Boutsikaris: “Huancar’s injury is indisputable – They are going to take out the victim… the perpetrator”

The results of the examinations in Juancar leave no room for doubt about his injury from the firecracker, as emphasized by Leonidas Butsikaris in the derby case hearing Olympic–Panathinaikos. The vice-president of the green PAE, who testified as a witness, conveyed the bitterness of the Spanish ace, responded to all the claims of the “red and whites” even about the… pizzas, while stating that the corrections in the doctor’s opinion were the result of pressure from the home team.

“The firecracker was of great power, Juancar was semi-conscious”

He first described how he perceived the Spanish ace’s injury. “I was in the suite above door 28 (Intervention Karapapa: “maybe you threw the firecracker.” he joked). At that point I heard, not saw, a loud noise. The players began to gather for the cross while waiting for the atmosphere to clear. In the warm-up area, I only saw Panathinaikos players, Sporar, Verbic, Aitor. I didn’t see where he threw it from and who, I saw the player fall. I was looking at the field. The firecracker is not included in the time limit of the celebrations. Minutes had passed, this firecracker was directed towards Panathinaikos players who were warming up. The firecracker fell sideways and left towards Huancar, he didn’t see it, he didn’t expect it. It was a very powerful firecracker“, he emphasized.

“This explosion I heard was of great power. There is a case where a football player has been permanently deafened by a firecracker and plays for the Deaf national team. We’re not talking about a stick of dynamite. In the match that Olympiacos won 1-0 against Derbyshire, a firecracker was thrown, a security guard went to catch a firecracker, thinking it was a smoke generator and was amputated. Her voices could be heard in a packed OAKA“, he added and continued: “Verbich and the gymnast were affected, they felt it, but not to the extent that they could not play. I went from the suite to the locker room. Everyone was in the locker room. The players left and they did well because they saw a player on the stretcher, he couldn’t stand and they went to see what was going on. He was semi-conscious and it was also for safety reasons that he left».

“Objective the results of the tests on Juancar”

He then referred to the tests carried out on the footballer in the locker room. “Olympiacos then discussed with Garcia why it is absurd for players to play after seeing their coach get hit. So I went down to the locker room, the doctor is examining Juancar in the presence of us and Mr. Marinakis – Karapapa. The referee then asked the persons to clarify the situation. I was in the whole process myself“, he said and added: “The doctor examined Huancar, a second examination was done in the doctor’s office with finger taps in both ears. The doctor walked behind him and hit him, without telling him if he was listening. He made objective findings based on objective eye movement. The doctor was walking behind him and made this move. That is, there was no eye contact that you can make fun of. He couldn’t hear anything from the left ear, he made the movements and sounds, the eye didn’t move. In the first phase, the player does not respond to the tests and has instability. There the doctor finds instability and hearing loss. The referee at this point has an opinion established, but wants to start the match. Thus, it gave a window of time for review to exhaust the margins. During all this time Juancar was in the doctor’s office and was periodically examined».

He pointed out that “in the second phase, at 60 minutes, the doctor found that his hearing had improved. But he couldn’t get up, because when he picked him up and there he said I’m dizzy, I can’t stand, I want to throw up. The doctor has written it in his examination. Let’s go to the referee next. The doctor said that his condition has improved, but he cannot stand up. The referee said I want an answer if he can play or not. The referee put the word fit in google translate and that’s why the word fit».

“We owe the doctor an apology”

Mr. Butsikaris apologized, on behalf of everyone, to the doctor of the match, Mr. Gogos, for what… he went through. “We owe the doctor an apology. He was impeached. Those of us involved in football enter a tunnel and see only the 3 points. Mr. Marinakis entered the locker room and showed the photos that were released. Those of us involved in the sport enter a tunnel for the three points. He didn’t deserve it, the man was impeached. The doctor was clear that he is getting better, but he can’t stand and play. The man wrote an opinion in English first, so that the referee could understand it. I want you to see how and by whom it was pushed, I want you to see the deletions of the English text. They were added in red at the request of Olympiakos. The deletions are in the direction of I don’t know I don’t answer».

“Huancar didn’t train today either”

Mr. Butsikaris spoke about the transfer of Huancar and the condition of the player, who remains out of training. “There the arbitrator after getting the opinion, understands that the arbitrator must make the decision. There the referee announces to us that since he has exhausted every margin, we were all plus the lady prosecutor, that the match is stopped for good. Juancar at this point could not get up, we called for an ambulance. That ambulance never came. We called for an ambulance, the doctor knows the story. That’s why we had to ask for the ambulance from Hygeia. This hospital we had the opportunity to call. We waited more than 2 hours, for 40 minutes the ambulance was confusing the entrance. First in Health, Mr. Theos was also present at the examinations, Panathinaikos allowed the Olympiakos doctor to be there, despite the secrecy. And Mr. Dinas was also the partner of the Panathinaikos doctor. And Olympiacos in Thessaloniki had gone to a private hospital with Garcia“, write down.

“We did an audiogram with sonar, it’s an objective test. The next day a nystagogram was performed, and we judge by the reactions of the eye. In the afternoon of the next day they visited the player at his home. His condition was that he was dizzy and not in good condition. He hasn’t trained today either. There is one axial and one hematological which is not clear. I heard the labyrinthine concussion isn’t real. I found from google a bibliography from 1871… If it is considered that hearing loss is not a physical injury… ».

The answer for… pizzas

The vice-president of PAE Panathinaikos also stood up for the other side’s argument that his players were eating pizzas in the locker room because they had decided not to return to the field. “We heard the outrageous that the players were eating pizzas. We cannot order at that time. We have pre-ordered it since midday, counting on the end time of the race. While all this is happening, the company brought the food because it was time for the match to end. The players did not eat but warmed up in a nearby area. The players were ready for the match to take place. If possible, Jovanovic would tell the players to “Eat pizzas.” The players changed clothes when I came in and I told them when the game was stopped for good.”

The bitterness of Juancar

Mr. Butsikaris also relayed what Huancar told him, who was found to be a victim. “He expressed his bitterness to me about what is happening. We don’t deal with the abuser, but the victim. He said “instead of someone apologizing to me that my kid was watching me on TV on the ground, why don’t they bring out a cheater?” What is being done is Gebelism. In other words, let them go and play the victim, the perpetrator!».

As for Olympiakos’ claim about Panathinaikos leaving for… a trivial reason, he replied: “Who Panathinaikos is has proven it. There was an incident with Brignoli who told us he can continue and we played. When he tells us he can’t, we leave. What is the message we will give? Throw firecrackers and if no blood comes out, if we don’t die, will we play?».

In fact, Mr. Butsikaris emphasized that the changes in the match doctor’s opinion were the result of pressure from Olympiakos. “From the deletions in the doctor’s diagnosis, one will understand who pushed. The referee is responsible for what he writes, he gave his clarifications“, while regarding what the referee mentions on the match sheet and his supplementary report he noted: “I have nothing to comment on the referee, he gave the clarifications that were asked of him. These people are not lawyers, the referee is a firefighter by profession, we are not required to write legal texts. My understanding is that in the supplemental report it basically says that he stopped the game because the player was injured. The doctor’s report in English was done because the referee asked for it. It was written in Greek because the 4th referee, Gortsilas, asked for it to be covered. It was Karapapas in front. Mr. Karapapa, which was drafted first? He read it in English and then Gortsilas tells him “I want it in Greek too”. The doctor read it to us in English and at that point the discharges were done. The deletions are all of Olympiakos».