The Imperial Flame Pavilion in Beijing, China, was as silent as a ghost house.
Zhao Feng, one of the commentators broke the silence. "I don't believe it… h-he outplayed Divine Judgement itself".
Anthony Hales was hysterical. "Oh my world! He turned the game's best Paladin into a practice dummy at the end there, good grief!"
And finally…
BOOM!
The stadium erupted.
It was a cacophony at the Imperial Flame Pavilion in Beijing, China, as tens of thousands of Chinese fans let their voice heard.
[England: 1 point]
[Japan: 0 point]
And just like that, England led the semifinal 1-0.
Japanese fans at the Imperial Flame Pavilion were shellshocked. This was their captain's first defeat in the individual battle round in almost 2 seasons.
They thought they had to be wary of only Meng Wu Ya, they never expected that there was another pro player in the World Cup who could defeat their captain but here they were, facing the brutal reality.