Reports were also competing to cover this UEFA Champions League final.
AC Milan has always been one of the most popular teams back home.
Add to that the factor of Huang Kaiwen.
Days before the final had even started, it was already looped on five channels with a subtitled preview, and some programs even had a special trailer before them.
Even those who don't understand soccer enjoyed the highlights reel of Huang Kaiwen and Ronaldinho.
The forums were going crazy.
"Holy shit, was the pope really talking about Huang Kaiwen?"
"I want to know, too. My dad was just saying today that the kid Huang Kaiwen is pretty good; a Chinese guy getting praised by the pope made him tell me to learn more from him since we're about the same age. I thought, you didn't make me that handsome, where am I supposed to find a sugar mommy?"
