Ninjas in Pyjamas's coach has contracted COVID ahead of the team's title decider against MOUZ.
Ninjas in Pyjamas has announced that their COO,??? ?? ???? Jonas "?calc?" Gundersen, will stand behind the team in the Global Esports Tour Dubai grand final after Daniel "?djL?" Narancic tested positive for COVID.
The news came just hours before the Swedish squad is scheduled to go up against MOUZ at 18:30 with hopes of securing their first title in 2022 without two key members.
On top of missing djL in the upcoming title decider, Ninjas in Pyjamas also had their in-game leader, Hampus "?hampus?" Poser, sit out the last two events due to having fallen ill, with academy player Erik "?ztr?" Gustafsson replacing him at IEM Dallas and in Dubai.
As for Gundersen, it won't be the first time that the COO and former professional CS 1.6 player will stand behind the team, as he previously fulfilled coaching duties in place of Bj?rn "?THREAT?" Pers late last year.
Ninjas in Pyjamas will have the following team lock horns with MOUZ on the Dubai stage:
Fredrik "?REZ?" Sterner
Patrick "?es3tag?" Hansen
Jonas 'calc' Gundersen 
Age: 39 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.45 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.18 DPR: 0.67 
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin 
Age: 19 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 988 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen 
Age: 26 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1315 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Bj?rn 'THREAT' Pers 
Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.78 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.52 DPR: 0.68 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone 
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson 
Age: 18 Team: Young Ninjas Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 397 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Hampus 'hampus' Poser 
Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1353 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 
MOUZ #16 
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
David 'frozen' ?erňansky
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Aurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora 
Age: 20 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1013 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Ninjas in Pyjamas #7 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Daniel 'djL' Narancic 
Age: 28 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner 
Age: 24 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1342 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67