Let Vertis and Metallica be blind: The World Tour of the Cup reached from Australia to Albania

In a traction fiasco, which has made Greece a laughing stock worldwide, the… tour of the final Cup around the country and beyond. For months now, the EPO he is unable to find a solution to host a match which in any normal country is a celebration, but in our parts he is banished from town to town as if he were a leper. And all this, for a game that will probably be played without fans or at least with very few of them.

The… World Tour of the Cup final started early. The proclamation signed in July 2022 “appointed” the seat of Panthessal in case of qualification to the final of teams from Athens and Thessaloniki (as it happened in the end). If the couple was purely Athenian, it was planned to take place at OAKA and if it was purely Thessalonian, in Stadium of Thessaloniki which was not defined. At the same time, a paragraph was included that left “window” to hold the final abroad. From there, the back and forth began.

In February it became known that the EPO had started exploratory strikes in Germany and London, for the possibility of the final being held there, while Cyprus also entered the “squad” early on. In fact, on February 9, Takis Baltakos reported that they were available the stadiums of Chelsea, Arsenal and Crystal Palace! On February 13, the federation announced that it had received a positive response from Australia to the request to discuss the prospect of a final there, due to the strong Greek element of the diaspora. On April 10, its football federation Cyprus he answered in the affirmative, but the Megalonis police ran a red light.

Then his solution fell on the table OAKA, on the condition that PAOK would agree to play in Athens, but the plan was quickly abandoned, as the management of the stadium spoke of debts from last year’s final between Panathinaikos and PAOK that were never paid. I am in to everything, the finalization of the election date for May 21 it led to cancellation of plans for the final on the 19th or 20th of the month by being postponed for a few days after the final. The Panthessal they were always in the spotlight, but with conditions set by Achilles Beos and the federation didn’t like them.

At the end of April, she entered the discussion Larissa, but soon this also “ended”, since there were reactions from the local authorities and the police, even the organized fans of AEL, while the AEL FC Arena was deemed unsuitable. They entered the “conversation”. Agrinio and the Ghoulbut they did not proceed either, at the time the Municipality of Mytilini proposed itself. “I see them struggling and if a request comes, I will give the Panthessaliko”, was the intervention of Achilles Beu. On May 6, Cyprus came back to the fore to be “cut” with new “porridge” of the police two days never.

The new entry to the prospective hostesses was last week’s Tirana Albania, but this solution also “burned out” due to a scheduled concert by Nikos Vertis at the same time. The desperate EPO, knowing the outcry – now inside and outside the walls – addressed from the Belgrade and Bucharestup to and including the Zaglebie of Poland. With time now pressing suffocatingly, the solution of Panthessalikos returned to the fore. “The people must love me, there is no other way to explain that they are returning to Panthessalikos again“, said Achilles Beos mockingly, while the EPO said that the official information from Volos side said that the stadium will be used for field hockey!

Despite this, after repeated postponements and now only 12 days from the scheduled day of the final, his seat is still up in the air. The latest information brings him between Panthessalikos and Elbasan Today’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the EPO is supposed to give a definitive solution with a final decision. But don’t swear yet! After all, we still have twelve days.

There are still cities and countries where this year’s Cup final has not been (yet). The World Tour of Metallica and the concerts of Constantinos Argyros are blind! Anyway, we have the poster ready…