The Russia World Cup had finally come to an end!
Croatia had made it to the World Cup final for the first time in its history, but ultimately fell at the hands of France Team.
Although Croatia's legendary run this time was far inferior to that of China Team in the previous edition, and Modrić's achievements paled considerably beside Yang Yang's accomplishments, it was still an astounding feat.
With his outstanding performance at the World Cup, Modrić was also named the best player of the Russia World Cup.
In fact, this was a controversial decision.
In the online voting, Yang Yang had received more votes than Modrić. Many fans believed that Yang Yang leading China Team into the quarterfinals was an achievement of tremendous difficulty. Along the way, he had repeatedly defeated strong opponents, and his seven goals had shown the world that he was still going strong despite his age.
Not only had every one of his goals been important, but Yang Yang had also performed at a world-class level in every match, leading China Team step by step into the quarterfinals. He had played a truly decisive role.
Unfortunately, China Team had stopped in the quarterfinals, making it difficult for Yang Yang to compete with Modrić.
Not to mention the Golden Ball Award—even the Silver Ball Award and Bronze Ball Award had ultimately gone to Belgium's star Hazard, who led the third-place team, and France Team's key player Griezmann, who led the champions.
As a key player on a quarterfinalist, no matter how well Yang Yang had performed or how popular he was, he was still unable to contend for the award.
The Golden Glove had also gone to Yang Yang's Real Madrid teammate, Belgium's goalkeeper Courtois. His performance at the World Cup had been impeccable and left