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"Born of the people", the Athletic Club way

"Born of the people", the Athletic Club way

This is the famous Athletic, the famous Athletic Club, and these are the champions, aupa Athletic txapeldun

The Copa winning Lions, who defeated RCD Mallorca in the final, Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals and FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals, warmed up for La Gabarra by celebrating with fans, in an unplanned party, on the streets of Bilbao.

Led by club captains, Iker Muniain, Óscar de Marcos, Iñigo Lekue and Iñaki Williams, who showed why this team is unique in the world.

Muniain gave an impromptu speech explaining the decision to head out in to Bilbao: "We've waited 40 years for this moment. There was a lot of suffering. We the players want to be with you the people of this city. We want to celebrate together, jump together and party together because we are... Txapeldunak!"