Panathinaikos: “To protect our home” – Smokers, flares, lasers are expressly prohibited

Aiming the smooth conduct of tonight’s match with Marseille on the Avenue, o Panathinaikos proceeded to inform about the measures taken by the Police in consultation with UEFA after what happened on Monday at night in New Philadelphia.

As the “greens” emphasize in their announcement, the European Federation “it is very meticulous and in case of delinquent behaviors, the risk of punishment for our team will be great. But the individual effects will be just as great». For this reason “smoke detectors, sparklers, lazers, actions that can endanger the smooth running of the match are expressly prohibited!”.

And he asks the worldto protect the team and our neighbor. Everyone is aware of the seriousness of the situation and the strictness of UEFA’s measures, especially for tonight’s game».

The announcement in detail

Friends of Panathinaikos,

Tonight, our team plays another important European game, in order to ensure its participation in the Champions League groups. With its participation in the Europa League groups secured, Panathinaikos, together with you, has many beautiful European evenings ahead of it. In order to live, as befits our club as the leading representative of Greece in European competitions, great nights at our headquarters, we all have to protect our home.

In order for the following European games to run smoothly and for everyone to be happy, we should point out in time that UEFA has a very strict framework for conducting matches. Therefore there are no leeway: the behavior of all those who find themselves tonight at “Apostolos Nikolaidis” should be the appropriate one.

This means that smoke generators, flares, lazers, actions that can endanger the smooth running of the match are expressly prohibited!

We have to protect the team and our neighbor. Everyone is aware of the seriousness of the situation and the severity of UEFA’s measures, especially for tonight’s game, considering the sad events that happened the day before yesterday in New Philadelphia.

For all of the above, UEFA is particularly meticulous and in the event of delinquent behavior, the risk of punishment for our team will be great. But the individual effects will be just as great.

Regarding the orderly attendance of fans at the stadium, the following is announced:

The stadium gates will open three hours before the start of the match.

Gates 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, located on Tsoha Street, will remain closed for security reasons from 18:30 to 19:30.

To avoid overcrowding and more effectively manage the fans coming to the stadium, there will be six (6) pre-checkpoints to check tickets and IDs.

In detail, the pre-checks are as follows:

Pre-check 1

Streets: Armatolon and Klefton & Panathinaikos

Pre-check 2

Streets: Filimonos & Tsocha

Pre-check 3

Streets: Tsocha & P. ​​Kyriakou (on Tsocha)

Pre-check 4

Streets: P. Kyriakou & Tsocha (on P. Kyriakou)

Pre-check 5

Streets: P. Kyriakou & L. Alexandras

Pre-check 6

Streets: Panathinaikou & L. Alexandras

Particularly:

Gate 13-14 ticket holders will only pass through Pre-Checks 1 & 6.

Ticket holders of gates 8-9-10-11-12 will go through Pre-Checks 2 & 3.

Gate 6-7 ticket holders will go through Pre-Checks 4 & 5.

Regarding gates 1-2-3-3B-5, the control of the fans will be done exclusively at the gates.

The control of fans at the pre-check points does not invalidate the control at the gate entrances.