The Curious Incident of a Fan Infiltrated in Rival Team’s Stands: A Tale of Sportsmanship

The reaction of a fan infiltrated into the rival team’s local stands

The classic of the Basque country in Spain left one of the most curious images of the day after what was the 3-0 victory by Real Sociedad over Athletic Bilbao with goals from Robin Le Normand, Takefusa Kubo and Mikel Oyarzabal.

Nobody wanted to miss the meeting between both teams in San Sebastián. Even some fans of the visiting team chose to watch the game in the blue and white stands. The case of this fan in question goes even further since he decided to go with the Bilbao shirt on.

The image did not take long to spread across social networks and even the official La Liga account shared the video of the transmission from the cameras of the Spanish Channel Movistar+. In the recording you could see all the Real fans celebrating Oyarzabal’s last goal at 67 minutes, while the infiltrator smiled with his arms crossed.

A sequence that serves as an example of sportsmanship, since at no time was he in danger, he even showed that he had a good relationship with one of them by patting his back when he approached him. In another shot of the Reale Arena another Bilbao fan could be seen looking very serious after the goal, before a supporter of the local team encouraged him to smile, despite the result of the match.

Mikel Oyarzabal surpassed the rival goalkeeper, Unai Simón, during the play that ended in a goal. (EFE)

It should be noted that the Basque derby is one of the most anticipated in the Spanish league, especially for what it represents on a cultural level, since both have a deep-rooted feeling of belonging and Basque identity, to the point of having sung together the Hegoak (poem that they use as a symbol) during a match.

Regarding the match, the intensity marked the first minutes of the derby after the initial whistle, with two teams that took to the pitch with the clear intention of being the first to take the lead on the scoreboard.

The first goal of the match came after a somewhat fortuitous play in the domain of Unai Simón, with a ball centered by Brais Méndez from the side of the field so that, after some unsuccessful attempts at both a shot and a clearance, it ended up in the legs of Robin Le Normand and he finished at will to go first on the scoreboard.

Athletic started the second 45 minutes very well thanks to a mistake by Hamari Traoré that Nico Williams took advantage of to filter a ball that could not find a finisher. Moment in which the txuri urdin club put together a dream counterattack that, after a succession of passes in the opposite field, ended in 3/4 of the rival field and a subtle assist from Sadiq Umar left Take Kubo alone in front of Simón, who beat at pleasure to the zurigorri goalkeeper.

And as it could not be otherwise, the newcomer to the field of play Mikel Oyarzabal would put the icing on the cake after dribbling past the Athletic goalkeeper after a sensational pass behind the defense with the Galician stamp of Brais.

“What it’s about here is generating and scoring, and in that today Real has been better,” stressed Real Sociedad coach Imanol Alguacil after the end.

2023-10-01 16:11:00
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