Baltakos: “What is Marinakis? – I didn’t mess with Melissanidis”

At the “Open Trial” he spoke Panagiotis Baltakos. Its president EPO he referred among other things to his relationship with Vangelis Marinakis and the Dimitris Melissanidis.

At the same time, he denied that he had said that it would be his honor during his presidency to win the championship Panathinaikos.

Question: They say that relations with Marinakis have been restored:

Baltakos: (laughs) Marinakis wrote a letter 3-4-5 ago saying to resign. What was restored, unless you think the letter was a monkey, to nail because some say that too. I did not tell him to the council that I should not nominate Philippousis. Marinakis told me “I told you”, in general, not about Filippoussi, and I told him publicly, in the Executive Committee, that some of them were correct.

I said that when he talks badly it goes in one ear and out the other. I serve an institution, when it speaks badly I don’t answer. When he says something for which it is correct… What is Marinakis in principle? Is it a person named Marinaki? Isn’t he the president of the Super League? He is not the president of Olympiacos, does Olympiacos not play football in the league?

What I did was that I moved the notification for the Executive Committee further back so that the groups could raise issues on the agenda, whoever sees this does not look at what is provided for in the statute but tells you that I found them with Marinakis. If I got along with Marinakis, ask Marinakis… Then why is he sending letters? I got along with Marinakis, or Agrafiotis, or Olympiakos institutionally, within the framework of the statute, nor have I ever spoken to Marinakis.

Question: Did you mess with Melissanidis?

Answer: No, I didn’t mess with Melissanidis, if Melissanidis messed with me, ask him. What I feel is that you should ask Melissanidis. My relations with him are slightly different since I was elected to the EPO, because when a championship starts, frictions and refereeing issues begin, because unfortunately the Greek agents in general if you tell them that “the national team comes out of Agios Kosmas in soon, the bulldozers will come, we have to go somewhere” he will say to you “you are absolutely right, who is playing me on Sunday?”. That’s the mentality, everybody’s about who’s playing them on Sunday. Whoever’s playing I can’t do anything, they think I can. They have the absolute belief that I can, so they think that I influence the refereeing, what can I do about it, it is a pathology of Greek football.

I never said that it would be my honor during my presidency of the EPO if Panathinaikos won the championship. Those who accuse me of saying this should go and look at themselves. I have never said such a thing and it would be completely ridiculous to say it, we are talking like the president of the EPO. It would be foolish to say such a thing, I have been accused of many things but no I am not a fool.

Question: Why not a Greek referee in Aris – Olympiacos, as Aris requested?

Answer: Bennett tries to find referees well in advance of games, not at the last minute. The Federations want them for their leagues. Aris asked for it on Friday, but the referee was set, it was out, it wasn’t announced simply because Bennett had to do it days before. The referee was already there. Also, since there was an informal agreement between the major teams, only Aris cannot come and request it, Olympiacos must also agree…

There is no referee who wakes up in the morning and leaves his house and says “I’m going to have surgery”. He must be crazy.

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