Antoniou: “Final 24/5 the Cup final – Maybe with 10,000 spectators”

THE Stergios Antoniouvice president of EPO and president of the federation’s events committee, confirmed that Wednesday, May 24 “is locked” for the Novibet Hellenic Cup final between AEK and PAOK. In fact, he emphasized that it would be unacceptable for the match to take place with only 400 invitations, while he added that he believes it is possible to give up to 10,000 tickets. In fact, he talked about the intervention of the president of the EPO, Takis Baltakou, in this direction.

“The date is the 24th of the month, the proposal from the EPO was made yesterday, Mr. Beu’s response was immediate, but with 400 invitations. We want more people so that we are not all under pressure from fans who want to see this important match. The date was “locked” out of shocking unexpectedness. Everyone accepted it. There is also the intervention of Baltakos, so that with the help of the police we can put in a little more people“, he noted speaking to Metropolis 95.5

As for the criticism received by EPO for the choice of the headquarters and the few people that will be found (with the current data) in the stands of Panthessalikos, he said:We must go to Volos. Once again we are suffering the world and of course the responsibility is not ours as some try to pass off. The compulsion to go to Volos with 400 invitations has nothing to do with us, but with the inability of the police department to protect an important event in order to prevent deviations. I have said it too, that Mr. Beos can, with the assistance of the police and by extension the government, open the doors of the stadium a little. If the 400 people become a few thousand, I don’t think there will be a problem. It is unacceptable. How many police officers have been deployed for other events. The agents are mainly responsible for the toxicity, however, the responsibilities are placed on the EPO. It is not the responsibility of EPO to protect a social event. I say it can be done with 10,000 viewers. Finally the fans of a northern team should see a final with justice and not have to travel 550 kilometers».