Yang Yang won the European Golden Ball Award again!
The news quickly spread throughout the world.
The media and fans offered all kinds of different interpretations of Yang Yang's victory.
The overwhelming majority of media outlets and fans believed Yang Yang fully deserved the award because he had achieved something beyond reach over the past season, leading Real Madrid to a Five-peat in the Champions League. What an astonishing feat that was!
However, a small minority felt that Yang Yang was not fully deserving of the award. After all, this was a World Cup year, and France had won the World Cup. Logically speaking, the award should have gone to the core player of the World Cup-winning team. Griezmann should have won it.
Another small group believed that Modrić was the one who most deserved the award. After helping Real Madrid win the Champions League Five-peat, he had led Croatia to the final of the World Cup and secured the runners-up spot. Although he had lost, he had still earned glory in defeat.
The media and fans each analyzed and judged Yang Yang's victory according to their own preferences, offering all kinds of different interpretations.
But one thing was certain: no one would question whether Yang Yang was qualified to win the award.
This had seemingly become a consensus among media outlets and fans around the world. Especially after Yang Yang had won UEFA's Season's Best Player award and World Footballer of the Year, many people had long believed that the European Golden Ball Award was already in his pocket.
His eventual victory could only be considered confirmation of the outside world's speculation.
Aside from Yang Yang's victory, many people also analyzed the rankings.
Yang Yang had won this year by an overwhelming margin, receiving 753 points. His victory