The Basque Football Federation has confirmed this Wednesday what EITB already announced on December 7, that is, that there will be no Euskal Selekzioa game this Christmas.
Thus, in the note made public this Wednesday, the Federation explains that it has worked for them “impossible to close a match with all the guarantees and of the highest possible quality“.
“That has been our priority objective during these months. We have tried to the end, but it has been impossible for us to put together all the ingredients so that a game as important as this could be celebrated. Honestly, we are very upset by this situation. It is not what we expected “, declared the president of the Basque Football Federation Javier Landeta.
In his own words Landeta, “the Federation has sought at all times to bring together three variables: make a call with top-level players, find a football stadium that could host the maximum number of attendees possible and invite an important rival to make the game attractive” .
However, in that process it has been truncated by “the change in schedule proposed by La Liga”, in reference to in advance to December 22 of the Athletic – Real Madrid match, originally scheduled for January 19.
“We fully understand the frustration that all this could have generated and, of course, we share it. It was not what we wanted and accepting it has been hard. From now on, our main objective is to be able to achieve that these three variables occur in the month March. We will continue working very hard because our goal is to see the Euskal Selekzioa with the best players, on the best field and against the best possible rival “, he concluded Landeta.
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