Like the match itself, Real Madrid's 2–0 victory over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey Final did not generate much discussion.
Whether it was Mathieu's red card and penalty or Real Madrid's eventual defense of the Copa del Rey title, the reactions from the media and fans were fairly muted. Only the Catalan media complained that their team had been wronged, while the vast majority felt the result was perfectly reasonable.
Instead, Yang Yang's penalty, driven straight down the middle, attracted even more attention from the media and fans after the match.
German Image Report interviewed Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen after the match, discussing his views on Yang Yang's penalty.
The German Little Lion King was furious. He felt that Yang Yang's penalty had shown him insufficient respect. Yet when the German reporter asked how Yang Yang should have shown him respect, the German Little Lion King had no answer.
It was not as if Yang Yang should have shot to the right just because he had dived to the right, was it?
Unlike Totti's chipped penalty, Yang Yang had paused during his run-up, but his entire shot had been clean and decisive, without the slightest hesitation. Naturally, there had been no intention of humiliating the goalkeeper.
Even German Image Report commented that, if one had to put it that way, Ter Stegen had simply been fooled by Yang Yang. He had made the wrong judgment and dived to the right.
"In fact, if he had just stood still, Yang Yang's penalty wouldn't have gone in!"
But German Image Report also analyzed the German goalkeeper's state of mind at the time through Ter Stegen's interview. They believed that this was precisely what made Yang Yang's penalty so clever: he had completely grasped Ter Stegen's mentality.
"Yang Yang rarely takes penalties,