After a back and forth first weekend in the LEC Spring play-offs, Movistar KOI have already secured the top 3 of the split. First they managed to upset winter champions Karmine Corp (3-1), before losing to G2 (1-3), who clinched their ticket to the MSI. Following the tough defeat, MKOI’s support Álvaro “Alvaro” Fernández discussed the roller-coaster week-end, MKOI’s practice this year, Las Karpas’ statement, LEC supports and, the upcoming final week-end.

Ethan: I personally feel like all the games were looking kind of similar, like you and G2 had a very different approach on all those games. They were more playing the map and trying to catch you on sides and everything, while you were I think more waiting for team fights and everything. But it didn’t quite happen, right? So you just managed far. Well, you had some hard time to making some plays and everything. So yeah.

How do you feel overall after after today’s series against G2?

Alvaro: For sure,  it is what you said, I think they were playing on their own game and we were not able to play with our own strengths because we were kind of following what they wanted to do. And in the end, if they are also training every day like this, they will be better as well. So I think it’s also combined with the fact that they did great. For example, I think we didn’t control enough midlane. So then we couldn’t move into the sidelanes. They were getting a lot of advantage from sides and then they were transforming that pressure into mid push as well. So, for sure there’s a lot of things that we can take in consideration from this series and there is a lot of knowledge that we can even acquire. Basically we’re already focused on June 7th’s best of five, we still are one BO away from MSI and then we can face G2 again in the Final.

Ethan: I wanted to come back on yesterday (against KC) because it was I think even more important than today, right? To me, it was the biggest upset of the weekend, even though G2 was not expected as well against FNC.

How did you manage to pull it through against Karmine Corp who were looking so dominant this split?

Alvaro: I think there is not a stronger team in the top four or three. For example, KC have been playing better in the regular season, but G2 played better than KC this week-end. Yesterday also, we studied them even more. We had more time to prepare into them. We were really conscious of what they wanted to do. And coming into today series, we only had like a little preparation, which in the end it matters in a way. But also we need to be better as individuals and as a team so we can face the the problems that we see during the game.

But into KC, we were really well prepared and we realized how they wanted to approach the game and the series, both in draft and how they wanted to play. And I think we took a good advantage from that.

We will soon know who we face next. So we will prepare for the teams that can be there, probably KC, GIANTX or Fnatic, those three are the strongest ones. I think TH is less strong. We can get better on what we do and make sure that we can do it in every game. And we can also adapt and play on what other teams play. So we can get better on that aspect and then we can use it in our advantage.

Ethan: I feel like there’s been a constant issue this year for you guys. Every time I ask someone about the practice at MKOI, he tells me that it’s not going so well. And yesterday again I’ve seen a lot of member saying on socials that it was a disaster week in scrims.

También no preguntéis por el winrate en scrims jajaja y a preparar el partido de mañana que será un banger

— Tomás Campelos (@Melzhet) May 25, 2025

What is going on with MKOI’s practice?

Alvaro: During the spring there was one, I would say like there was 2 times that we had really good scrims. But for example, now coming to the playoffs, I think we had like a bit of a rough week and a half. I think there are many issues with our scrims. I think of course in in the end, we don’t take it as serious as the competitive games, since there are a lot of games as well. I don’t think we have enough tension and we don’t put enough effort into the practice. But it’s also true that even if we are like, let’s say behind in the games, we try to to come back and we try to deal and manage with that frustration. And I think it showed up also in the second game today, we didn’t manage to get a single tower, but we were still even in the game until the last fight. If for example, we win that fight, we could’ve end through mid. So I think also, even if the scrims are not going better on the result, I think there is things that we can still take. Another example, I think we were able to defend and hold the positions a bit better and we almost managed to take a map when we were really behind so…

Ethan: There was a statement that made a lot of noise from KOI fan’s association Las Karpas. I imagine you can’t say a lot about it and I don’t necessarily want you to.

📢 OFFICIAL STATEMENT – LAS KARPAS 📢

Over the past few days, extremely serious information has come to light regarding the internal operations of Movistar KOI. At Las Karpas, we’ve been collecting and verifying all available data before making any public statements. We believe…

— Las Karpas 🐡 (@LasKarpas) May 6, 2025

Did this case affected MKOI’s envrionment in any way? Or maybe it helped the team, because you felt supported by the fans somehow?

Alvaro: Probably last year, there was some issues. I wouldn’t say that I had that many individually, but with some of my teammates, we had some problems.

Coming into this year, now I try to not focus on these things. I think it didn’t really impact me or anything.

I was happy and not happy in a way. I was like fine, because in this case, I didn’t really think about those things. I was thinking about the competition and just focusing on what I can like in this moment do, living in the present and playing solo queue. Trying to to get better on every aspect. So I wasn’t putting that much focus on the things that were told outside. Those things are like managed by our superior. So I don’t mind that.

Ethan: So you were not affected at all, like it didn’t reach the team?

Alvaro: No, no, I don’t think so.

Ethan: Yesterday you were saying that there were good supports in the league on the official broadcast, but I asked Supa in Winter, and he told me the opposite. That EU was lacking good supports overall, despite having good ADCs. So he told me that it affected the botlanes’ level in the LEC.

What’s your take on the LEC supports’ level currently, and do you disagree with Supa?

Alvaro: I understand what he means. But when you say, that something is not good, you also need to put it in perspective with something else. And in this case, for example, talking about strong supports I’m referring to Jun which I think is strong.

I think Jun plays really well, both with his jungler and on the map. He plays the best from everyone in the league.

Ethan: So for you, Mikyx is not the best?

Alvaro: I think Mikyx is a good player as well. But I think he struggles in one aspect that I think you can take some advantages from. But I think Mikyx is also a strong support and I think of Labrov as well. And then after this top three, I will say Targamas is the other one that is following. But I will say that this top can be really strong if you play on their strengths. I would add myself there and of course everyone has their own strengths and their own weaknesses. It’s just how you can use it and how you can manage as a team to either be fine with the weaknesses or be even stronger with the strengths that you actually have. And make sure that your team plays around it and you can get advantages from it.

Ethan: You guys are playing with the same core of player for the second year in a row now and you’ve always been around the top three. Even though you came close, you’ve never actually won the LEC.

Is it this split/year or never to finally lift a trophy, will things have to change otherwise?

Alvaro: Of course, you always doubt when the practice doesn’t go the way you want, when you are not able to perform in officials as much as you want or when you are not winning as well.

But I will always think that this is the year, or this is the split. I think it’s the mentality that you really need to have as a competitor because if you don’t truly believe that you’re going to win on this split or this year, then why are you even competing? So for me, this is the split, we have the tools.

Yes, we can struggle in some aspects. But I think in the end, the team that will be on the top is the team that will stay together and that will manage to overcome the issues that they have together. So coming into our final week, if we prepare well, we can for sure take the the trophy.

Who’s with Alvaro

Who’s the best player in the worlds right now? Chovy.

Who’s the best player of all time, excluding Faker? Right now, I would say Zeus.

Who’s your favourite champion? Viego.

Who’s your favourite teammate ever, excluding your actual roster? I would say Hydra or Legolas.

Who’s the toughest player you ever played against? For sure ON at Worlds, when we played against BLG. I think he was the strongest guy and I would say knight. I was surprised of knight’s Ahri in that game.

Who is the most broken champion in the game right now? There are a lot… I think Azir is so broken.