MADRID (AP) 鈥� Athletic Bilbao’s players wore shirts bearing the last names of their mothers during its Spanish league game on Saturday as a celebration of Mother鈥檚 Day in Spain.
The game came one day ahead of the Spanish Mother鈥檚 Day, which is on the first Sunday of May.
Athletic fought back for a 4-2 win at Alaves with Nico Williams scoring twice. The winger, who usually has 鈥淲illiams Jr鈥� on his shirt, instead had 鈥淎rthuer Jr鈥� written on the back.
In Spain, women who marry keep their last names, and children receive the last names of both parents.
The night also marked a milestone for Athletic coach Ernesto Valverde, who extended his record to 500 games in charge of the Basque Country club.
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