January 25, afternoon, Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.
La Liga's twenty-first round: Real Madrid hosted Granada.
It had not originally been a match that attracted much attention, but the arrival of the Golden Ball Award drew the attention of the entire city—and even all of Spain.
After receiving the Golden Ball Award in Zurich and returning to Madrid, Yang Yang had been welcomed by a guard of honor from Real Madrid fans. However, Real Madrid had played away ever since, and only this weekend had they finally returned home. Therefore, as was customary, Real Madrid held a special Golden Ball Award presentation ceremony for Yang Yang before the match.
Before the match began, when Yang Yang entered Bernabéu Stadium carrying the Golden Ball Award, the entire stadium erupted in wave after wave of applause and cheers that went on for a long time without stopping. Every Real Madrid fan was incredibly excited and moved.
They had prepared for this in advance. Each fan carried a golden strip of paper printed with Yang Yang's name and the emblem of the Golden Ball Award. When Yang Yang raised the award high, every one of them raised their strips as well, and the Bernabéu stands instantly became a golden ocean.
Not only that, the creative Real Madrid fans had used black cardboard in the very center of the stadium to form enormous lettering. Rising as high as four tiers of the stands and spanning the entire South Stand, it was unmistakably the abbreviation of Yang Yang's name and his shirt number.
YY11!
That was Yang Yang's name, as well as the symbol of the personal brand he had created.
Real Madrid's fans used this gesture to tell everyone that Yang Yang was the star of the Bernabéu today.
At the same time, the giant