When the whole world was singing Yang Yang and Real Madrid's praises over El Clásico, all the media and fans turned their attention to the FIFA Golden Ball Award. Everyone believed that Yang Yang's outstanding performances this season had given this seemingly settled award a fresh element of suspense.
The media reporters did everything they could to dig up inside information, especially news concerning FIFA.
On the third day after El Clásico, FIFA President Blatter organized an event at Oxford University in Britain. There, he witnessed Yang Yang's popularity in Britain. Even at one of the world's top universities, Oxford University, Yang Yang still had a great many fans and supporters.
During the event, after delivering a speech, Blatter answered questions from the students present and discussed the recently hotly debated FIFA Golden Ball Award selection. He expressed his own opinion on whether Yang Yang or Messi deserved the award more.
"Without a doubt, they are all extremely outstanding players. Cristiano Ronaldo included, they are all among the best players in the world. But they are also different—not only in their playing characteristics and styles, but also in the competitive circumstances they have faced this year."
"Messi is a good boy, the kind of child every parent would want to bring home. He is a good person who does not like showing off. His skills are superb, and he dances gracefully on the pitch. That is why he is so well-liked. But unfortunately, he has never won the FIFA Golden Ball Award. That is unfair to him."
"Yang Yang is undoubtedly the best, but he has already won the FIFA Golden Ball Award six years in a row. I believe that for the most authoritative award in world football to be given to the same player for such a long