The Basque derby was a real football party again where the worst, by far, was football itself, which did not live up to it, or close, of its fans, who took the gigantic atmosphere of all day in Donostia to the prolegomena of the match inside a year to overflow, with 36,058 spectators, touching the best mark of the season after many games with low assists.
36,058 spectators went to Anoeta, who dressed their best galas, after a holiday and cordiality between hobbies
The tier began strong pushing his people to squeeze, after a beautiful spectacle of 'Euskal Dantza' that had the bad luck of coinciding with the punctual flood of the night, a better still tribute to realistic legends of weight as Aranzabal, From Paula, Rekarte o Albertoand an exit from the players to the magic field with the anthem to Capela and a beautiful Txuri Urdin mosaic, with the giant ikurriña in one background, and a spectacular bultzada typhus in the other, which prayed a powerful and important message: “We will protect the home of our ancestors.”
Soon the first songs and unanimous applause came from the entire Txuri Urdin stands for Imanolthat two or three more times were repeated. The party did not give rise to much boiler atmosphere that, except in specific moments such as the final corner or the protests for possible actions favorable to the real one, there was no. The end was even decaffeinated despite what was at stake because attack actions did not arrive. Bultzada remembered the late rojiblanco fan Iñigo Cabacasin a gesture that was applauded by a visitor that closed the day with the “yes you can” to its template thinking of Europe.
A long and special day
A derby day is more special if the sun rises in Donostia. Despite the time (9pm), being Sunday, and that Athletic has the mind set in Manchester, numerous rojiblancos were encouraged to spend the day through the Guipuzcoan capital with the followers Txuri Urdin, causing an already habitual setting in the old part since in the morning. Fermín Calbetón and the Constitution Square were the most chosen places and gathered hundreds of followers who enjoyed an atmosphere for all ages. Everyone, once enjoyed the Donostiarra cuisine, headed towards Amara to continue with the previous one with many other thousands of fans.
The atmosphere was spectacular, friendly, as usual, between two hobbies that have always been well understood in both cities. The day was long and a party for all, although they could not have a final climax at the height inside the stadium.
