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S1mple to play a show match against TACO ahead of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 Grand Final

Time: 2025-12-14 02:00 (UTC)

The organizers of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 have announced a show match featuring Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Epitácio “TACO” de Melo, and other well-known media personalities from the CS community ahead of the tournament’s grand final.

The announcement was made on the organizer’s official page on the social media platform X.

StarLadder revealed that the show match will see two Counter-Strike legends face off against each other in a 5v5 format. s1mple’s team will be called Team GOAT, while the Brazilian legend will lead Team TACO. Their teams will include a mix of media personalities who have never been professional players, as well as active or inactive esports professionals. Below are the team lineups:

Team TACO

  • Epitácio “TACO” de Melo
  • Alexandre “gAuLeS” Borba
  • Fillipe “bt0” Moreno
  • Jean “mch” Michel D'Oliveira
  • Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato

Team GOAT

  • Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
  • Vadim “Evelone192” Kozakov
  • Justinas “jL” Lekavičius
  • Michał “MICHU” Müller
  • Austin “Austin” Meadows

The show match will take place on December 14 at 16:00 CET, serving as a warm-up and entertainment for the audience ahead of the tournament’s final match between Vitality and FaZe for the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 championship trophy, a match that will etch the names of the players and teams into CS history forever.

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