‘There’s a Big Difference When You Have Filipino Imports’ – Coach Arsy

Team Liquid’s 2–0 cleanup of Yangon Galacticos on January 15, 2026 sent the Cavalry straight into the Knockout Stages of the M7 World Championship, the second team to secure a slot. Clean drafts, disciplined rotations, and controlled objectives made it look like business as usual for the perennial contenders.

But a day earlier, Malaysia’s SRG delivered a different kind of lesson.

While Team Liquid bowed to SRG, head coach Arsy framed the contrast between the two opponents not as a matter of execution alone, but of experience and structure—particularly in how the game is read and managed at its highest level.

“There’s a big difference (between the play styles of the two teams) because SRG has Filipino imports. They know how to use the macro and micro mechanics well. I’m not saying that Yangon Galacticos doesn’t know how to do that but there’s a big difference when you have Filipino imports.”

SRG has three Filipino imports in their roster: Coach Arcadia, Innocence (Gold Laner), and Kramm (Exp Lane). Coach Arcadia has history with Team Liquid’s roster back when it was still called AURA PH and ECHO. He was the head coach of the Filipino team before he moved to RRQ in Indonesia, and then to SRG in Malaysia. Kramm and Innocence are both former players from TNC Pro Team in the Philippines.

Against Yangon Galacticos, Team Liquid dictated the pace early and never let go, turning small advantages into map-wide control. Against SRG, those same margins became contested, punished, and eventually decisive.

For Team Liquid, advancing to the Knockout Stage remains an achievement. But as Coach Tictac’s words suggest, M7 is going to be the toughest international tournament yet for the Philippines, and the road ahead is anything but forgiving.

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