders.

GX will nonetheless have two more opportunities to reverse the momentum ahead of the playoffs, in matches where they will once again enter as underdogs: against on Saturday and on Sunday. That prospect does not appear to intimidate the team’s midlaner, , who remains confident in his team’s potential.

Adam "Jackies" Jeřábek: “I wouldn’t fully say frustrated. I don’t think I played my best, but at the same time,I didn’t want to come here and play defensively just because we are theoretically the weakest team. So I wanted to come out with some power, and yeah, it backfired. I think in both games — in the Akali game, I probably could have carried, but in the Azir game, I played a bit too aggressively. I was kind of a free kill in mid. But I wouldn’t say I’m frustrated. I think it was a fine showing. Today they were just better, and that’s it.

Jackies: I wouldn’t say so for me personally. I don’t know about the rest of my team, but for me, I felt pretty fine. I even pulled off a TikTok Azir combo I’d never done before, so that was something, so not really.

Jackies: I think it actually made me way more aggressive than before, even compared to Berlin. Maybe that’s a positive thing. I mean, last time we played in Madrid, we were last place, I think, and we beat G2. So for me, I like the pressure,and I like playing in Madrid for sure. I guess I just play more aggressively here.

Jackies: I don’t think anything really bad is happening. Everyone says it, and it’s true, that we played weaker teams in the beginning. But at the same time, I think our team atmosphere, team dynamics, and the way we played the game were also really good at the start. Everything was clicking together. And now that we’re facing harder teams, some issues have started showing up. But that’s normal for every team, right? There are ups and downs, and we’re in a down right now. So we’re trying to get back up, and we’re using Madrid as a step for that. We’ll see where it goes.

Jackies: I don’t really… I mean, not “care,” but I can’t really find the word. I’ll probably just review the games on my own or maybe with Guilhoto (André Guilhoto) and see what happened. Because honestly, I don’t take these games super negatively. Sure, we lost 0–2, and they ended both games in around 30 minutes. But at the same time, if we win one fight, we probably win the game, right? So it really depends on that. I don’t really go home with a super negative mindset. I’m just ready to stomp G2 tomorrow.

Jackies: I think we’re probably one of the more creative teams. Today, we didn’t really show it because we had zero angles for it, but at least for me, I like the patch for sure. I like it when there are big changes during the split. I feel like it shakes things up a lot. And yeah, I’ve got my spicy stuff ready — it just didn’t get an angle yet. So hopefully this week we can pull out some of our own stuff.

Jackies: For sure we can. We all know what we’re capable of. Some players started the split slowly, but at the same time, we all know the potential every single player has. That’s also a big reason why we didn’t make roster changes — because we know we have what it takes. It’s just about getting everyone there at the same time. And again, this is something we’re using Madrid for. It’s actually kind of lucky that we already locked playoffs because now we can play with no fear and no pressure at all. I mean, everyone against us is the favorite, right? So it’s really about building confidence, even if you lose. For example, I actually liked that the games ended this way — well, not liked, but… even in Game 2, I played Azir into Anivia, but I’m not going to back down just because I’m facing a good player. I know Joseph Pyun) is really good, but at the same time, I don’t think he was dominating lane the way people expected before. So in a way I’m happy about that, and yeah, we’ll just keep it up for the next days.

Jackies: Yeah, I think I saw almost every fan, so I’m really grateful for it. I hope they’re not disappointed after these two days. But I can tell you the aggression won’t stop — we’ll just keep going.”