Forty-six!
The day after Real Madrid's 6–1 thrashing of Sevilla, Marca put a photograph of Yang Yang wearing Real Madrid's black away jersey on the front page of its newspaper, with a huge red headline highlighting this record.
In a single match, Yang Yang had created the legendary record for the most goals scored in a single season in the century-plus history of Europe's Top Five Leagues.
At the same time, Yang Yang had completely shattered the record of forty-three goals he had set the previous season for the most goals scored by a Real Madrid player in a single season.
Marca spared no praise for Yang Yang.
"At Pizjuán Stadium, Yang Yang's radiance was brighter than 300,000 incandescent lamps. He not only scored four goals, not only surpassed last season's goal tally, but also made himself the greatest single-season scoring legend in the history of Europe's Top Five Leagues, prompting Pizjuán Stadium to thunder with chants demanding that Manzano step down and get lost."
Marca pointed out that Sevilla's annual April Fair was currently underway. The entire city had lit 300,000 incandescent lamps, turning this ancient Andalusian city into a brightly illuminated wonderland as brilliant as daylight, while the whole city had plunged into celebration.
But at Pizjuán Stadium, Yang Yang's four-goal performance had made him the biggest surprise of the entire celebration.
"Before the match, no one could have imagined that Real Madrid would thrash Sevilla 6–1 away from home. This should have been a clash between two La Liga powerhouses. According to the pre-match predictions of the Andalusian media, Sevilla even had a chance of drawing with Real Madrid at home, just as they had held Barcelona to a 1–1 draw at home two months earlier."
"But what no one expected was that Real Madrid was not