Spanos: “I was waiting for AEK’s appeal. He cannot say that he stands for something different”

For justification of football and not of Atromitos spoke of George Spanos speaking on Public Television, thus commenting on the decision to hold his match with AEK.

The president of the Peristeri team, regarding the Union’s move to file an appeal against the first instance decision, emphasized that it was something he had expected and in fact had said from the first moment…

“I was waiting for AEK’s appeal, because from the first moment I was positioned as well I also told the journalists that AEK’s ultimate goal was not to play the game and claim it on paper. And I was justified. I expected it”were the words of Giorgos Spanos who even added…

“It is clear that he has loses the moral edge in the sports-loving public because he cannot in other cases handle the issues differently and make announcements and to say that we as AEK stand for something different and want to win games only on the playing fields and for AEK to come to Peristeri and seek to win the game in this way”.

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In detail what he said…

For today’s decision…



“We, like Atromitos, do not feel justified. Justification, I think, is what football feels today and it should feel justified because in 2023 looking for some unfair ways to win a football game I think is impermissible, and it does not honor any big team to do this thing, not even AEK. I think games should be judged inside the playing fields. Football certainly has rules and we would certainly take our responsibility if we played with a suspended player, if we made more changes than the regulation says, we would certainly be rigging the game and should be punished. But now it’s funny to talk about a difference of about one point in a goal that is 2.44… Neither team would gain an advantage because both goalies would sit under that goal that had that little difference. The judge developed this reasoning, and the bottom line is that we had no intent, with these goals we have played ten games this year at the Peristeri Municipal Stadium and in no way did we do anything to cause the game to be rigged. It is a victory for football, a first victory because the case will certainly be decided in the appeals committee after AEK’s objection. But it’s a victory for football because football has to be played on the playing fields.”

Regarding the reasoning behind the decision, and the point that the stadium belongs to the Municipality…



“Yes, the stadium is municipal… I don’t know what the judge developed in his reasoning and I don’t want to get into things that I don’t know, I’m talking about the essence. The bottom line is that football has to be played on the playing fields and I think a point difference is a subtle difference that at no point would the match be rigged. Because no team would gain a comparative advantage from a home team that is one point behind. A toxicity was created, such a big issue for Greek football that we all talk about it for ten days. It’s wrong. AEK currently has the best team, they had nothing to fear, they had to come to play the game and on the pitch to get the result.

There was no intention on the part of the Dauntless to shape the conditions of the match in his favor, or to do anything, any purpose, any guile to win the game.”

If he waited for AEK’s appeal:



“I was expecting AEK’s appeal, because from the first moment I positioned myself and told the journalists that AEK’s ultimate goal was not to play the game and to claim it on paper. And I was justified. I expected it. These concern PAE AEK. It is her right to believe that in this way she is protecting her interests. It is clear that he has lost the moral advantage in the public opinion of sports fans because he cannot in other cases handle the issues differently and make announcements and say that we as AEK stand for something different and we want to win the games only on the playing fields and come AEK in Peristeri and seek to win the game in this way.

I think it’s unfair what’s happening. Big teams shouldn’t be messing around and trying to find unfair ways to win a game.”