“It all started in Rubí and ended in La Cartuja. Eight games, a painful final and almost 100,000 residents of Bilbao in Seville. “After 40 years, the Cup returns to Bilbao.”
This is the cover letter of the book ‘Txapeldunak 25. La Gabarra returns to sail’ presented yesterday in Bilbao by Tomás Ondarra and Iñigo Crespo. Book dedicated to the journey of the lions in the KO tournament, focusing with special emphasis on the latest edition of the same, including the title celebrations in La Cartuja and La Gabarra.
This work, for which Ondarra provided the drawings and Crespo the texts, is structured in three parts. The first consists of the tour of the 24 Cups previously won by Athletic, the second of the tour carried out by the lions from the first round of the last edition of the KO tournament in Rubí to the last won in Seville and the third of what. was experienced in the capital of Seville and the celebration aboard the Gabarra.
“Only the club’s 25 wins and the journey of this last very enjoyable year will be reflected in the book,” Ondarra sums up. “This book is a new contribution to the vast library of publications about Athletic, as it is dedicated solely and exclusively to the Cup,” Crespo clarified.
Muniain’s quotes
In addition to Athletic’s illustrated tour of 25 Cups won and a good number of statistics; ‘Txapeldunak 25’ includes the quotes used by Iker Muniain to present the team from the balcony of Bilbao City Hall. The book is now on sale at the price of 29.30 euros.
Source: La Verdad
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