THE Super League agreed with the EPO to undertake them itself contacts to come officiating elite referees the remaining games of the playoffs, as announced.
It was preceded by meeting of the president of the cooperative and PAE Olympiacos, Vangelis Marinakis, with the president of EPO, Takis Baltakosat the offices of the federation, where for the umpteenth time the discomfort was expressed for the head of the KED, Steve Bennett.
Earlier, Steve Bennett had called the representatives of the six playoff teams to a meeting for next Monday. At the same time, Takis Baltakos had stated that it is almost impossible to find a sufficient number of elite referees for all matches. “The elite referees are 26, not 100. It is not easy to find them and mathematically. Even though we raised their wages. They have obligations in their own leagues. Then Greece does not have a good reputation as a country for the championship it organizes. Bennett himself will provide the answers. Let the president of Aris or AEK or Panathinaikos ask him about any question they have“, he emphasized to Metropolis.
The league announcement:
The President of the Super League Mr. Evangelos Marinakis had a meeting at the offices of the EPO with the President of the EPO Mr. Panagiotis Baltakos, to whom he expressed the strong discomfort of the Super League teams regarding the refereeing of the 1st matchday of the Stoiximan Super League Playoffs, but also the fact that KED/EPO cannot invite and appoint UEFA Elite referees.
It was emphasized that Mr. Bennett’s modus operandi is no longer tolerated.
Mr. Marinakis proposed and the EPO accepted to undertake, in cooperation with the EPO, that the Super League bring elite referees for the derbies and 1st division referees from the 6 major European leagues.
The procedures to implement this agreement are starting immediately.
Source: Sport Fm
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