The wife of Angelos Anastasiadis “left”.

Difficult times for Angelos Anastasiadis.

His wife, Vivi Kipourou, who suffered for several years with health problems, breathed her last in the early hours of Thursday.

In this way, the PAOK family is also plunged into mourning, due to the loss of its vice-president and for many years its coach.

In July 2018, Mr Angelos Anastasiadis had been accommodated in his studio News Bulletin 247 and spoke about the “battle” of his wife, who had undergone a heart transplant, while referring to the awareness campaign he had started. “From February 2 we fought a big battle with Vivi. I’m happy because everything is going the way we expected and in such a way that there are no dark spots. We had a hard time. Four times she was a runner-up for a transplant and she didn’t get it, children who needed it got it. In Onassios there is a great meritocracy. It’s so soul-destroying that it’s ready to happen and then it doesn’t happen. After the five months I have started a campaign and I believe that I will have the support of all the people who have a step, a word and a pen and can inform the world. I will do it because if you stay an hour in Onassios you understand a lot. When you see the impasse and the difficulties, you go upstairs with the little children and you understand what is going on. People need to be made aware, we should all become organ donors. I thank the girl who gave her heart to my wife, light to two people. Seven people took their lives from this girl who I thank all day. It is a very brave decision of its own people. It’s a matter of information. People will do it if they are informed. We will play a friendly match between Cyprus and Greece. I was a coach in Cyprus for seven years and I don’t think they will deny me that. I am happy because we overcame a very difficult part», Angelos Anastasiadis reported then to Vaio Tsoutsikas and Vassilis Vergis.