Real Sociedad (the Basque football club based in San Sebastián, northern Spain) celebrated their Copa del Rey title with a triumphant open-top bus procession through the city, drawing enormous crowds to the seafront plaza of Alderdi Eder in front of the town hall. Thousands of fans in the club's blue-and-white colours lined balconies, pavements and street corners as players carried the trophy from their training ground at Zubieta through the city's most iconic streets. The occasion carried deep emotional weight beyond a sporting victory, with defender Aritz Elustondo paying tribute to former coach Imanol Alguacil and coach Matarazzo addressing the crowd in Basque (Euskera), drawing a thunderous ovation from supporters who see the club as a cornerstone of local identity.