PAOK FC apologized to the Super League disciplinary body for the sad episodes caused by its fans in the Toumba derby with Aris on Friday morning (3/12).
The “biceps of the North” is threatened with a heavy “bell” based on the indictment and the decision on his fate is expected within the day, most likely by the afternoon.
In the legal part, PAOK’s effort to the sports judge focused on imposing itself on him the smallest possible penalty, and in particular to be punished only with a fine and 2 to 4 matches in camera for fan invasion accompanied by violence and damage to foreign property.
This is because there are other points of the indictment, such as lighting torches and throwing them, for which PAOK is a recidivist and can launch the penalty to unprecedented levels. In particular it is endangered:
-With 2 to 4 games for the episodes that followed the invasion of his fans in the delays.
-Up to 2 races (which due to recurrence are doubled and can become 4!), For throwing objects in the delays of the race.
-At least 1 match for delay in the start of the match due to lighting torches.
The punishment will be clearly less in total, since the penalties are reduced when there are more than one violation, however PAOK asked to be punished only for the entry of its fans and what followed, that is, with 2 to 4 games and a fine of 50,000 to 250,000 euro.
For the delayed start of the match due to the lighting of torches, an offense for which the “biceps of the North” is a recurrence (for the same article Olympiacos was punished with 1 match), PAOK invoked the fact that the match sheet says that the delay in the start was for throwing and not for simple lighting as stated by the observer of the match in a supplementary report.
For the throwing of objects for which, as a recidivist, PAOK is in danger of up to 4 games, PAOK’s lawyers claimed that it preceded the entry of the fans and therefore, the offense is absorbed by the invasion of the fans and only one should be imposed punishment, ie 2 to 4 matches.
PAE’s lawyer, Lambros Birdas, stated, among other things:
«What happened was essentially directed against the team. They expressed their dissatisfaction with the team’s competitive performance. To evaluate calmly and not based on the surrounding atmosphere. To be punished for what we should be. We can not be punished either for lighting torches or for throwing. In the light of the torches, the match card that is “gospel” says about throwing. A penalty must be imposed on us for the interruption in 92 ‘due to the entrance of the fans and not for throws.
An appropriate sentence is with the 4b of article 15, we can not have three sentences, essentially for the same offense. In 92 ‘, when the entrance was made, from the other gates, the whole stadium was cursed. What more can the team do? In this fight he hired 120 more security guards than they were obliged to. He put in front of doors 4 and 4a, 53 security. There were very few, 10-15 people, and 3-4 were arrested, which is unprecedented, no arrests are made in these situations. If security goes there…
Fortunately, there was no violence or injury, even in the last act. To take this into account in the measurement “.
The other lawyer of PAOK, Achilleas Mavrommatis, noted the following:
«We experienced events that are not pleasant and PAOK FC condemns them. Do not get to the point where any sanction imposed exceeds certain limits.
Let’s see if the delay in the start of the match is due to lighting or throwing. The match sheet mentions throwing, not lighting. Undoubtedly, the start delay is due to a drop. The observer, apparently confused, states that the delay in starting is for lighting. We present to you the video where it seems that the atmosphere in the beginning is clean. The delay is due to the firing of torches, there is no question of delaying the start of the race due to the lighting of torches.
The observer was confused due to the intensity of the fight and for this reason he had to make an additional report. To impose the smallest possible financial sanctions “.
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