{"id":61914,"date":"2025-11-17T06:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=61914"},"modified":"2025-11-19T06:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:54:32","slug":"the-nfl-showcased-the-values-of-many-spaniards-and-the-friendship-of-two-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/11\/17\/the-nfl-showcased-the-values-of-many-spaniards-and-the-friendship-of-two-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"The NFL showcased the values \u200b\u200bof many Spaniards and the friendship of two Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the National Football League (NFL) held a game at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u stadium in Madrid.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/04\/14\/a-vibrant-and-beautiful-country-the-praise-of-the-united-states-navy-for-spain\/\">A 'vibrant and beautiful' country: the praise of the United States Navy for Spain<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2020\/06\/24\/10-reasons-to-vindicate-the-hispanic-cultural-heritage-of-the-united-states\/\">10 reasons to vindicate the Hispanic cultural heritage of the United States<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>It was the first time the NFL had held a game in Spain.<\/strong> That game pitted the Miami Dolphins against the Washington Commanders. <strong>There were three things I particularly liked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Militares de los tres Ej\u00e9rcitos y de la UME han participado en la ceremonia de apertura del partido de la NFL entre los Miami Dolphins y los Washington Commanders en el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SantiagoBernab%C3%A9u?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SantiagoBernab\u00e9u<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Han portado la bandera de Espa\u00f1a y la de Estados Unidos junto a militares estadounidenses.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2UwgD0GAEq\">pic.twitter.com\/2UwgD0GAEq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Estado Mayor Defensa \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 (@EMADmde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EMADmde\/status\/1990151898624905366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>First, before the match began, <strong>Spanish and American military personnel unfurled their national flags on the field<\/strong> (I must admit I loved seeing them together), as you can see above in a video published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EMADmde\/status\/1990151898624905366\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish Joint Chiefs of Staff (EMAD)<\/a>. Thus, <strong>the match served as a tribute to those who serve both countries in their Armed Forces<\/strong>, a gesture that is very common at sporting events in the United States but not in Spain, despite the fact that millions of Spaniards feel a deep affection and great pride for our Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin:20px 0 20px 0;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Madrid-based vocalist Karina Pasian sings the U.S. National Anthem for the first-ever NFL game in Spain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vIhnBFq4sA\">pic.twitter.com\/vIhnBFq4sA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1990065982157508752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Secondly, <strong>the national anthems of the United States (sung by Karina Pasian, above) and Spain (below this paragraph) were played<\/strong>, the latter performed by the Music Unit of the Madrid Marine Infantry Group (AGRUMAD). <strong>It's a nice gesture, but in Spain it's only common at national team matches or Copa del Rey finals.<\/strong> It's as if our national anthem has been sidelined.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin:20px 0 20px 0;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The National Anthem of Spain performed by the Madrid Marine Infantry Group. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAL1fPL5X2\">pic.twitter.com\/cAL1fPL5X2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1990066095084949716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thirdly, I think it's important to highlight that <strong>both national anthems were listened to respectfully by a predominantly Spanish audience<\/strong>, without any booing or whistling. This may seem shocking to many US citizens, but <strong>here in Spain we have often seen separatists booing and whistling our National Anthem<\/strong> without any action being taken or any government statement condemning this lack of respect for one of the symbols that represent all Spaniards.<\/p>\n<p>These three things represent the feelings of millions of Spaniards:<strong> admiration for the Armed Forces, patriotism, and respect for the United States<\/strong>, our greatest ally and a country with which we have important cultural, social, political, and economic ties. <strong>These three things have been denigrated for decades by a segment (only a segment) of our society, especially by the far-left.<\/strong> This segment does not, by any stretch of the imagination, represent all Spaniards.<\/p>\n<p>We're talking about <strong>a segment of society that hates patriotism<\/strong>, believes it's something fascists do, and calls flags \"rags,\" only to then wave the flags of dictatorships like Palestine. <strong>These are people who claim to defend public institutions but hate the Armed Forces<\/strong> (that is, the public servants who watch over our safety every day). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/03\/21\/the-crimes-of-the-communist-dictatorship-of-china-which-is-praised-by-pedro-sanchez\/\">These are people who feel very comfortable with the Chinese communist dictatorship<\/a> (a one-party regime that has been ruling for 76 years without free elections and violating human rights) <strong>and at the same time hate a nation with a long democratic tradition like the United States<\/strong>, whose sons have made many sacrifices in the fight for freedom, as evidenced by so many cemeteries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, watching certain media outlets (especially those controlled by or aligned with Pedro S\u00e1nchez's government), <strong>one might get the false impression that all of Spain is like that part that hates Spain and our allies<\/strong>, but the reality is very different from how those media outlets portray it. <strong>In Spain, many of us reject that hatred and share the values \u200b\u200bthat were admirably displayed yesterday at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u stadium.<\/strong> Many of us value our Armed Forces, love our country, and feel sympathy for the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This NFL game has served to highlight a long-standing friendship between two great nations<\/strong>, a friendship that will not disappear despite the efforts of some to break it. <strong>God bless Spain and the United States of America.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/9390372\/us-military-and-family-members-participate-nfl-pre-game-ceremony\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Navy \/ Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Drace Wilson<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the National Football League (NFL) held a game at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u stadium in Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10398],"tags":[18619,25746,732,25745,11115,11462,10431],"class_list":["post-61914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-group-of-marine-infantry-of-madrid-agrumad","tag-karina-pasian","tag-madrid","tag-national-football-league-nfl","tag-patriotism","tag-spain","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}