Great media coverage in Tribute to Etxeberria

The success of ‘The Impossible Match: A Tribute to Joseba Etxeberria’ has been transferred to the media. Not only did the local media give a good account of the match, but television, newspapers and web pages also reflected the initiative. Among them, we can highlight the online versions of the New York Times, UK’s Telegraph, the English magazine Four Four Two, the free newsletter Metro also from England, and media from a variety of countries such as Rumania, Turkey, Argentina and China.

Likewise, in the newly dubbed ‘new media’ the information was an unusual success. The several videos that appeared on YouTube accumulated tens of thousands of reproductions in a matter of hours. Also in football team forums world wide -Manchester United and Liverpool, for example- and in all types of blogs, the news was widely commented. The same happened in the popular Digg or Menéame, where the review was widely voted and analyzed, with everyone agreeing that the images of the match were quite exciting.

Finally, on Wednesday, 19 May, Athletic President Fernando Garcia Macua offered a live interview on BBC Radio in which he commented on the particular tribute and emphasized the fundamental bases of the Athletic Club philosophy.