Spain Voted against proposal

Asensio follows in Raul's footsteps

Fifty years after the Spanish national team's last game in Bilbao, the Basque Parliament's Culture and Sport Commision refused to invite La Furia Roja for a home game at the Estadio San Mames.

While the People's Party (PP) and the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-EE) backed the proposal made by PP, the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and the far-left EH Bildu placed their votes against it, with Elkarrekin Podemos absent from the process.

In an effort to support the motion, the parliamentary member of PP, Nerea Llanos, recalled that the last time the National team played in Bilbao was back in 1967, claiming that this situation is due to "the anti-Spanish attitude of some politicians, who are absolutely sectarian and from another century."

On the other hand, the spokeswoman of the PNV, Garbine Mendizabal, justified the rejection to the initiative by her party stating that the PP aim to "bring in Spain, which isn't our national team."

Meanwhile, Edurne García Larrimbe of Elkarrekin Podemos, criticised the PP for pretending "to find conflicts where there are none" and "ignoring" that there is "a major demand in favour of the recognition of the Basque teams assumed by a large part of the society."