AEK: Should we play with closer goals? Shall we play 5X5? To play irregularly after all?

THE AEK officially took a position with her placement for not holding the match with Fearlessrecounting her chronicle postponement.

“The facts themselves provide the answers, and there couldn’t be a closer professional football game“, the “Union” states, among other things.

In detail what PAE AEK reports:

The fact that there was an issue with the height of the horizontal beam in the home goal towards the goal was noticed with the naked eye by AEK footballers who entered the field shortly after arriving for the established match walk. Then our goalkeeper coach found out. Therefore overall the technical team informed the people of PAE that it is possible that there is an issue with the height of the goalposts and of course a professional class match could not be held with the goalposts lower in height than those provided for in the regulation.

Then we took care of ourselves to make a measurement to get an idea. From this we found that there were significant differences from the heights imposed by the regulation. In fact, they were fluctuating, from 5 to 7 centimeters from different points. Out of curiosity, we also measured the other hearth and found that the same thing happened there too, with differences of up to 4 cm. Of course, there was no way a team like AEK, and we imagine any professional team of this level, would agree to play an official league match with the crossbars as much as 7 centimeters lower than the regulations provide.

We raised the issue with the referee, a measurement was made from his side and it was also established by the refereeing team that there was an issue. Since it was not possible to accept to play under abnormal conditions, it was self-evident that we would lodge an objection as indicated by the regulation in order to follow the procedure provided for in these cases. This was done with an objection that we filed with our team leader Sergio Araujo.

From that moment on, the process is absolutely predictable and is not a matter of the desire of any group or willingness to compromise. And in the end, what should we agree on? Should we play with shorter goals? Shall we play 5X5? To play irregularly after all?

Let us note here, of course, that there was never even a question of discussing anything. The procedure is, we repeat, provided by the regulation, the referees do not take opinions.

The referee allowed the 30 minutes required by regulation to correct the problem. After that, the refereeing team entered the field with the two captains and they found in a measurement made like the previous one with a police measure, that the dimensions were still abnormal.

The picture with the digging was seen by everyone and we should just note that the measurements after 30 minutes were made through a… trough that had essentially been created along the goal line. A stream on which paint was falling. And if, let’s say, it had come out after that that the height was okay, this would have been done with the measuring point having a different height from the rest of the playing field! But even then the dimensions did not come out normal.

From then on, the referee had only to do what the regulation required. None of the two teams had a say in the process, since football could not be played based on the provisions of the regulations. The dimensions remained abnormal and therefore the referee closed the match sheet noting the reason for not holding it. Things are very simple and we repeat that the facts themselves provide the answers.

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