Giannakopoulos: “I publicly apologize for my reactions – Work has begun on OAKA, it will become a family of the NBA”

To apologize publicly for the way in which he expressed his complaints against the refereeing in the finals wanted Dimitris Giannakopoulos.

With a series of stories, the strongman of the “greens” apologized for his reactions, stressing that the his manner was not right and that he does not want violence in the stadiums.

At the same time, he spoke about the works at OAKA, expressing his opinion that they will transform his stadium Panathinaikou in something like the NBA.

What he said in detail:

Regarding the works at OAKA: “I’ve been reading since the morning about the ring of the world champion, to have a match between Panathinaikos and Celtics. That would be nice, but the OAKA needs to be built first. This morning the work started, so that it becomes a stadium similar to the NBA, not to say better, and we can really do such games, bring such teams. As always, families and children come and have fun. To be a place that has activities throughout the week, not just on match days. To bring to the state, to bring to Panathinaikos, but above all for the people to have a place to have fun.

So I want to thank my entire staff, who worked day and night to make this thing a reality. I would like to thank the prime minister again, who had the will, the mood, the fist to overcome all the obstacles that various people tried to put in this agreement for 49 years with Panathinaikos”.

For the finals: “Because we have shown in every way and as a club and I personally that we do not want violence in the stadiums, I have to apologize for something. I don’t think things were right in the finals, I have my complaints, but the way is not to go on Instagram and curse people, referees and institutions. These were wrong, there is the path of justice, the path of elections, there are other paths. And because all my life I have learned to recognize my mistakes, I want to publicly apologize for my reactions. I should have dealt with their actions in a very different way, once again sorry.”