By some grotesque strain of logic, it only seems natural that a season already wretchedly scarred
by the "derby of shame" and PAOK fans hitting AEK players with flares would include a cup final
that "set Greek football back over a hundred years," according to Atromitos president Giorgos
Spanos.
His side lost to AEK by a score of 3-0 in a Greek Cup final in Athens' Olympic Stadium on Saturday
that was cut short when AEK fans stormed the pitch and fought Atromitos and riot police with broken
seats, advertising hoardings and whatever else they could turn into weapons.
Greek football fans are a fascinating lot, they bring a huge amount of passion to club matches and
videos of the pyrotechnics uses by their Ultras tend to show up on sites like Deadspin and The Big
Lead. Unfortunately, that passion can get a bit out of control, can get a bit ugly.
The dark side of Greek football passion was on display this weekend during the Greek Cup final when
AEK Athens fans stormed the pitch with a minute left in the match.
Alright, so I'm not sure whether I should start with the positives, or the negatives from this
match. Either way, I'm sure most of you have read about yesterday's events by now.
So, the big day had come. For months I had been waiting for it, as I'm certain you all have
also, and slowly the hours passed by, one by one, until it was time to finally head off to OAKA for
my first time in almost five months.
Alright, so I'm not sure whether I should start with the positives, or the negatives from this
match. Either way, I'm sure most of you have read about yesterday's events by now.
So, the big day had come. For months I had been waiting for it, as I'm certain you all have
also, and slowly the hours passed by, one by one, until it was time to finally head off to OAKA for
my first time in almost five months.
Hey Everyone. Sorry for the delay, I was fortunate (though in some ways unfortunate) enough to
attend the match, and Ill be getting a match report up shortly. Plenty to be said, not nearly the
majority of it being happy, despite the fact that we won our first trophy in nearly ten years.
It seems that Spurs are being linked with just about every teenager in world football at the
moment and this morning sees two more stories concerning some promising young talent.
The first of these involves Tasos Kantoutsis a 17 year old Greek defender who is with Atromitos
at present.
