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The Unobstructed View
150 furious hooligans storm Panionios Stadium, in Nea Smyrni, a southern suburb of Athens. They get gardener’s spades and whatever tool they can find, they even use a tractor parked there and start to dig up the pitch. They dig 20 big holes, they damage goal posts, destroy the beams in front of Gate 8, the bench of guest and journalists, they write slogans against UEFA, AEK and Gerasimos Ventouris, the chairman of Amateur Panionios.
he hooligans, some call them “fans”, are angered by the decision of Panionios administration to rent the pitch for EURO 30,000, so Greek AEK can play against Scottish Dundee United for the second leg of the UEFA Europa League qualifier. AEK is arch rival of Panionios and home supporters can not allow AEK to play in their own yard. They hope , the match to be called off.
In the early morning hours workers try religiously to carry out remedial work but things are very bad…. The pitch looks as if been trampled by angry bulls.
UEFA gets notice and but before it inspects the repaired pitch, it announces, the match to take place at Karaiskaki Stadium, the 33,500-seats home field for Olympiakos in Piraeus. The AEK management decided not to allow own fans to the stadium, so only some 500 travelling fans of Dundee United will be on hand.
The AEK – Dundee Unitedmatch wasn’t under a good star right from the beginning. The game was originally planned to be played at the Olympic Stadium. But the pitch was deemed unplayable after a match between Panathinaikos and Genoa and a problem with the sprinkler system, that left the turf in a terrible condition.
[video=youtube;jcVB2NWsIbo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcVB2NWsIbo&feature=player_embedded[/video]
he hooligans, some call them “fans”, are angered by the decision of Panionios administration to rent the pitch for EURO 30,000, so Greek AEK can play against Scottish Dundee United for the second leg of the UEFA Europa League qualifier. AEK is arch rival of Panionios and home supporters can not allow AEK to play in their own yard. They hope , the match to be called off.
In the early morning hours workers try religiously to carry out remedial work but things are very bad…. The pitch looks as if been trampled by angry bulls.
UEFA gets notice and but before it inspects the repaired pitch, it announces, the match to take place at Karaiskaki Stadium, the 33,500-seats home field for Olympiakos in Piraeus. The AEK management decided not to allow own fans to the stadium, so only some 500 travelling fans of Dundee United will be on hand.
The AEK – Dundee Unitedmatch wasn’t under a good star right from the beginning. The game was originally planned to be played at the Olympic Stadium. But the pitch was deemed unplayable after a match between Panathinaikos and Genoa and a problem with the sprinkler system, that left the turf in a terrible condition.
[video=youtube;jcVB2NWsIbo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcVB2NWsIbo&feature=player_embedded[/video]
