Match Preview: Champions League final in the early hours of May 29. Real Madrid and Manchester United will battle for the summit of Europe at the Stade de France.
These past few days had been filled with Champions League final previews. It was clear just how absurdly high the attention on the final had become.
At least in China, that was the case. Champions League final posters had already spread from Dongqiudi to TikTok.
The hottest content on TikTok now, aside from fan edits of Tang Ye's matches, was videos introducing the starting lineups of Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Like this:
"La Liga champions Real Madrid! Their center forward is Karim Benzema, the top scorer in this season's Champions League, with an incredible nose for goal and precise finishing!"
"The left winger is Vinícius Júnior, La Liga's Best Young Player, with first-rate dribbling ability and outstanding off-the-ball movement!"
"..."
There were all sorts of videos like that. Put simply, they pitted the players in each position against one another and compared their strengths. Better yet, they would label a specific combat-power-style number beside each player's head, which usually drew even more traffic.
People had always loved comparing statistics.
Looking at all the data TikTok provided, there were clearly more video creators backing Manchester United. You could even say they accounted for 90% of the entire platform.
Many of those creators were Tang Ye fans. They loved comparing Tang Ye with Real Madrid's famous midfield trio.
That was how the Tang Army worked. They loved using Tang Ye's €280 million valuation to crush Real Madrid's midfield trio, all to demonstrate their idol's greatness.
It certainly was not very friendly toward Real Madrid, but the gap between Manchester United and Real Madrid was right there in plain sight.
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