Athletic’s new San Mamés

The week of Athletic, beyond what happened yesterday in Villarreal, has been marked by the Extraordinary Assembly around the issue of the popular animation stands of San Mamés. The initiative that emerged from the San Mamesen Orroa collective bore fruit in the form of calling the aforementioned meeting, its proposal and that of the Elizegi board itself in this regard, and the final approval of the plan presented by the rojiblanco club itself. A matter that was rejected months ago with this same directive at the head of the entity ended up seeing the light at the second with some differential nuances in this regard.

“Athletic is carried in the heart, not in the seat”, argued José Antonio Virumbrales, number 1 member of the rojiblanca entity, from the Euskalduna lectern when it came to being favorable to the creation of this popular entertainment stand that will be made up of nearly 4,000 people, the vast majority of them young, located from corner to corner in the north end of the goalkeeper’s goal of the current Bilbao stadium.

The substance of the expression used by this enthusiastic veteran associate of the Ibaigane entity could also be interpreted from the perspective contrary to the very start-up of this initiative. If what counts above all is the love of colors, the place one occupies in the stands is the least of it. There are also those who have even wanted to clarify that many people from outside Biscay carry Athletic in their hearts without even having the opportunity to attend San Mamés.

Those who understand the matter the most say that Athletic needed a tier of popular entertainment like eating and that San Mamés, and by extension the club itself, demanded an injection of youth. For support of the team at home from now on, seen what has been seen, it will not stay.

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