Piotr "⁠morelz⁠" Taterka is set to stand in for Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski in Virtus.pro's ESEA MDL matches against Vexed and Valiance on Tuesday, the organization has announced.

Virtus.pro have cited "personal issues" as the reason for Snax missing the team's MDL matches on Tuesday, in which they'll face Valiance and Vexed.

However, the organization has not explained why the 24-year-old left their ESEA roster earlier on Tuesday, which has stirred rumors regarding the player's future in Virtus.pro.

morelz will step in for Snax against Vexed and Valiance

His replacement in the two matches, 23-year-old morelz, is currently part of tomorrow, who recently became champions of Polish Esport League Season 3 after defeating AGO in the grand final.

Virtus.pro are currently sitting in the bottom half of ESEA MDL Season 28 Europe with three wins from eight matches, having suffered losses to teams such as PAPERPLANES, NOBO, and Wind and Rain.

The Poles' roster in the aforementioned matches will be:

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski
Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski
Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński
Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller
Piotr "⁠morelz⁠" Taterka (stand-in)

tomorrow #61 Piotr 'morelz' TaterkaGrzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekWiktor 'mynio' KrukSzymon 'JaKu' MaciągKacper 'kaper' Słoma Vexed Virtus.pro #15 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller Piotr 'morelz' Taterka Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 569 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 Filip 'NEO' Kubski Age: 31 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1496 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Wind and Rain #143 Aaron 'frei' FreiTom 'jenko' JenkinsonSam 'Astroo' GreshamZaki 'Danceyz' DanceJonas 'hemzk9' Rantamäki AGO #17 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Paweł 'byali' Bieliński Age: 24 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1333 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 PAPERPLANES #75 Rasmus 'kreaz' JohanssonAdam 'ad3m' SirajTim 'nawwk' JonassonDenis 'grux' GutajHugo 'ZER' Halvorsen NOBO #64 David 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaAdlane 'Adlane' MokraniLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Valiance #38 Anel 'NENO' CekovićLuka 'emi' VukovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 24 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1308 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Michał 'MICHU' Müller Age: 21 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1110 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 30 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1441 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69