‘They had to bring her to us in a van’ | Relief

The red-white passion has flared up in recent weeks., as Athletic confirmed their participation in the Cup final and then made history by lifting the title to the skies of Seville. A month after the achievement of Ernesto Valverde’s team, the most special stories and celebrations continue to emerge. One of them took place in Segovia, against all odds and in a marriage in which practically no one breathed any sense of sport.. But it didn’t matter, La Gabarra had to be there, the symbol that every Bilbao fan had been waiting for for more than 40 years.

The bride, the most important person of the day, is, with the groom’s permission, a “super sports fan.” Nobody knows why, but Celia, the bride, breathes red and white feeling.. Something strange, since part of his paternal family is from Vitoria and are Alaves fans, and his partner Pichu is an ardent “lifelong” Real Madrid fan. It didn’t matter. The party that took place last Saturday in Valverde del Majano (Segovia) should have turned red and white for a moment..

Celia’s friends, including her sister Suzanne, were thinking of ways to surprise her with a funny wedding gift. “At first we thought about making a padel tennis racket because he likes it, but since it was the Cup…” After the recent title win by the red and whites and the grand celebrations at the mouth of Vizcaya, they came up with the idea to make Gabarra. “We thought, what if we made a little barge and sailed on it?” The idea got a little out of hand as what they thought was small turned out to be not so small after all. They even had problems with transportation.

“Our idea was for it to be smaller and fit in the boot of a bus, but it didn’t fit. It was brought to us in a van the day before, and we asked a neighbor in town for it. transport him to the farm, because otherwise it would have been impossible,” recalls Susana, who is accustomed to this kind of surprise, since it wedding planner at Petit Detail.

Moreover, inside the “boat” hundreds of one-, two- and five-cent coins glued together with silicone were transported one after another.. “It was very cool. The anthem started to play, we hadn’t entered yet and waited for the traffic to start a little more. Everyone stood up and started shouting ‘ah-ah’ and everyone was amazed.” “We supported the entire banquet,” she congratulates herself, still surprised that everything went so well. “We didn’t really plan it, but the napkins and the fact that we carried a little flag was really, really cool. It was a really fun moment.”

According to her sister Suzanne, Celia was “amazed” and really enjoyed it, she was surprised by the journey the story takes and a video he posted on social media that goes viral. The thirteen friends who came up with the surprise enjoy it and joke about the gift, which reached the Red and White fans, and they even tagged the Athletic players to let them know about Celia’s passion for the Red and White, which He dreams of going to the game in San Mamés as soon as possible. to add the finishing touch to a special occasion.