- The Bilbao football field will be used whenever the Spanish team plays as a team of the Professional Football League. It will not be the only venue, as the 2020 championship matches will be played in the camps across Europe.
This Monday it has been confirmed that the Spanish men’s football team will play the three matches of the group stage of the next Euro Cup at the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao. After winning the qualifying match played on Monday, Baskonia has managed with this victory to lead the qualifying stage and play as local the three matches of the group stage. The three matches will be held in Euskal Herria between June and July, according to the club.
Yes, if the European football organisation (UEFA) does not make unexpected changes. For many months now, several sectors of Bilbao and Euskal Herria have condemned this possibility and more and more voices have called for “reaction”, especially on social networks:
Let us raise the wave in favor of the selection of the Basque Country. By June 2020, something massive and effective must be invented.
Spain will play three Euro Cup matches https://t.co/Rbs94OSla2 in San Mamés via @elcorreo
— Mikel (@milan_irastorza) November 19, 2019
What would motivate the hostility that if Ireland played against Spain in San Mamés we were all with the green of our team, that of the Basque Country.
— Diseclico (@JoIdencolfil) November 19, 2019
For his part, the male Euskal Selekzioa coach, Javier Clemente, sees “well” that the Spanish team plays in the Cathedral and has asked to “show and encourage” this selection in an interview in TeleBilbao.