13 March 2018

Armed owner on the pitch

Everyone was entitled to enjoy a good football holiday derby last night in Thessaloniki which on the end finished with scandalous and even unbelievable scenes from the Greek local championship. This was played in peaceful atmosphere until the ninetieth minute where one armed man entered the stadium and suspended the match.
Last weekend at the Super league, second team meet the first or in other words PAOK entertained with AEK. No goals were given in 89 minutes when after happened the controversial moment. Approximately 30 seconds before 90, Fernando Varela brought the home club to a 1:0 advantage where Georgios Kominis first recognized the goal, then it was disallowed due to offside, and at the end it was (finaly) recognized again (the goalscorer was NOT on offside position, but it was his team mate Mauricio). At that moment on scene enters PAOK owner Ivan Savvidis with a gun on the pitch who wanted to oppose the referee, but it failed. Soon after, the venue was invaded and started a real chaos. With this (little) detail practically he was the cause for abandoning the game, although the official report is stated as 1:0.
These scenes from yesterday night prompted the association to cancel the championship on indefinite time until all is resolved. Against the owner, Greek police today issued an arrest warrant together with 4 other people who believed to be his bodyguards.



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