May 19, 2022, 10:30 p.m., China Standard Time.
The PGL Major Antwerp Champions Stage had finally arrived.
The opening match was between Fnatic, Qin Feng's team, and the Galactic Battleship, Faze Clan.
When they had faced Vitality and ENCE, Fnatic had felt the pressure of their opponents' formidable strength.
But this time, what they felt was suffocation!
The Antwerp Sportpaleis in Belgium could hold nearly twenty-four thousand spectators.
And at that moment, every seat in the entire arena was filled!
Faze Clan weren't the only source of pressure on Fnatic. The cheers of tens of thousands of spectators in the stands were just as overwhelming.
"Let's Go Faze Clan!"
"Let's Go Faze Clan!"
"Let's Go Faze Clan!"
Even when a small group of Chinese students studying abroad started chanting "Let's Go Aether!", their voices were completely swallowed by the sea of people in the Antwerp arena.
The first map was Inferno, Fnatic's own pick.
Fnatic went for a fast rush in the Pistol Round, trading two for three and taking B Site Bomb.
Three Faze Clan players rotated from CT Base, but Qin Feng picked up a USP and tapped out three headshots to claim a triple kill.
Qin Feng's three crisp headshots in the opening round gave Fnatic a glimmer of hope.
Over the next two rounds, Fnatic's attacks flowed like water, and they comfortably took Faze's force-buy and ECO rounds.
The score quickly reached 3–0.
But the moment Faze got their rifles, Fnatic's momentum ground to a halt.
Faze Clan's impenetrable CT defense dragged Fnatic's attack into an endless quagmire.
Every Faze player seemed to be in peak form.
There was no doubt that Faze was a star-studded professional team.
The best IGL, Big Cousin; the top-tier lurker, ropz; the director of hairstyles, Twistzz; the Rain God, rain;