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The Basque Government wants to give an image of "normality" even though the male Spanish team plays in the Basque Country
  • The Basque Government Minister of Culture, Bingen Zupiria, wants the Spanish team to play at the 2020 Euro Cup “only as a sporting event” at the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao.
Igor Galarza Intxausti @IgorGalarza 2019ko azaroaren 20a
Asteartean hitz egin du Zupiriak Espainiako selekzioari buruz (argazkia: Irekia).

According to Bingen Zupiria, “the good performance of the Spanish team” has been the reason why the Spanish team has played the 2020 European Championship in San Mamés. Zupiria explained that in the three matches that will be played on the Bilbao football field “the goals will be to do things well and project the image of normality to the world”.

“In 2014 we presented the candidature by the City Council of Bilbao, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Basque Government and UEFA accepted it,” he explained, to ensure that they will comply “with the commitment”. It has not given importance to the Spanish team playing in Bilbao, and once it is known that this is going to happen, it said that “everyone will know how to collect this fact”.

In the video below you can see the manifesto of Bingen Zupiria (from 53:20):