"Wow!!!"
Since the start of this season, West Ham United had been performing exceptionally well.
Yet in their two recent matches against Manchester United, West Ham United had been almost effortlessly crushed.
The away manager gently shook his head, his face full of helplessness.
"United!"
"Manchester United!"
"Forever Manchester United!"
"..."
"Beep, beep-beep—!!!"
Understand the Team match report: Manchester United defeated West Ham United 4-0 in the EFL Cup, completing a home-and-away double over the Hammers within four days. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice. (172,892 comments)
Nearly 200,000 comments for an EFL Cup match—Manchester United seemed to have embarked down the irreversible path of becoming a traffic-driven team.
The good news was that Manchester United had produced results worthy of that attention.
"According to the information we've received, this year's Ballon d'Or shortlist will be announced within two days."
"Of course, TY, we aren't asking whether you think you can make the thirty-man shortlist."
"What we want to ask is whether you believe you can receive two Ballon d'Or trophies at this year's ceremony?"
After saying that, the reporter handed the microphone to Tang Ye.
Though that was actually unnecessary, since Tang Ye was already holding one.
"Hmm... that's hard to say."
Tang Ye shook his head, then recalled what he had said while chatting with his teammates at the bar. "I think I'm fairly competitive, because I won the Champions League in both the previous season and the season before that. If I don't end up winning the Ballon d'Or, I might be rather disappointed, haha!"
Disappointed.
That was the keyword the reporters caught.
"Last year's Ballon d'Or was suddenly announced as cancelled. What was your view of FIFA at the time?"
"..."
"That's hard to say. I was definitely quite upset when I got the news, but since