they had to face good opponents and had to play extra matches through the group stages
outside of the game though I can't imagine what is was like, probably felt like everyone in the country hated them
teams refusing to scrim them, getting griefed in their ranked games, the crowd against them during every single game, all because of something their ORG (not the players) accidentally said YEARS ago
I couldn't even imagine being in that situation and the stress/ negative emotions it would cause. Everyone of those players deserve our respect for what they went through to win the trophy