As if the Greek government has not got
enough to worry about, football is not helping. Having already
suspended football twice this season due to violence at games in
September and November 2014, the latest match between Olympiakos and
Panathinaikos, Athen's “derby of the eternal enemy”, ended in
crowd violence with a brawl between club officials at a board meeting
this week. Fans hurled flares, rocks and bottles at officials after
Panathinaikos won 2-1 over the Super League leaders and crept nearer
their rivals.Then a member of Olympiakos' security apparently punched
a Panathinaikos official.
The Greek ruling party Syriza has
pledged to stamp out such violence, so the Super League and the
Football League have been suspended indefinitely.
An earlier league suspension was caused after
the death of a fan when supporters clashed in a third division game
between Ethnikos Piraeus and Irodotos, the second when there was an
assault on the assitant director of the refereeing committee.
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