Overview
- An announced crowd of 51,396 filled San Mamés, with Basque regional leaders among those in attendance.
- Symbolic gestures included players carrying white roses, both teams singing Txoria Txori together, and a post-match banner reading “Thank you Basque Country.”
- Palestine defender Yaser Hamed, born in nearby Leioa, was warmly ovated on his return to the stadium.
- Coach Ehab Abu Jazar called the trip a mission to affirm Palestinian dignity, as officials detailed destroyed facilities and athletes killed in Gaza.
- Reports described large solidarity marches in Bilbao, and the Palestinian team is slated to face Catalonia in Barcelona next.