PAS Ioannina drew 1-1 with AEL, even playing from one point onwards with 9 players! At “Ajax” of Epirus, they are boiling with his refereeing Dimitris Kefalas and they even issued a statement in which they ask for his punishment, as well as for him not to blow the whistle again in their game.
In addition, the PAS he also quoted a photo of how he left the locker room at the end of the match.
The announcement in detail:
“A big THANK YOU to the football players and the technical staff of the team for their great performance in a match that they had to face not only the eleven players of the opposing team, but also a referee taken in our opinion from the worst eras of Greek football.
Various rumors had reached our ears early on about the referee Kefala, which is why we had written to us asking for the presence of both Stephan Lanois and Paolo Valeri in today’s match, but unfortunately they “couldn’t” attend.
We don’t know if what was said was ultimately true, but it is nevertheless a fact that today we had to deal with a referee who simply and unjustifiably left our team with nine players, a referee who gave fouls where there were none and especially when we got to the end of the match, a referee who gave cards to the opponents, who discovered an additional three minutes of delays in case the opposing team succeeds and finally succeeds and gets the three points of victory, a referee who, when a bottle was thrown by the AEL fans, revealed that he cannot write it on the match sheet, since he didn’t hit anyone! It seems that there are new laws for Mr. Kefalas!
Today’s blatantly unfair treatment of our team is the latest. So far it doesn’t exist. We demand the exemplary punishment of Dimitris Kefalas as a referee and not to blow the whistle again for PAS Ioannina.
Who will be crowned champion should be determined solely by the players themselves and on the pitch.
We hope that the rumors that we have been hearing since the summer regarding the designation of a certain team as the champion of the northern group of Superleague2 will not be confirmed. Let the teams claim what they deserve. Finally let football be played and let the best really win!
PS A huge well done to all team members who delivered culture lessons by cleaning the AEL FC Arena changing rooms.”
Source: Sport Fm
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