BUSAN, South Korea -- The Afreeca Freecs had a job to do: Make it out of Group A.
But after starting the group stage of the League of Legends World Championship 1-2, the team appeared in the middle of an internal collapse.
"I feel despair," Afreeca mid laner Lee "Kuro" Seo-haeng when asked about his team's poor start amidst high expectations.
Then, on the last day of the round-robin phase of groups Monday night, Afreeca found their momentum, went 3-0 and secured the top seed out of Group A, joining G2 Esports into the bracket stage of worlds. But it took a while to get there.
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