The danger faced by PAOK players in Peristeri, due to incidents, stressed Thodoris Chatzitheodoroutalking to Metropolis 95.5.
«There is no injury fortunately, one of our players just received a sharp object. Let’s take the things from the beginning. I was in the stands because I was punished so I saw the whole situation. 1.25 before the end of the match we tied at 8-8 and the kids on the bench celebrated. There was tension, one of our athletes received a plastic shaker on the head and protested to the referee but did not pay attention. Then 5-6 people who were in the stands, jumped in the surrounding area of the pool and threw irons at our players. My players jumped into the pool to be saved, fortunately the irons did not succeed. This event also impressed the 200 people who were in the stands. I have not seen such images in the last 10-15 years“, Said the coach of the” Northern biceps “and added:
«There was an immediate stop, the people of Peristeri ran to get them out but the evil had already happened. People who were in the stands and were filming were harassed by the people of Peristeri, it is a shame what happened. There was no police force. It was just a policeman and he pushed them to go back. We are still in the pool waiting for the police to leave. There is a final stop, the referees write the match sheet and the federation will decide what will happen with the game. What happened here was unprecedented from the first second until the end of the match. We had absences, we were 11 players and with the dismissals we reached the 7th player would be a goalkeeper if we continued the match».
For his part, the PAOK player, Nikos Prosiniklisstressed: «I’m fine, fortunately I did not suffer anything. I left the game with three penalties, I protested and then I went to the bench. 10-15 fans of Peristeri started cursing Thessaloniki, they called us Turks, they cursed my mother and my family. We equalized and I celebrated the goal, they threw a glass at my head, I took it to the referee but he did not care. At 8-8 I celebrated, then some people jumped in the surrounding area of the pool and started chasing me, they threw the glass at my head, they threw irons at me and I entered the water to protect myself. It is sad what happened, they saw children and were shocked».
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