Experience, they say, is a degree and the Basque Walking Football team, competing under the name of the Basque Country, already knows what it is to participate in the ‘World Nations Cup’. Fifth place in the category +50 (years) and sixth in the category +60 have not fully met the expectations of the players of both Tricolor teams, but the room for improvement before the 2025 World Cup It is enormous according to what could be seen at the weekend on the table of facilities normally used by the English team for its preparation in the town of Derby.
“Walking Football -as explained by Jesús Etxebarria; alma mater, player and coach of the Basque Country – trying to make it possible to play football at an advanced age with rules that protect our physical integrity while we play healthy sports and socialize”.
Basque internationals attend this world event at their own expense. No entity or sponsor helped them cover the 1,300 euros per person needed to pay for clothing, food, hotel and travel to England, among others. “We are the only team without a sponsor,” they point out.
The possibility of organizing the 2025 World Cup in Euskadi is there. Waiting for the events and after seeing how England was proclaimed champion in both categories, the representatives of the Basque Country are waiting when the training will start in Lezama. The goal at Bizkaia level is to organize its own League to compete with a certain frequency and development.
England were declared champions of the World Nations Cup played last weekend in both +50 and +60. The hosts beat the Basque Country to the minimum. In the ‘juveniles’ for 2-1 and asking for time. To the ‘seniors’ 1-0 and from a penalty.
Worldwide invitations
The Basque team has invitations to go as a guest in Singapore, in a tournament of countries taking place on a cruise ship, Thailand, Egypt, Seoul, Japan, Morocco, Italy, France, Madeira, Galicia and Spain. It’s complicated without a sponsor. In the Derbi his ‘professionalism’ was evident.
There were many injuries and bad news in the form of the death of the father of Xabi Ramos, a player who played for Sestao and Las Palmas in his eleventh season of football, among others. A minute’s silence was observed at all matches.
Source: La Verdad
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