News of Yang Yang appearing at the Bernabéu to watch the match quickly spread around the world.
The Spanish media were the first to become wildly excited. They unanimously regarded it as a positive sign that Yang Yang might return to Real Madrid, while Madrid-friendly outlets such as AS and Marca eagerly concluded at an early stage that Yang Yang would be returning to Real Madrid.
During the more than six months since Yang Yang left, Real Madrid had performed terribly. The team also lacked a leader—not only on the pitch, but in the media as well. To the media in particular, losing Yang Yang was like losing a source of headlines that could explode at any moment.
After all, when Yang Yang had been at Real Madrid, everything he did—even picking up children from school—could become front-page news.
But now, Real Madrid simply had no player like that.
That was why the media eagerly hoped Yang Yang would return to Real Madrid as soon as possible and boost their sales.
As the Spanish media erupted, outlets across Europe and the rest of the world followed suit.
Although Yang Yang was already thirty-two, he had scored eight goals and provided two assists in six Champions League Group Stage matches this season. His performance had been outstanding, showing everyone that he was still going strong despite his age.
Almost everyone believed that the Eredivisie could not contain a player of Yang Yang's stature. The only reason he had chosen to leave Real Madrid was Ajax, and now that Ajax had reached the Champions League knockout stage and produced another crop of outstanding young players, it was time for him to retire after achieving success.
Returning to Real Madrid was undoubtedly the most logical and ideal destination.
But the major European