When the head referee blew the final whistle, the entire Mestalla was filled with the cheers of Real Madrid fans.
This was a night that belonged to Real Madrid fans!
Yang Yang, Suarez, David Silva, Marcelo, Di Maria, Modrić...
These Real Madrid players became the brightest stars in the stadium that night, the focus of attention across the stadium, the country, and even the world, because they were champions!
The victor was king and the loser was a nobody. In the world of professional football, it had always been this cruel.
The moment the whistle sounded, Barcelona's players seemed to have been completely drained of strength. Many stood helplessly where they were, their faces filled with dejection, while some even wore expressions of disbelief.
They had lost!
They had lost the final battlefront of the season!
If Real Madrid's unbeaten league record so far this season had allowed Barcelona to mentally prepare for a league defeat, then losing to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarterfinals a week earlier had dealt a tremendous blow to the entire club. After that, they had lost to Granada, and then lost to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final.
Over the ninety minutes of the match, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Neymar had all performed extremely poorly.
Some had said that this was the strongest Barcelona in history, the leading favorite for every title before the season even began. They had been hailed as the team that would overthrow Real Madrid's dominance and bring Yang Yang's era to an end. But now, all of that seemed like a joke.
Barcelona had held an absolute advantage over Atletico Madrid in both legs, yet they had still lost. In the league match against Granada, Barcelona had enjoyed eighty percent possession, yet they had lost again.