In their first match sporting the Inner Circle jersey, the Ukrainian side took advantage of a 3DMAX squad playing without AWPer Maka. bodyy called his team's play "horrible" after the gameInner Circle's new roster, formerly TNL, have enjoyed a winning start to life under their recently-adopted tag, taking down 3DMAX to kick off their ESL Pro League Season 22 Stage 1 campaign. The result bears significance as not only was it a first win for the new Inner Circle lineup, it was also the first significant LAN match for the entire roster, who recently made waves impressing in the lower tiers of the online circuit as TNL. Nabil "⁠Nivera⁠" Benrlitom, who previously featured for teams like Vitality and more recently Mousquetaires, took to the server in Maka's stead. The Belgian fell off, however, and bottomed out the scoreboards on the next two maps as Inner Circle brushed 3DMAX aside on Nuke and Train.