Basque Country football team win in Venezuela

Basque Country football team win in Venezuela
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By h.b. - Jun 22, 2007 - 8:28 AM

Euskadi footballers before the game against Venezuela - Photo EFE

It's the first time the region has put together a side in 69 years

It’s a case of politics in Sport with a team from Euskadi, the Basque Country, currently on tour in Latin America.

The side, put together by Mikel Etxarru and José Ángel Inbar, beat a Venezuelan side 3-4, with Etxebarria scoring twice.

It’s the first time that a Basque football side has played outside Spain for 69 years, and before the game the players held up a large banner which read ‘We are a nation’.

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