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Athletic Bilbao''s veteran forward Joseba Etxeberria issued an emotional farewell to the Basque club and to thousands of supporters that had congregated at San Mames to watch Etxeberria and all the Athletic Club players play an "impossible game".

The 32-year old player, who has played for Athletic for 15 years making 444 appearances in the Spanish Liga and scoring 87 goals, played his last game at San Mames against two hundred children.

The two hundred Basque children had been selected from schools across the Basque Country. Theoretically, a hundred children were supposed to play in each half, but at some point during the second half, all of them were on the field together along with all the Athletic players.

Athletic Club won the game 5-3 and Etxeberria received a standing ovation when the game reached an end.