Saadhak on joining KRÜ: "I want to bring a title to my country. I want to bring a title to the LATAM community."

Matias "Saadhak" Delipetro is officially back in the VCT Americas. After playing last season for Karmine Corp in EMEA, the player decided to sign with KRÜ Esports for the coming 2026 season. But what led him to make that decision? In an exclusive interview with THESPIKE Brazil, the Argentinian in-game leader explained that he wanted to fulfill his desire to play for, and win a VALORANT title with, an Argentine organization.

“I felt that it was time to come back to this side of Latin America, you know? Not that Brazil isn’t Latin America, but I think KRÜ, because it’s Argentine, brings me closer to my culture as well. So for me, it was an obvious option to return to the Americas, you know? My goal now: I’ve basically won everything in VALORANT, and now I just want to win things again with an organization from Argentina. I want to bring a title to my country. I want to bring a title to the LATAM community, really. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a Brazilian hand behind it. We have some Brazilian members. So that bridge will never be broken.”

Brazil–LATAM unity

For Saadhak, part of the goal of joining KRÜ is to help improve the Argentine organization’s image in Brazil. The former VALORANT World Champion made a point of emphasizing that the country and the Latin American region as a whole need to be more united in the game.

“Being here is also for that reason: to rebuild the image that KRÜ has in Brazil. We all know it’s not a very favorable image, and I’m here precisely to change that. I want the LATAM community and the Brazilian community to understand that we really are brothers, you know? We conquered the world together. There’s still a lot of fighting, a lot of conflict between LATAM and Brazil, or Brazil and other LATAM countries — anyway, it’s always not very positive things. So my choice of KRÜ was also to change that a bit. If we go very far in a tournament, if we dominate, if we win a Champions, let’s do it together — Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.”

Influence on the new KRÜ roster

Regarding his influence on building KRÜ’s new lineup, Saadhak admitted that he did have a say in player selections, but said that would have happened with any organization, regardless of who signed him. According to the player, the fact that he speaks three languages fluently also created a wider range of options for the organization when it come to constructing the new roster.

“Man, I think in any team I’d have my voice, right? To say, ‘No, I think this is very good, this is very bad.’ I think any team would give me that space. But for me, KRÜ’s differentiator was that we had a much larger talent pool, because we were able to try out players who speak Spanish, players who speak Portuguese, and players who speak English. So they really opened up to say, ‘Okay, what kind of project do we want to build with you?’ You know? Because that’s also a positive I bring to a team: I can speak Spanish, Portuguese, and English, so the project — when you have a more flexible IGL like that — becomes more flexible.”

Clearly, KRÜ valued and respected Saadhak's opinion enough to let him try and build the best squad he could. Afterall, it's not every day a team lands an IGL of Saadhak's experience.

“KRÜ just gave me that flexibility. They told me: ‘Let’s do tryouts, let’s do a lot of tryouts, and we want your opinion on the players you want to play with.’ And that’s really what happened, because we did a lot of tryouts and tested a lot of talent. It was really reassuring to know that Brazil has a lot, a lot, a lot of talent, and that LATAM has a lot of talent as well.”

The Keznit controversy

Before being announced by KRÜ, Saadhak got involved in a controversy with Chilean Duelist and former KRÜ star Angelo "Keznit" Mori, a player who has grown to become one of the most idolized names in the LATAM VALORANT community.

When asked about any potential added pressure caused by all of this, KRÜ’s new IGL admitted that it doesn't get to him. What's more, Saadhak also revealed that he spoke with his teammates to make sure none of it affects them either.

“As for pressure, I think we all have the pressure to win, right? To deliver results. We’ll always have that pressure. I think all the controversy, gossip, all of that, I’m a much calmer guy when it comes to that. It’s not the first time I’ve said something wrong or another, and it’s never really affected me. I’ve already talked to the team so that this controversy with keznit doesn’t affect the group either, because it can be extra pressure, right? At the same time, we’re competing. Literally, competing is pressure. A little more or a little less shouldn’t make a difference, to be honest with you. And obviously, there will be a lot of fans or supporters waiting for us to play badly or lose a matchup so they can comment. That always happens. I was a world champion, we lost a match, and that happened too. So I don’t expect anything different. We’ve been in this scene for a long time; we know how it works. Things are like this: you have to play, you have to win. Pressure will always exist. I don’t feel more or less pressured. I always feel the same amount of pressure: perform well, have a well-structured team, don’t lose; and if we do lose, don’t lose in a horrible, sad way. Because we’ll lose as a well-structured team, with an idea inside the server. And, as always, win: lift trophies, win, and silence the haters.”

KRÜ's newfound expectations

When it comes to his expectations for this new “Brazilian version” of KRÜ, Saadhak has things clear: the team doesn’t arrive among the very best because there are others that have been together longer, but there is hope for “great things” as long as everyone gives their maximum.

“Because we have a good team with strong aim, I really expect great things from the guys. I’m putting pressure on them. They were already talking about that, about having good performances. I think we’ll arrive in a good position — not the best, because there’s the factor of being a new team. Like it or not, teams that have been together for a while — you look at G2, who stay together, there are some teams that keep their rosters, NRG, who just became champions. Those teams are going to be difficult, obviously, because they’ve been together for a long time. The synergy between them is much greater. But at the same time, we go in with the mindset that we can beat anyone. We’re going to give our best, and as always, I’m always happy with my team when we give our maximum, you know? And if we give our maximum all the time, results will come sooner or later. So always with the right attitude and giving our all, it’ll work out. That’s the team’s expectation.”

The full video interview in the original Portuguese can be found below:

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