運動競技の Bilbao celebrate their Copa del Rey 勝利 in style as hundreds of thousands of fans line the streets to watch 勝利を得た squad parade their first トロフィー for 40 years 負かす／撃墜する the river

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運動競技の Bilbao celebrated their first major トロフィー for 40 years in style as their squad paraded 負かす／撃墜する the River Nervion on a boat, 元気づけるd on by hundreds of thousands.

Large raucous （人が）群がるs flocked to the city centre to party と一緒に the players, who boarded a 船 known as the 'Gabarra', and sailed 負かす／撃墜する to the city hall.

The 旅行 stretched 13km and stretched from the town of Getxo to the very heart of the sprawling de-facto Basque 資本／首都, where the elation continued.

支持者s lined both banks of the river and crammed into every nook, 含むing on the balconies dotted around every street, and waved 旗s and scarves.

Ernesto Valderde's 味方する （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Mallorca on 刑罰，罰則s in the Copa del Rey final in Seville to clinch their first piece of silverware since a 国内の 二塁打 in 1984.

運動競技の Bilbao held a トロフィー parade in 前線 of hundreds of thousands of 支持者s

The 勝利を得た squad held the Copa del Rey aloft as they travelled on their iconic 船

Raucous 支持者s waved 旗s and scarves as they lined the balconies in the ci ty centre

Players from that team, who have been immortalised in Bilbao's 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s and restaurants after their momentous 業績／成就, also joined in the 祝賀s.

The Bilbao 船 was followed by several other 大型船s filled with 支持者s.?

Barcelona defender Inigo Martinez, who played for Bilbao between 2018 and 2023, steered a boat of his own after 存在 given 許可 to join in by Xavi.

Schools in the city had shut 早期に to enable 支持者s of all ages to soak up the 祝賀s and it was 概算の that over a million people were 始める，決める to …に出席する.?

Valverde is a keen photographer and took photos of the scenes on board the 船.?

Smaller 大型船s also filled with 支持者s and film 乗組員 followed behind the squad's 船

Boss Ernesto Valverde (権利) joined in with the 祝賀s after the shootout success

The 行列 made its way 負かす／撃墜する to the Bilbao city hall, where the party continued

'At Lezama (Bilbao's 青年 学院) we have the photo of the Gabarra. We've always talked about how it would be to live something like this,' Ander Herrera said.

'This is for those who are here, those who are not here and those who have left us,' striker Inaki Williams said. 'For those who played at 運動競技の and gave everything.'

Captain Iker Muniain led the 祝賀s from the city hall's balcony.

'Who are we? 運動競技の! And what are we? 支持する／優勝者s!' he yelled to the （人が）群がる.