Well Savvidis is kind like Berlusconi. I mean, Mafia-like people. They abuse their power (money) without ethical boundaries or caring about others in the least and Tifo, thankfully, always shows them as they are. Also @Tifo Football, perhaps you could also do about Melissanidis, president of A.E.K., which they won the League last season...and he is also the owner of OPAP [Revenue: EUR 1,455 billion (2017)]. The Greek betting overlords. I'm saying this while being a fan of A.E.K. since i was a kid. To me it's heartbreaking watching all these greedy and corrupt people running things in Greece (in politics too). I had stopped watching Greek football years now, same with politics. A civilization in decline!
ahahahahahahha savvidis is kind like Berlusconi ahahahahhahahahahahaha you must be living on a different planet my friend you have no idea ahahahahahahahahahaa
@@Numenor76 You completely clueless, Savvidis could totally destroy a puny poltician, your bullshit logic of your stupid ass racist mind equating Italians with mafia doesn't work here, it's your stupidity. Savvidis is real mafia owner, Berlusconi is just a dumb corrupt politician.
History and politics often play a big part in the beautiful game. Clubs are formed because of political and social differences. Celtic and Rangers in Glasgow, Hibernian and Hearts in Edinburgh, every club in Northern Ireland and those are just the sectarian divides.
I'm so tired of football corruption in my country.I've been a Panathinaikos fan for all my life ,but I've stopped following the Greek Superleague in recent years not because we don't compete for the league title anymore but due to corruption and scandals like this one.This has happened to countless Greek football fans in recent years who ,like myself, prefer to watch other European competitions like the EPL.This problem needs to be solved ,as it brings the country on the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.Anyway, congrats on another great video keep up the good work.
Μπράβο πρόβατο. Επειδή υπάρχει διαφθορά στο πρωτάθλημα δεν είστε ανταγωνιστικοί σαν Παναθηναϊκός. Όχι επειδή είστε τα πουτανάκια του Αλαφούζου και παλιότερα του Πατέρα και του Βγενόπουλου. Επειδή υπάρχει διαφθορά έχετε ένα χρέος άνω των 50 εκατομμυρίων.
Great video!As a greek I can say that you are exactly right in yoyr analysis!Unfortunately many people in my country fail to see the rotten nature and corruption especially when it comes to their own teams.The AEK boss is also a known criminal quality and a mafia like figure also.
What a video guys, propably the best you have made. So much careful and accurate statements you made about football, business and politics issues. Keep up this amazing work. From a greek guy
As a Forest fan, could we get another video going into more detail about Marinakis? I really don't trust the guy, and that's saying something considering we had Al Hasawi as a previous owner.
this video was very well written in all of its aspects i was especially surprised with how right you got the politics and the history in this video while many other foreigners (not Greeks) usually get things mixed up -Props 👏👏👏
He does as he pleases at the club.. Including interfering with the coach...he sometimes says that the club is his toy and he does whatever he wants with it.. On the other hand...his transfer business is outstanding and he disrupts rivals by buying the best players from them
Great and very detailed video, i just want to point out that majority of Greece's population (especially Northern Greece) dont agree on the name given to "FYROM" and that can be seen in the numberous public protests (especially the one in Thessaloniki). You should also cover more owners like Melissanidis, the owner of AEK, who also controls many shares in OPAP, Greece's biggest gambling company which got completely private in 2013. Unfortunately in Greece, i doubt if even one owner is completely clean and not controlled by political parties or outsiders. Greece has always been a puppet to East and West, and sadly this got into football as well.
Gongrats for the cover of these events. Usually when ppl from other countries do a report on such incidents they tend to be a bit disinformed or doing a bit of a sluppy job but you had your facts really straight. Cheers from Athens, Greece. P.S Panathinaikos and Liverpool Fan.
I couldn’t have imagined a channel other than yours uploading a video researched that well, considering also that it’s about Greek football and not many people care about it. Amazing work, thank you so much!
As a Greek living abroad I would also be interested in videos about Mr. Marinakis of Olympiakos, Melisanidis of AEK Athens and most of all, I would be highly interested on a video about Panathinaikos team, the board/owners situation the last 10 years. Keep up the good work guys.
Nailed it bro. Life of the rich and famous. There's always the how did they get that rich part. One thing he will do for city is he will build a new stadium 36-38k for PAOK. The initial designs were really nice.
εγω δε χρειαστηκε να φυγω απο την Ελλαδα γιατι εχω μια χαρα δουλεια και σπιτι και λεφτα, εσυ ως ανεργος πειναλας εφυγες για να φτιαχνεις κεμπαμπ στο Λονδινο για να ζησεις, φουκαρα. Εχεις και money καημενε.
Actually Savvidis first appeared in the Greek scene about 2009-2010 and was welcomed by "New Democracy" party deputies and members from Thessaloniki. He was frustrated by ND, when its current leader (Kyriakos Mitsotakis) was elected. Mitsotakis' family has close relationships with Marinakis. Dora Bakogianni, sister of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and also a deputy (and former minister a lot of times), had Marinakis as a best man on her wedding and she is the godmother of Marinakis' son. So it was either Marinakis, either Savvidis. During a public tender for TV licenses (under the current left government), both Marinakis and Savvidis were bidders. Marinakis won one of the licenses, Savvidis didn't. During this period, there was an effort by the current government to bring Savvidis as a supporter/donor and Savvidis wasn't excluding such a possibility (on condition to get what he wanted for his businesses). The deal went sour however, especially after the agreement between Tsipras and Zaev which Savvidis strongly opposes.
Well this was one amazing video. Is the first that I watch from you and if all the other videos are like this one I think I can learn many things from you.
Ivan Savvidis is the greatest thing that came for PAOK . He paid PAOK's dept to the Greek Goverment , spend big bucks to bring the top of the noch players(at least for greek standarts) and generally he is a positive figure .
Rokos Kalogerakos Η λέξη κλειδί είναι στο generally. Έτη φωτός καλύτερός από Μελισσανίδη, Κούγια, Μαρινάκη, Σαλιαρέλη, Κοσκωτά, Ψωμιάδη, Μπέο. Αλλά δε σας είδα να κόπτεσθε τόσο πολύ για κανένα άλλο...
well done Tifo Football. one major mistake... in 7:30 - 7:32.... it's not only the PAOK supporters who doesn't want the new name of Fyrom but probably the 85% of the grrek people.... love from Greece!!!
False. It's only the facists/patriots/neo-nazis which is about 15%. Also people that have no clue about history or politics which is let's say another 20%.
you made a mistake..... the facists in Greece aren't only 15%. the total percentage of the black + red facists (Golden Dawn + Syriza+ K.K.E) it's about 50%.
καμία θεωρία των άκρων.. δυστυχώς τα τρια κόμματα που ανέφερα και καμία σχέση δεν έχουν μεταξύ τους, τα συνδέει η φασιστική αντιμετώπιση των διαφορετικών , από των δικών τους , απόψεων ..... edit... οσο για το όνομα απλά διαφώνησα με το video που ανέφερε τις αντιδράσεις ως υποκεινούμενες από τον ΠΑΟΚ και τον Σαββίδη.
Δεν είδες για τον παοκ, για τον Σαββίδη είδες. Αυτό είναι το θέμα, ότι οι ομάδες έχουν γίνει άνθρωπο κεντρικές. Κανένας δεν είναι πάνω απ την ομάδα ότι ομάδα και αν εισαι
A goal was scored, the ref and linesman showed it's perfectly legal. Then, the whole AEK staff invaded the pitch. The ref declared the goal offside and that was when Savvidis entered the pitch.
The ref checked the linesman and then showed that the goal is legal...when he saw AEK players protest, the tef aproach the linesman who according to him he said to the ref "it is offside but you can not disallowed in here" behind the linesman were the gates with paok's ultras then the ref disallowed the goal .
Great video, I like your detached style, it allows viewers to form their own conclusions. As a Greek football fan, I had stopped watching many years back, as I felt disgusted by the situation you describe. One or two owners would use popular teams as just a tool for advancing a broader, not-football-related, agenda. As expected, their teams would dominate, as success is a requirement if you want to keep Greek fans backing you up for any significant amount of time. I recently tried to start watching Greek football again, and found out that we now have THREE of these guys. The two main results of this are (i) all other teams are either completely dependent on one of them (getting players on a loan deal cheaply and allegedly money under the table to throw the matches versus one of the three teams and play really hard against the other two) or getting the really really short end of the stick when it comes to fairness (e.g. attitude of referees) and (ii) when two of the three play against each other, it might get really, really ugly; a recent Greek cup final took place while fans of AEK and PAOK stabbed each other WITHIN THE STADIUM PREMISES. I know it will not save the world or anything, but I would be thankful if you did more videos about Greek football, to spread outside of Greece what everybody in Greece more or less knows. Possible examples would be videos about Marinakis and/or Melissanidis, digging deeper into Savvidis, digging deeper into the recent match-fixing case etc. Disclaimer: I have only watched this video of yours, if scandals are not one of your main focuses, ignore my request and thanks for the video in any case.
Hello Tifo, I have a video suggestion, maybe we could get an analysis of Frankfurt's 4:1 win over Lazio? To me a surprisingly good performance by Frankfurt, it really made me want to know more about them
Although I'm a PAOK fan the greek football especially at the last 20 years has been the most corrupt league in the balkans if not in the whole europe imo. Also Savvidis has a kinda shady past and relationships with shady people but in Greece he may be the least corrupt shareholder among the biggest teams in super league. For God's sake he said he will pay with his own money for the installation of VAR on every football field.
Awesome video but Alexis Tsipras is practically far away from being a left side politician. Before the elections he did actually introduce his self and party as a leftists but since he was elected he's government has followed the path of neoliberal political tactics (almost). Keep up the good work.
"almost" he privatized everything that could be privatized, he is literally a neo-liberal portraying himself as a left-wing populist before 2015 election.
Needless to add that the referee had a fair cause to disallow the goal, as one of the PAOK players who was offside was in front of the ball and blocking the keeper view
The amount of research put into this is immense.. But you failed to specify that Paok was robbed in the olympiakos game as well.. With their coach hilariously being hit by a paper roll and faking injury in order to have the match won by a commitee.. As well as the AEK game.. When PAOK's last minute goal was WRONGFULLY DISSALOWED.. So next time you should be more objective about the games.. Not only about the politics and history involved.
Sure but we can not omit the fact that being hit with a roll of paper was a wrong action from the paok fan that it should be punished .. Also AEK, one night before the match, get known about the corrupted decision of the government that Tuba stadium is going to host paok fans . This action came against the previous decision that Tuba is closed .. Last but not least we should not forget the grace of referees to paok team ..
@@alexgg13 Σε αυτο με το ρολο πρεπει να συμφωνησω ωστοσο το αντικειμενο ειναι αντικειμενο και το μεγαλυτερο μεριδιο ευθυνης για μενα φερει ο ανεγκεφαλος οπαδος που το πεταξε. Και οσο για το γκολ που λεμε και ξαναλεμε ηταν καθαρα επιθετικο φαουλ μπορει ο παιχτης να μην αγγιξε τη μπαλα ωστοσο στην προσπαθεια αυτη μπλοκαρε ολοκληρο το οπτικο πεδιο του τερματοφυλακα. Εχουν ακυρωθει πολλα γκολ και γκολ τα οποια ηταν οντως εγκυρα ωστοσο κανεις ποτε δεν εκανε ετσι ο σαββιδης το παρακανε. Στην τελικη αν απλα και ο σαββιδης δεχοταν την ισοπαλια με αξιοπρεπεια τοτε θα ειχε ακομα ελπιδεες για πρωταθλημα σε περιπτωση εκ νεου απωλειας βαθμων της αεκ και δε θα ειχε και -2 για τη φετινη σεζον
2:53 I know I'm a bit late but I must ask why the choice to draw that particular weapon, the Tavor 21 (TAR-21, an Israeli assault rifle developed in the late 1990s, rather than a Kalashnikov rifle. Just generally curious. Good video as always!
(At first sorry for my bad English.)You have it wrong my friend!! When the match PAOK-OLYMPIACOS was about to start one fan of PAOK threw a very have item in the face of the coach of Olympiacos, then PAOK lost 3 points and another punishment was 3 matches without fans .Olympiacos win 0-3 as the match didn't start. The day that PAOK and AEK were playing the court of Justice at 3:00 a.m. decided to give PAOK his 3 points back. The problem was that this day was the match PAOK-AEK. The question was how in so few time they printed 27.703 tickets for this match!! The PAOK-AEK match started but it didn't end , while PAOK scored a goal at 89' but the referee said that it was offside and the goal was not registered then IVAN SAVVIDIS entered the pitch... After 1 week the Goal (offside) counted and the match ended 1-0 with winner PAOK. The referee said it was scared for his life and he will not be a referee anymore ( This is why the goal counted in the match PAOK-AEK) . Finally I have to say that Greek Liga doesn't play in pitches but in the court of Justice !!!
Very good analysis and most of the facts are correct. However I would like to point out some things. First of all I am a Greek PAOK fan but I still I will try to be as fair as possible. In this video you have focused almost solely on the outcome last year's Super League. The thing is in an analysis like that we should also look at what led to all this. In the last season PAOK was after many years a realistic title contender up until a previous match against Olympiakos. In fact PAOK was leading the table. Olympiakos was in such a bad shape at the time that a domination at this game was sure. But the game never ended. In fact it never even started. That happened because a cashier roll supposedly hit their coach on the head (we use them at the start of the games to create a nice effect instead of fire crackers that are not allowed anymore). Supposedly one roll didn't roll out fully and hit him. Of course this is bullshit you can look up the video and even like that a game just starts with the assistant coach on. Olympiakos just said we are leaving and they did just that. (A game important for the title race is lost here). And now we go to the AEK incident. Because of the other match we effectively lost the lead on the table and we had to win AEK no matter what to take the lead once more. People were already angry so the team put a special net behind AEK's bench so that they have no excuse. Game started fans were very good not causing any trouble. And we come to the 89' minute. Game at 0-0. Fernando Varela scores for PAOK a real goal (no offside look it up). The thing is the assistant referee started running to the middle of the pitch as usual like no offside. That's what the referee did as well. AEK players went around the referee and started screaming to him not to count the goal. After around 2 minutes ( I'm not joking) the referee decides that it IS an offside. After what has happened this year and all the other years with Athens clubs everyone went mad. That's when Savvidis came down to the pitch and screaming for the team to leave te match. After some time it looks like his jacket was pulled away and there is a pic made with him having a gun in him pocket. (Never reached for it never attacked anybody just for self defense i guess I don't know) . Important to notice here is the fact that nobody saw the gun in real time. After some minutes the referee asked the teams to return to the changing rooms just because there were all these people on the pitch. In the security cameras can be seen that only then did AEK members seeing foto's of the gun on the INTERNET and started showing one another. Later the referee asked them to return to the pitch for the final minutes but they refused saying they were scared for the gun (they never saw in person). I don't think that what Savvidis did was right but let's just look at everything that led to this reaction and not just the result. Still this is by far the most accurate foreign report I heard about the incident . Good recearch keep up the good work!
1. Olympiacos tactics (abandoning the game) in your match were cheap, but remember your tactic's against Panathinaikos in the previous season. They were the exact same (abandoning the game). 2. PAOK was awarded the 3 points he lost for the match against Olympiacos and he got his gates opened (they were supposed to stay closed) at 2 am in the night, just A FEW HOURS before the PAOK-AEK game. I mean is that a teams chased by the system? 3. PAOK's goal was offside because another PAOK player who is in offside position moves towards the ball and TRIES to get to it. That by rules if an offside. 4. Either way i think we can agree that is a pretty hard decision to make and there are lots of opinions about it. But, no matter what, Ivan Savvidis should NEVER enter the pitch with the gun and threaten the ref. Other PAOK officials should NEVER enter the pitch and threaten the ref ''you are finished''. The ref was threatened and that is why he wanted to continue the game. PAOK should be banned for all this and he rightfully was. And if you ask me his ban was a pretty light one.
PAOK's goal was clear.PAOK player (Mauricio) maybe was in offside position, but he doesn't touch the ball or prevent aek's goalkeeper and defenders to save the ball.That's why when PAOK scored aek's goalkeeper didn't react in any way and stayed on the ground with a sad face.We 've seen many cases in other championships where goals similar to this were counted.
1. Why is it a different situation? In both cases the manager was hit and his team grabbed the opportunity to win the 3 points without a match. (in PAOK's case it's worse cause he was losing). Also, do you want me to remind you how PAOK tried to win the 2017 championship? Yep, that's right on a court's decision. 2. I will ask you something and please be honest. Let's suppose that AEK and PAOK play a very crucial game for the championship but this time in Athens. PAOK is 5 points ahead and just a few hours before the game AEK is given 3 points back and now the difference is just 2 points. Would you talk about ''the Athens state'' or not? And also if the system is chasing PAOK why would the Association give him the 3 points back? 3. It's not a clear goal, because he TRIES to get to the ball. He makes the move. 4. Come on now. In almost every game the players protest against a referee's decision. What does that mean? And it's kinda ironic to say that the referee was threatened by AEK when your team's owner and officials invaded the pitch and told the referee ''you are finished''.
Stop providing wrong information...Savvidis never showed his gun it was in his pocket and he has access to have a gun on him everywhere in Greece except the airport...
Tifo, Paok was the only one(except Olympiacos) who benefited from Olympiacos dictatorship in Greek football. All these years AEK and Panathinaikos tried to break Olympiacos legacy with a whole bunch of money(he had all the referees with him and some of the rest teams by his side) while paok was not spending anything and just taking his chances for a Cup etc. So by 2011 and after, while AEK and Panathinaikos were led to bankruptcy paok was clean and benefited by this whole olympiacos system and now can dominate the greek championship.
Very good video and well researched. Would like to mention that current president of EPO the greek football federation is a guy that Savvidis endorsed and said "this is our guy" as his attempt to fight the previous system is building his own system of controling the federation and the refs. Savvidis essentially bought the superleague but hasn't taken it home yet. Last year they basically gave it away by hitting the olympiakos coach with a roll of paper, whatever they say about this is absolute bullshit since just the previous year it happened to their coach with an empty can of beer and they were ok with leaving and taking the match then. As an added insult the team at fault then, panathinaikos, lost points and had their fans banned for three matches, Paok punishment for the same thing? Nothing. And the legendary walk in the pitch with a gun situation. In any serious country the punishment for this would be far more severe than 3 measly points but they act like it was stolen from them. Anyway it looks like this year is going to be theirs anyway unless they royally fuck up from now on. All it took was a russian oligarch putin flunky to come and take over the greek economy media and sports and maybe change our country's politics to serve russia but hey good on them they finally (almost) did it!
i think there's corruption everywhere where a vast ammount of money is in danger, it's juts that in Greece there is a bigger need for quick wealth, hence betting and in general corruption, I think there is a same motive in latin america as well, football is a big deal there as in Greece
Savidis is not a criminal and he will never be.The biggest criminals ar marinakis and melissanidis.Savvidis try to clear the crime so the criminals who controll the channels can affect people.They present savvidis like criminal and greece's enemy.But he actually love greece more than the most of us.Please never judge by someone fro a bad moment.
You forgot to say in the end that Ivan Savvidis has joined Marinakis's side and made a union in Greek Football! The only pure and clean club in Greece is also in Thessaloniki and it's called ARIS the God of war!
Nice video Tifo Football, but I would like to highlight some facts that should definitely be included. I witnessed what happenned last year from inside Toumba Stadium and I can claim I have a clear picture of what happenned. You should have mentioned that 2 weeks before the infamous PAOK AEK, PAOK played against olympiacos in Toumba. The match never started because of a disgusting plot made up by rotten olympiacos. After that the fans of PAOK where full of anger. Later when PAOK scored a goal in the 89 minute of PAOK AEK the referrees firstly agreed that it was a clear goal. But later, after 8 minutes of discussion in front of PAOK fans (who were so happy at the moment) they decided to deny the goal. Me personally and everyone around me felt outrageous, like we were being stolen... AGAIN. At that moment 30.000 people could have stormed the pitch and the referees would not be alive now. Instead Savvidhs came in and everything else followed.... The world is not aware of these facts and they all blame us.. PAOK is being stolen of what he deserves for decades by Athens. We are the only ones fighting against athenian corruption and controll. Unfortunately your video suggests that it was PAOK responsible for whatever happenned...
@Νεζαρ Α. do you want me to hit you with a cash register roll to see if it hurts?talking about hypocrisy...a cash register roll is lighter than an empty can of beer??
@@papariacci ανοιχτο ρολο ταμιακης που τετοια πεταγονται αμετρητα στα γηπεδα. Αν θες εσυ απαγορευσε τα ολα. Ειναι 100 φορες πιο ελαφρυ απο 500 μπυρας που φυσικα ηταν γεματο. 1ον η τροχια του αποκλειεται να προηλθε απο αδει κουτι. 2ον που το ξερεις εσυ οτι ηταν αδειο ρε επιστημονα εισουν εκει μπροστα? Εχετε το θρασος να μιλατε για τον ΠΑΟΚ που μας κλεβετε τον ιδρωτα εδω και δεκαετιες. Πως τολματε
αν η μπυρα ηταν κλειστη ο ιβιτς θα ηταν ακομα κατω και δε θα εκανε θεατρο ακομα και στα αποδυτηρια.υπαρχουν βιντεο και για το πως κινηθηκε το κουτακι αφου τον χτυπησε(φαινεται ξεκαθαρα οτι ειναι αδειο,ενα γεματο κουτι δε κανει γκελ αν χτυπησει ανθρωπινο κεφαλι απλως πεφτει καθετα,φυσικη λεγεται αυτο)αλλα και μετα που του ελεγε ο σβουρας κατσε στη καρεκλα εχει καμερες...το ρολο ηταν ανοιχτο αλλα ειναι μικρη η αποσταση απο αυτον που το πεταξε μεχρι τον γκαρσια και δεν αδειασε(και εδω υπαρχει βιντεο με τον τυπο που τον πετυχε να πανηγυριζει κιολας).να τα λετε μεταξυ σας αλλα οχι προς τα εξω γιατι γελαει ολη η ελλαδα.οσον αφορα την απαγορευση ολων,τοσα χρονια στη τουμπα παιχτες της ομαδας μου εχουν χτυπηθει απο καθε λογης αντικειμενο ενω εχουμε δει μεχρι τουβλα και μαλαματινες να καρφωνονται στο χορταρι διπλα απο παιχτες(που αν τους εβρισκαν παιζει και να τους σκοτωναν) αλλα η ομαδα εμεινε ή ακομα και δεχτηκε να τελειωσει νωριτερα ματς για να μην τιμωρηθεις,μεχρι που εκανες τη λαμογια στο βαζελο,καπακια μετα τις πουστιες με τον πλατανια.αφου λοιπον θετεις αυτους τους ορους και δε γουσταρεις τη μαγκικη συμπεριφορα που ειχαμε τοσα χρονια εκει μεσα αποφασισαμε και εμεις να παιξουμε με τους δικους σου ορους!!!σας κλεβουμε τον ιδρωτα ρε μπουρδελα με δωρεαν γηπεδα απο το κρατος,παγωμενα χρεη για χρονια,τους πιο πολλους καταδιακσμενους προεδρους απο καθε αλλη ομαδα ακομα και για απατες κατα των ομαδων σας,με δωρεαν χιλιαδες διαρκειας απο ακη και βενιζελο,με 23 χρονια χωρις διπλο ο οσφπ στο κοτετσι σας με προεδρικο διαταγμα?πουλατε αλλου το παραμυθι εδω δε περναει ξερουμε πολυ καλα τι εχει γινει τοσα χρονια
very good job! Keep going One of the best sporting channels in youtube As a greek i have to say that you made a very good video to explain the football situation that it's taking place to our country and about the part that you are talking about macedonia i have to say that the greek citizens that manifesting over the name are parts of far-right politics groups or very religious. The majority of greek citizens stays passive about the change of the name or we accept it as a very good diplomacy move from two neighbours countrys
That's the point, Dimitris. Why should anyone care which country can claim ancient Macedonia's history when neither of them has anything to do with it? And even if they did, what's the difference? Don't you see that you're manipulated to hate Tsipras and the Macedonians over a non-issue by corrupt businessmen who just want to make a buck and further Russia's evil empire?
the fuck you talking about? this is our history.Macedonians were a Greek tribe.Ancient Macedoninas are the predecessors of Greeks and history is important.
PAOK was never the only team that fell victim to the favoritism that the three powerhouses of Athens and Piraeus (AEK,Panathinaikos and Olympiacos) enjoyed,but pretty much any team that posed a threat to them in Greece. Even teams from Athens that were not in line with them and their clique experienced wrongdoings, with one of the most well known incidents concerning a club from Athens/Piraeus amongst greek fans being the decimation of the historic club of Ethnikos Piraeus,another club from Piraeus,which saw Ethnikos become obsolete,bankrupt and a relic of the past,now fighting in the lower divisions for more than 20 years, all part of a plan that sought to make Olympiacos the only prominent club is Piraeus without any local rival. Moreover, in 1927 the two most famous clubs of Athens (Panathinaikos and AEK) and the most famous club of Piraeus (Olympiacos) established an alliance with the purpose of protecting the interests of one another in local tournaments and in the league. They named their alliance POC (Panathinaikos Olympiacos and Constantinople for AEK) and this alliance kept on officially until the mid '60s, but lowkey, every football fan in Greece knows it is still in effect but in a more backstage role than it was in the past. As you can see, Greek Football was always neck deep in shit,it's not a modern football era thing that has been going on only for the past two decades. And last but not least, PAOK fans never wanted Greek Football to be clean and free of corruption, all they wanted was to take Olympiacos' place in the "throne" if they were ever given the chance,nothing more,and with Savvidis' money and power they've got it. They presented themselves as proponents of a corruption free football, but when Savvidis established himself in a position of power in Greek Football,he quickly began to abuse that power and started to do the same things Olympiacos did when they were in charge of things. And lo and behold,not a single PAOK fan complained about the direction his club went,instead they started to enjoy it and become even more arrogant and power hungry. This is the second year of Savvidis' reign and pretty much all of Greece despises PAOK and its fans,not only because they've started doing what Olympiacos and the other teams from Athens did in the past,but because they are doing it while labeling themselves as victims and that they have every right to do so because they got wronged in the past. They have become what they have always hated and vowed never to be,what each greek football fan calls them these days, the Olympiacos of Northern Greece.
One more thing should be said regarding the last season. Due to the points deduction administered by the Greek FA and following legal suits from the affected clubs, at one point, no one really knew how the Superleague table looked like. They were like three different versions of the league table at one moment with various total points for the affected clubs. Greek football mess at its finest (or worst).
chaos in Greece . Not only the goverment but the football association aswell ? Thats what corruption have done to a nation . I hope someone can change Greek football & bring them back on the track where they should be .
The main issue with the name change is that it is not widely desired, nor supported by either population. It came from outside pressure from EU and US diplomats and you can say it was artificially engineered out of nowhere. So, as you pointed in the video, the West, especially NATO, tries to put the blame on Russia and russian figures for disrupting this whole process, which may or may not be true. Be as it may, funding ultras fans who number a few thousand at best can not influence the referrendum in FYROM, which had a low turnout and hence was considered invalid. The greek football league scandals over the years is a different matter altogether...
PAOK and Savvidis are the victims of the football corruption in Greece. You maybe think that Savidis is the offender, but actually he is the victim in this incident. AEK's and Olympiacos's owners have both been accused of illegal actions regarding football in Greece (composition of criminal organization in football), while Savidis is much more transparent than the aforementioned. PAOK's owner felt that he was getting stolen for a second successive match against AEK, as the referee cancelled a fair goal after 5 minutes without any reason, while 2 weeks ago Olympiakos left the pitch due to a celebrating paper that fell on his coach's shoulder. PAOK was leading the league by 4 points from AEK (2nd), after these 2 incidents, PAOK was found 3rd 6 points behind AEK. The image might be harsh, (although in Greece it happens regularly), but the image sometimes is proven to be stronger than reality, thus I suggest that you focus on justice and emphasize on the entire surrounding plot of a single incident.
When did AEK had a criminal organization in football? AEK didn't win the league for 24 years, and was relegated in 2013. How can a team that controls the system suffer all that? Also, before the PAOK-AEK game, AEK was 2 points higher than PAOK. In fact, it was 5 points but the 3 points you were deducted for the game against Olympiacos were given back AT 2 AM. Just a few hours before the PAOK-AEK game. Yeah, talking about a team chased by the system...
Yeah and you forgot to mention that in the current championship, before PAOK-aek you thought that PAOK's goalkeeper Paschalakis would be suspened, but one day before the match you learned that he would play.This is why you lost 2-0. Once again your are full of bullshit.
Εεε μπαλαφουτη, τα πιστολιδια στα επίσημα της ομαδας σου τα ξεχνάς? Τις απειλές του κυρ Δημητράκη τις ξεχνάς? Ναι, πρωτάθλημα δεν έπαιρνες αλλά ο δικός σου ο πρεζεμπορας μια χαρά μαφιόζος είναι
Never thought you'd make a Savvidis/Greek football vid! Once again you hit it out of the park!!
Well Savvidis is kind like Berlusconi. I mean, Mafia-like people. They abuse their power (money) without ethical boundaries or caring about others in the least and Tifo, thankfully, always shows them as they are.
Also @Tifo Football, perhaps you could also do about Melissanidis, president of A.E.K., which they won the League last season...and he is also the owner of OPAP [Revenue: EUR 1,455 billion (2017)]. The Greek betting overlords.
I'm saying this while being a fan of A.E.K. since i was a kid. To me it's heartbreaking watching all these greedy and corrupt people running things in Greece (in politics too). I had stopped watching Greek football years now, same with politics. A civilization in decline!
ahahahahahahha savvidis is kind like Berlusconi ahahahahhahahahahahaha you must be living on a different planet my friend you have no idea ahahahahahahahahahaa
@@Numenor76 ο μελισανιδης όμως μας φτιάχνει γήπεδο
@@Numenor76 You completely clueless, Savvidis could totally destroy a puny poltician, your bullshit logic of your stupid ass racist mind equating Italians with mafia doesn't work here, it's your stupidity. Savvidis is real mafia owner, Berlusconi is just a dumb corrupt politician.
Mafia men
Interesting, now I wish football was used to teach history and politics in school
football school ? yes , but not goverment or general school .
wow, history, politics and football in the same video. tifo sets the bar very, very high for other sporting channels on youtube👏 road to 500k :)
History and politics often play a big part in the beautiful game. Clubs are formed because of political and social differences. Celtic and Rangers in Glasgow, Hibernian and Hearts in Edinburgh, every club in Northern Ireland and those are just the sectarian divides.
I'm so tired of football corruption in my country.I've been a Panathinaikos fan for all my life ,but I've stopped following the Greek Superleague in recent years not because we don't compete for the league title anymore but due to corruption and scandals like this one.This has happened to countless Greek football fans in recent years who ,like myself, prefer to watch other European competitions like the EPL.This problem needs to be solved ,as it brings the country on the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.Anyway, congrats on another great video keep up the good work.
Kostas Roussos I hope the corruption makes all the eurosnob soccer teams comes crashing down.
@@cariopuppetmaster what do you mean
Μπράβο πρόβατο. Επειδή υπάρχει διαφθορά στο πρωτάθλημα δεν είστε ανταγωνιστικοί σαν Παναθηναϊκός. Όχι επειδή είστε τα πουτανάκια του Αλαφούζου και παλιότερα του Πατέρα και του Βγενόπουλου. Επειδή υπάρχει διαφθορά έχετε ένα χρέος άνω των 50 εκατομμυρίων.
Μαλλον ψηλε μου δεν καταλαβες τι εννοουσα.Κανε μια γρηγορη επαναληψη τα αγγλικα σου και μιλαμε :)
@@kostasroussos1706 Σόρρυ τρελέ δεν είδα το "not" εκεί που λες ότι σταμάτησες να ακολουθείς την ομάδα *όχι* επειδή δεν πάει για πρωτάθλημα.
Great video!As a greek I can say that you are exactly right in yoyr analysis!Unfortunately many people in my country fail to see the rotten nature and corruption especially when it comes to their own teams.The AEK boss is also a known criminal quality and a mafia like figure also.
Man who isn't , everybody who is successful in Balkans is some kind of criminal
@@nemanjap8768 That is unfortunately right.Oligarchy nepotism and clientelism are still reigning supreme in our part of the world :(
broken king y
criminal quality και mafia figure επειδη πιασανε εναν απο τους δεκαδες εφοπλιστες που εκλεβε πετρελαια.χαχαχα ποσος ανοητος.
football business is hardly ever profitable if played clear on the side of law.
What a video guys, propably the best you have made. So much careful and accurate statements you made about football, business and politics issues. Keep up this amazing work.
From a greek guy
Ηi i am Greek, AEK fan. Amazingly accurate research about a topic where verifiable intel is hard to find. Great job.
Τι αεκ ρε μαλακα μόνο paok
LOL
How do you feel about Greek football in general?.
As a Forest fan, could we get another video going into more detail about Marinakis? I really don't trust the guy, and that's saying something considering we had Al Hasawi as a previous owner.
You shouldn t worry he controls a lot of greek politicians so nothing illegal will be proven ;)
Dont worry. When it comes to football, the shadier the owner, the stronger the club becomes.. (See Berlusconi/Milan.. Avramovic/ Chelsea)
Olympiacos fan here saluting my Nott Forest brothers in ownership, lmao.
@@ComradeHellas καλά και σύντροφος και Ολυμπιακός τι δουλειά έχεις με τους Χρυσαυγήτες
@@megathrash8539 ποιους ΧΑγιτες
this video was very well written in all of its aspects
i was especially surprised with how right you got the politics and the history in this video while many other foreigners (not Greeks) usually get things mixed up
-Props 👏👏👏
ivan savvidis was at the same neigboorhood with my grandfather.they played football together. and as my grandpa said he liked guns
WOW!!!, did you ever meet him?.
I think it's one of the most accurate videos i have ever seen about Greece. Amazing job!!
I mean I'm Greek and even a Greek couldn't have said the story better! What a great video! Keep up the good work!
Props to you for the video..(from one of the few paok ultras that frequently watch your content)
Amazing! Please do a pease on Romanian Politician/ Football Chairman George “gigi” Bocaly. The research alone will make it worth it.
This is a good idea. I've actually interviewed him....
One step ahead already 😉
Keep up the great work 👍🏻
He does as he pleases at the club.. Including interfering with the coach...he sometimes says that the club is his toy and he does whatever he wants with it.. On the other hand...his transfer business is outstanding and he disrupts rivals by buying the best players from them
Gigi Becali*
Great and very detailed video, i just want to point out that majority of Greece's population (especially Northern Greece) dont agree on the name given to "FYROM" and that can be seen in the numberous public protests (especially the one in Thessaloniki). You should also cover more owners like Melissanidis, the owner of AEK, who also controls many shares in OPAP, Greece's biggest gambling company which got completely private in 2013.
Unfortunately in Greece, i doubt if even one owner is completely clean and not controlled by political parties or outsiders. Greece has always been a puppet to East and West, and sadly this got into football as well.
Gongrats for the cover of these events. Usually when ppl from other countries do a report on such incidents they tend to be a bit disinformed or doing a bit of a sluppy job but you had your facts really straight. Cheers from Athens, Greece. P.S Panathinaikos and Liverpool Fan.
Coming from a Thessaloniki resident, your video is highly accurate, and rare in that it states the fact without overbearing judgment.
Oh man! I'm from Greece and I can't believe how exact were the facts in this video. You have done your research so good! Congratulations!
Savvidis the best 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I couldn’t have imagined a channel other than yours uploading a video researched that well, considering also that it’s about Greek football and not many people care about it.
Amazing work, thank you so much!
this video is EXCELLENT! So much content, i'm so glad i found it!
A great depiction of the current greek situation. Non-biased, well researched, and well presented. 10/10 keep up the top notch work!
This was the video that got me hooked and respected Tifo :)
Quality wise one of your best videos yet
As a Greek living abroad I would also be interested in videos about Mr. Marinakis of Olympiakos, Melisanidis of AEK Athens and most of all, I would be highly interested on a video about Panathinaikos team, the board/owners situation the last 10 years.
Keep up the good work guys.
Nailed it bro. Life of the rich and famous. There's always the how did they get that rich part. One thing he will do for city is he will build a new stadium 36-38k for PAOK. The initial designs were really nice.
I like so much this face drawings ! They are so accurate !
Nice research and so much information. I personally learn a lot of such good quality video.
Great video and very informative as usual. This and the shaktar/Manafort video are my favourites
Great video excellent work once and a nice theme Ivan is our savior
I am suprised of how accurate and informed you are,better than any Greek journalist.
Very very well explained dude. You covered every topic and side completely. Good job!
Great vid as usual
Everything on point.Well done.
And yet not a single word about AEK's shady owner Dimitris "I-know-where-you-live" Melissanidis. You might want to cross-check your sources.
Ρε μπαοκι ακόμα και εδώ βλέπεις συνομωσία;😂 νταξει προφανώς όλοι είναι εγκληματίες αλλά νταξ ελεος πια😂
άλλο θέμα ο μελισανίδης
mia xara to egrapse to and yet skouliki, an den ksereis agglika min sxoliazeis asxete
kai ston proforiko kai ston grapto mia xara xrisimopoieitai. Piges Agglia kai tin eides kathigitis tis Oxfordis.
εγω δε χρειαστηκε να φυγω απο την Ελλαδα γιατι εχω μια χαρα δουλεια και σπιτι και λεφτα, εσυ ως ανεργος πειναλας εφυγες για να φτιαχνεις κεμπαμπ στο Λονδινο για να ζησεις, φουκαρα. Εχεις και money καημενε.
Great video! Keep up the good work 👍
Actually Savvidis first appeared in the Greek scene about 2009-2010 and was welcomed by "New Democracy" party deputies and members from Thessaloniki. He was frustrated by ND, when its current leader (Kyriakos Mitsotakis) was elected. Mitsotakis' family has close relationships with Marinakis. Dora Bakogianni, sister of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and also a deputy (and former minister a lot of times), had Marinakis as a best man on her wedding and she is the godmother of Marinakis' son. So it was either Marinakis, either Savvidis. During a public tender for TV licenses (under the current left government), both Marinakis and Savvidis were bidders. Marinakis won one of the licenses, Savvidis didn't. During this period, there was an effort by the current government to bring Savvidis as a supporter/donor and Savvidis wasn't excluding such a possibility (on condition to get what he wanted for his businesses). The deal went sour however, especially after the agreement between Tsipras and Zaev which Savvidis strongly opposes.
2006
We need a more man like this in Turkey and football industry 👍🏼
Thanks for uploading.
Well this was one amazing video. Is the first that I watch from you and if all the other videos are like this one I think I can learn many things from you.
Ivan Savvidis is the greatest thing that came for PAOK . He paid PAOK's dept to the Greek Goverment , spend big bucks to bring the top of the noch players(at least for greek standarts) and generally he is a positive figure .
Hahahhaa
Konstantinos Iosif Τι χαχα, ρε χάχα; Έτσι είναι.
@@Yiannis2112 δεν ηξερα οτι οι θετικες φιγουρες κουβαλαγανε οπλα στο γηπεδο
Rokos Kalogerakos Η λέξη κλειδί είναι στο generally. Έτη φωτός καλύτερός από Μελισσανίδη, Κούγια, Μαρινάκη, Σαλιαρέλη, Κοσκωτά, Ψωμιάδη, Μπέο. Αλλά δε σας είδα να κόπτεσθε τόσο πολύ για κανένα άλλο...
@@rokoskalogerakos3018 τι βλάκας που είσαι ρε???Και τι σημαίνει αυτο ρε???επιχειρηματίας είναι πάντα κουβαλάει όπλο μαζί του.
You covered a lot of ground here in only a little over 9 minutes while keeping your discussion coherent. I'm particularly impressed by this video!
well done Tifo Football.
one major mistake...
in 7:30 - 7:32....
it's not only the PAOK supporters who doesn't want the new name of Fyrom but probably the 85% of the grrek people....
love from Greece!!!
False. It's only the facists/patriots/neo-nazis which is about 15%. Also people that have no clue about history or politics which is let's say another 20%.
you made a mistake.....
the facists in Greece aren't only 15%. the total percentage of the black + red facists (Golden Dawn + Syriza+ K.K.E) it's about 50%.
@@qverde1 Ω το αγαπημένο μου... Θεωρία των άκρων. Ίσως το καλύτερο παράδειγμα πολιτικής προπαγάνδας της χώρας μας....
καμία θεωρία των άκρων.. δυστυχώς τα τρια κόμματα που ανέφερα και καμία σχέση δεν έχουν μεταξύ τους, τα συνδέει η φασιστική αντιμετώπιση των διαφορετικών , από των δικών τους , απόψεων .....
edit...
οσο για το όνομα απλά διαφώνησα με το video που ανέφερε τις αντιδράσεις ως υποκεινούμενες από τον ΠΑΟΚ και τον Σαββίδη.
@@qverde1 we should have split fyrom in 3 parts after Balkan wars
Wow, we need more videos about Greek Super League! Tifo thank you from an Olympiacos fan
Love this channel! Great work man
Pretty good report. You got spot on! You really did some research, good job
Excellent work.
Mike Ashley still makes him look good😝 great vid as always
never thought I'd see a video about my club PAOK on tifo youtube.
Δεν είδες για τον παοκ, για τον Σαββίδη είδες. Αυτό είναι το θέμα, ότι οι ομάδες έχουν γίνει άνθρωπο κεντρικές. Κανένας δεν είναι πάνω απ την ομάδα ότι ομάδα και αν εισαι
A goal was scored, the ref and linesman showed it's perfectly legal. Then, the whole AEK staff invaded the pitch. The ref declared the goal offside and that was when Savvidis entered the pitch.
The ref checked the linesman and then showed that the goal is legal...when he saw AEK players protest, the tef aproach the linesman who according to him he said to the ref "it is offside but you can not disallowed in here" behind the linesman were the gates with paok's ultras then the ref disallowed the goal .
Soccer truly transcends sport. This does cause complications.
This video proves that once again football and politics should never mix
This dude's name just made me realise that Ivan Gazidis is probably of Greek descent, especially since he grew up in South Africa
King Ozzymandias he is his fathers name is Kosta lol
Gazidis was Greek ancestry I can verify
@ComradeHellas 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷!!!.
Great video, I like your detached style, it allows viewers to form their own conclusions.
As a Greek football fan, I had stopped watching many years back, as I felt disgusted by the situation you describe. One or two owners would use popular teams as just a tool for advancing a broader, not-football-related, agenda. As expected, their teams would dominate, as success is a requirement if you want to keep Greek fans backing you up for any significant amount of time.
I recently tried to start watching Greek football again, and found out that we now have THREE of these guys. The two main results of this are (i) all other teams are either completely dependent on one of them (getting players on a loan deal cheaply and allegedly money under the table to throw the matches versus one of the three teams and play really hard against the other two) or getting the really really short end of the stick when it comes to fairness (e.g. attitude of referees) and (ii) when two of the three play against each other, it might get really, really ugly; a recent Greek cup final took place while fans of AEK and PAOK stabbed each other WITHIN THE STADIUM PREMISES.
I know it will not save the world or anything, but I would be thankful if you did more videos about Greek football, to spread outside of Greece what everybody in Greece more or less knows. Possible examples would be videos about Marinakis and/or Melissanidis, digging deeper into Savvidis, digging deeper into the recent match-fixing case etc. Disclaimer: I have only watched this video of yours, if scandals are not one of your main focuses, ignore my request and thanks for the video in any case.
Hello Tifo, I have a video suggestion, maybe we could get an analysis of Frankfurt's 4:1 win over Lazio? To me a surprisingly good performance by Frankfurt, it really made me want to know more about them
Although I'm a PAOK fan the greek football especially at the last 20 years has been the most corrupt league in the balkans if not in the whole europe imo. Also Savvidis has a kinda shady past and relationships with shady people but in Greece he may be the least corrupt shareholder among the biggest teams in super league. For God's sake he said he will pay with his own money for the installation of VAR on every football field.
Bro you have never seen Serbian league than.
Awesome video but Alexis Tsipras is practically far away from being a left side politician. Before the elections he did actually introduce his self and party as a leftists but since he was elected he's government has followed the path of neoliberal political tactics (almost). Keep up the good work.
Σκασε
"almost" he privatized everything that could be privatized, he is literally a neo-liberal portraying himself as a left-wing populist before 2015 election.
@nik ol 🤦🤦🤦
@nik ol there is no left and right,there is only power and what you do with it.
Euxaristo ! This was unbelievably told !
Former panathinaikos boss vardinogiannis once said 'i could've won the title but i didn't want to bribe the officials like my rivals'
Needless to add that the referee had a fair cause to disallow the goal, as one of the PAOK players who was offside was in front of the ball and blocking the keeper view
You made an amazing research ! However you should have mentioned that PAOK has won for two consecutive years the national cup !
Ivan Savvidis leader and very good person!
Great video but just to know it's Skopje not Macedonia
You could start a South American owners video series with Mauricio Macri: business man, current president of Argentina, once president of Boca Juniors
The amount of research put into this is immense.. But you failed to specify that Paok was robbed in the olympiakos game as well.. With their coach hilariously being hit by a paper roll and faking injury in order to have the match won by a commitee.. As well as the AEK game.. When PAOK's last minute goal was WRONGFULLY DISSALOWED.. So next time you should be more objective about the games.. Not only about the politics and history involved.
Sure but we can not omit the fact that being hit with a roll of paper was a wrong action from the paok fan that it should be punished .. Also AEK, one night before the match, get known about the corrupted decision of the government that Tuba stadium is going to host paok fans . This action came against the previous decision that Tuba is closed .. Last but not least we should not forget the grace of referees to paok team ..
Τhe goal of PAOK (or POAK i think) was offside. The ref didnt cot count it correctly. AEK Athens is PAOK's nightmare
@Alexandru Creanga
the amount of research in this is very poor...
@papariacci i had to start with something good before criticizing
@@alexgg13 Σε αυτο με το ρολο πρεπει να συμφωνησω ωστοσο το αντικειμενο ειναι
αντικειμενο και το μεγαλυτερο μεριδιο ευθυνης για μενα φερει ο ανεγκεφαλος οπαδος που το πεταξε. Και οσο για το γκολ που λεμε και ξαναλεμε ηταν καθαρα επιθετικο φαουλ μπορει
ο παιχτης να μην αγγιξε τη μπαλα ωστοσο στην προσπαθεια αυτη μπλοκαρε ολοκληρο το οπτικο πεδιο του τερματοφυλακα. Εχουν ακυρωθει πολλα γκολ και γκολ τα οποια ηταν οντως εγκυρα ωστοσο κανεις ποτε δεν εκανε ετσι ο σαββιδης το παρακανε. Στην τελικη αν απλα και ο
σαββιδης δεχοταν την ισοπαλια με αξιοπρεπεια τοτε θα ειχε ακομα ελπιδεες για πρωταθλημα σε περιπτωση εκ νεου απωλειας βαθμων της αεκ και δε θα ειχε και -2 για τη φετινη σεζον
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Well explained! 👌🏽
Something new again.
I wonder how their list of new videos looks like.
2:53 I know I'm a bit late but I must ask why the choice to draw that particular weapon, the Tavor 21 (TAR-21, an Israeli assault rifle developed in the late 1990s, rather than a Kalashnikov rifle. Just generally curious. Good video as always!
(At first sorry for my bad English.)You have it wrong my friend!! When the match PAOK-OLYMPIACOS was about to start one fan of PAOK threw a very have item in the face of the coach of Olympiacos, then PAOK lost 3 points and another punishment was 3 matches without fans .Olympiacos win 0-3 as the match didn't start. The day that PAOK and AEK were playing the court of Justice at 3:00 a.m. decided to give PAOK his 3 points back. The problem was that this day was the match PAOK-AEK. The question was how in so few time they printed 27.703 tickets for this match!! The PAOK-AEK match started but it didn't end , while PAOK scored a goal at 89' but the referee said that it was offside and the goal was not registered then IVAN SAVVIDIS entered the pitch...
After 1 week the Goal (offside) counted and the match ended 1-0 with winner PAOK. The referee said it was scared for his life and he will not be a referee anymore ( This is why the goal counted in the match PAOK-AEK) . Finally I have to say that Greek Liga doesn't play in pitches but in the court of Justice !!!
Very good analysis and most of the facts are correct. However I would like to point out some things. First of all I am a Greek PAOK fan but I still I will try to be as fair as possible. In this video you have focused almost solely on the outcome last year's Super League. The thing is in an analysis like that we should also look at what led to all this. In the last season PAOK was after many years a realistic title contender up until a previous match against Olympiakos. In fact PAOK was leading the table. Olympiakos was in such a bad shape at the time that a domination at this game was sure. But the game never ended. In fact it never even started. That happened because a cashier roll supposedly hit their coach on the head (we use them at the start of the games to create a nice effect instead of fire crackers that are not allowed anymore). Supposedly one roll didn't roll out fully and hit him. Of course this is bullshit you can look up the video and even like that a game just starts with the assistant coach on. Olympiakos just said we are leaving and they did just that. (A game important for the title race is lost here). And now we go to the AEK incident. Because of the other match we effectively lost the lead on the table and we had to win AEK no matter what to take the lead once more. People were already angry so the team put a special net behind AEK's bench so that they have no excuse. Game started fans were very good not causing any trouble. And we come to the 89' minute. Game at 0-0. Fernando Varela scores for PAOK a real goal (no offside look it up). The thing is the assistant referee started running to the middle of the pitch as usual like no offside. That's what the referee did as well. AEK players went around the referee and started screaming to him not to count the goal. After around 2 minutes ( I'm not joking) the referee decides that it IS an offside. After what has happened this year and all the other years with Athens clubs everyone went mad. That's when Savvidis came down to the pitch and screaming for the team to leave te match. After some time it looks like his jacket was pulled away and there is a pic made with him having a gun in him pocket. (Never reached for it never attacked anybody just for self defense i guess I don't know) . Important to notice here is the fact that nobody saw the gun in real time. After some minutes the referee asked the teams to return to the changing rooms just because there were all these people on the pitch. In the security cameras can be seen that only then did AEK members seeing foto's of the gun on the INTERNET and started showing one another. Later the referee asked them to return to the pitch for the final minutes but they refused saying they were scared for the gun (they never saw in person). I don't think that what Savvidis did was right but let's just look at everything that led to this reaction and not just the result. Still this is by far the most accurate foreign report I heard about the incident . Good recearch keep up the good work!
1. Olympiacos tactics (abandoning the game) in your match were cheap, but remember your tactic's against Panathinaikos in the previous season. They were the exact same (abandoning the game).
2. PAOK was awarded the 3 points he lost for the match against Olympiacos and he got his gates opened (they were supposed to stay closed) at 2 am in the night, just A FEW HOURS before the PAOK-AEK game. I mean is that a teams chased by the system?
3. PAOK's goal was offside because another PAOK player who is in offside position moves towards the ball and TRIES to get to it. That by rules if an offside.
4. Either way i think we can agree that is a pretty hard decision to make and there are lots of opinions about it. But, no matter what, Ivan Savvidis should NEVER enter the pitch with the gun and threaten the ref. Other PAOK officials should NEVER enter the pitch and threaten the ref ''you are finished''. The ref was threatened and that is why he wanted to continue the game. PAOK should be banned for all this and he rightfully was. And if you ask me his ban was a pretty light one.
PAOK's goal was clear.PAOK player (Mauricio) maybe was in offside position, but he doesn't touch the ball or prevent aek's goalkeeper and defenders to save the ball.That's why when PAOK scored aek's goalkeeper didn't react in any way and stayed on the ground with a sad face.We 've seen many cases in other championships where goals similar to this were counted.
1. Why is it a different situation? In both cases the manager was hit and his team grabbed the opportunity to win the 3 points without a match. (in PAOK's case it's worse cause he was losing). Also, do you want me to remind you how PAOK tried to win the 2017 championship? Yep, that's right on a court's decision.
2. I will ask you something and please be honest. Let's suppose that AEK and PAOK play a very crucial game for the championship but this time in Athens. PAOK is 5 points ahead and just a few hours before the game AEK is given 3 points back and now the difference is just 2 points. Would you talk about ''the Athens state'' or not? And also if the system is chasing PAOK why would the Association give him the 3 points back?
3. It's not a clear goal, because he TRIES to get to the ball. He makes the move.
4. Come on now. In almost every game the players protest against a referee's decision. What does that mean? And it's kinda ironic to say that the referee was threatened by AEK when your team's owner and officials invaded the pitch and told the referee ''you are finished''.
Nope...It was clearly an offside violation...
I heard Ivan Savvidis was in the Caribbean once and was mistaken for the Puerto Rican salsa and bolero singer Paquito Guzman several times😂
Stop providing wrong information...Savvidis never showed his gun it was in his pocket and he has access to have a gun on him everywhere in Greece except the airport...
A Russian oligarch complaining about corruption is like a surgeon complaining about blood.
Very good video and accurate. Thank you. By the way Greek football is still dirty as well savvidis team.
Tifo, Paok was the only one(except Olympiacos) who benefited from Olympiacos dictatorship in Greek football. All these years AEK and Panathinaikos tried to break Olympiacos legacy with a whole bunch of money(he had all the referees with him and some of the rest teams by his side) while paok was not spending anything and just taking his chances for a Cup etc. So by 2011 and after, while AEK and Panathinaikos were led to bankruptcy paok was clean and benefited by this whole olympiacos system and now can dominate the greek championship.
Very good video and well researched. Would like to mention that current president of EPO the greek football federation is a guy that Savvidis endorsed and said "this is our guy" as his attempt to fight the previous system is building his own system of controling the federation and the refs. Savvidis essentially bought the superleague but hasn't taken it home yet. Last year they basically gave it away by hitting the olympiakos coach with a roll of paper, whatever they say about this is absolute bullshit since just the previous year it happened to their coach with an empty can of beer and they were ok with leaving and taking the match then. As an added insult the team at fault then, panathinaikos, lost points and had their fans banned for three matches, Paok punishment for the same thing? Nothing. And the legendary walk in the pitch with a gun situation. In any serious country the punishment for this would be far more severe than 3 measly points but they act like it was stolen from them. Anyway it looks like this year is going to be theirs anyway unless they royally fuck up from now on. All it took was a russian oligarch putin flunky to come and take over the greek economy media and sports and maybe change our country's politics to serve russia but hey good on them they finally (almost) did it!
i think there's corruption everywhere where a vast ammount of money is in danger, it's juts that in Greece there is a bigger need for quick wealth, hence betting and in general corruption, I think there is a same motive in latin america as well, football is a big deal there as in Greece
As a greek...well said
Savidis is not a criminal and he will never be.The biggest criminals ar marinakis and melissanidis.Savvidis try to clear the crime so the criminals who controll the channels can affect people.They present savvidis like criminal and greece's enemy.But he actually love greece more than the most of us.Please never judge by someone fro a bad moment.
please do a video on Mauritian football. Its history is a crazy history of religion- based football
I am Greek and honestly football, espescially out of all the other sports, is so cancer I can't stand watching it.
You forgot to say in the end that Ivan Savvidis has joined Marinakis's side and made a union in Greek Football! The only pure and clean club in Greece is also in Thessaloniki and it's called ARIS the God of war!
Τι πίνεις και δεν δίνεις; Ο Σαββίδης με τον χοντρό ποτέ δεν συνεργαστηκαν, σε αντίθεση με τον Καρυπίδη
Nice video Tifo Football, but I would like to highlight some facts that should definitely be included. I witnessed what happenned last year from inside Toumba Stadium and I can claim I have a clear picture of what happenned.
You should have mentioned that 2 weeks before the infamous PAOK AEK, PAOK played against olympiacos in Toumba. The match never started because of a disgusting plot made up by rotten olympiacos. After that the fans of PAOK where full of anger. Later when PAOK scored a goal in the 89 minute of PAOK AEK the referrees firstly agreed that it was a clear goal. But later, after 8 minutes of discussion in front of PAOK fans (who were so happy at the moment) they decided to deny the goal. Me personally and everyone around me felt outrageous, like we were being stolen... AGAIN. At that moment 30.000 people could have stormed the pitch and the referees would not be alive now. Instead Savvidhs came in and everything else followed....
The world is not aware of these facts and they all blame us.. PAOK is being stolen of what he deserves for decades by Athens. We are the only ones fighting against athenian corruption and controll. Unfortunately your video suggests that it was PAOK responsible for whatever happenned...
the fact that the coach of olympiakos was hit by a item is a "disgusting plot"??ποσο αστειοι εστε ρε!!ο ιβιτς ποναει ακομα???
Was hit by paper.. he left so olympiacos would not be destroyed. Πως την αντεχετε μονοι σας αυτην την υποκρισια
@Νεζαρ Α.
do you want me to hit you with a cash register roll to see if it hurts?talking about hypocrisy...a cash register roll is lighter than an empty can of beer??
@@papariacci ανοιχτο ρολο ταμιακης που τετοια πεταγονται αμετρητα στα γηπεδα. Αν θες εσυ απαγορευσε τα ολα. Ειναι 100 φορες πιο ελαφρυ απο 500 μπυρας που φυσικα ηταν γεματο. 1ον η τροχια του αποκλειεται να προηλθε απο αδει κουτι. 2ον που το ξερεις εσυ οτι ηταν αδειο ρε επιστημονα εισουν εκει μπροστα? Εχετε το θρασος να μιλατε για τον ΠΑΟΚ που μας κλεβετε τον ιδρωτα εδω και δεκαετιες. Πως τολματε
αν η μπυρα ηταν κλειστη ο ιβιτς θα ηταν ακομα κατω και δε θα εκανε θεατρο ακομα και στα αποδυτηρια.υπαρχουν βιντεο και για το πως κινηθηκε το κουτακι αφου τον χτυπησε(φαινεται ξεκαθαρα οτι ειναι αδειο,ενα γεματο κουτι δε κανει γκελ αν χτυπησει ανθρωπινο κεφαλι απλως πεφτει καθετα,φυσικη λεγεται αυτο)αλλα και μετα που του ελεγε ο σβουρας κατσε στη καρεκλα εχει καμερες...το ρολο ηταν ανοιχτο αλλα ειναι μικρη η αποσταση απο αυτον που το πεταξε μεχρι τον γκαρσια και δεν αδειασε(και εδω υπαρχει βιντεο με τον τυπο που τον πετυχε να πανηγυριζει κιολας).να τα λετε μεταξυ σας αλλα οχι προς τα εξω γιατι γελαει ολη η ελλαδα.οσον αφορα την απαγορευση ολων,τοσα χρονια στη τουμπα παιχτες της ομαδας μου εχουν χτυπηθει απο καθε λογης αντικειμενο ενω εχουμε δει μεχρι τουβλα και μαλαματινες να καρφωνονται στο χορταρι διπλα απο παιχτες(που αν τους εβρισκαν παιζει και να τους σκοτωναν) αλλα η ομαδα εμεινε ή ακομα και δεχτηκε να τελειωσει νωριτερα ματς για να μην τιμωρηθεις,μεχρι που εκανες τη λαμογια στο βαζελο,καπακια μετα τις πουστιες με τον πλατανια.αφου λοιπον θετεις αυτους τους ορους και δε γουσταρεις τη μαγκικη συμπεριφορα που ειχαμε τοσα χρονια εκει μεσα αποφασισαμε και εμεις να παιξουμε με τους δικους σου ορους!!!σας κλεβουμε τον ιδρωτα ρε μπουρδελα με δωρεαν γηπεδα απο το κρατος,παγωμενα χρεη για χρονια,τους πιο πολλους καταδιακσμενους προεδρους απο καθε αλλη ομαδα ακομα και για απατες κατα των ομαδων σας,με δωρεαν χιλιαδες διαρκειας απο ακη και βενιζελο,με 23 χρονια χωρις διπλο ο οσφπ στο κοτετσι σας με προεδρικο διαταγμα?πουλατε αλλου το παραμυθι εδω δε περναει ξερουμε πολυ καλα τι εχει γινει τοσα χρονια
"Your career as a referee is finished!" Quote from Ivan Savvidis on the PAOK vs AEK match
Nope. Get your facts straight.
Savidis for prime minister!!!Love you president you are one of us!!!PAOK FANS
very good job! Keep going
One of the best sporting channels in youtube
As a greek i have to say that you made a very good video to explain the football situation that it's taking place to our country and about the part that you are talking about macedonia i have to say that the greek citizens that manifesting over the name are parts of far-right politics groups or very religious. The majority of greek citizens stays passive about the change of the name or we accept it as a very good diplomacy move from two neighbours countrys
no, only lefties and cuckholds support tsipras and this stupid choice.
That's the point, Dimitris. Why should anyone care which country can claim ancient Macedonia's history when neither of them has anything to do with it? And even if they did, what's the difference? Don't you see that you're manipulated to hate Tsipras and the Macedonians over a non-issue by corrupt businessmen who just want to make a buck and further Russia's evil empire?
the fuck you talking about? this is our history.Macedonians were a Greek tribe.Ancient Macedoninas are the predecessors of Greeks and history is important.
They are not Macedonians,they are Slavs.They have nothing to do with the ancient Macedonians.
And what are you going to do about it? Call on the "ultras" to protest? Give me a break.
PAOK was never the only team that fell victim to the favoritism that the three powerhouses of Athens and Piraeus (AEK,Panathinaikos and Olympiacos) enjoyed,but pretty much any team that posed a threat to them in Greece. Even teams from Athens that were not in line with them and their clique experienced wrongdoings, with one of the most well known incidents concerning a club from Athens/Piraeus amongst greek fans being the decimation of the historic club of Ethnikos Piraeus,another club from Piraeus,which saw Ethnikos become obsolete,bankrupt and a relic of the past,now fighting in the lower divisions for more than 20 years, all part of a plan that sought to make Olympiacos the only prominent club is Piraeus without any local rival.
Moreover, in 1927 the two most famous clubs of Athens (Panathinaikos and AEK) and the most famous club of Piraeus (Olympiacos) established an alliance with the purpose of protecting the interests of one another in local tournaments and in the league. They named their alliance POC (Panathinaikos Olympiacos and Constantinople for AEK) and this alliance kept on officially until the mid '60s, but lowkey, every football fan in Greece knows it is still in effect but in a more backstage role than it was in the past. As you can see, Greek Football was always neck deep in shit,it's not a modern football era thing that has been going on only for the past two decades.
And last but not least, PAOK fans never wanted Greek Football to be clean and free of corruption, all they wanted was to take Olympiacos' place in the "throne" if they were ever given the chance,nothing more,and with Savvidis' money and power they've got it. They presented themselves as proponents of a corruption free football, but when Savvidis established himself in a position of power in Greek Football,he quickly began to abuse that power and started to do the same things Olympiacos did when they were in charge of things. And lo and behold,not a single PAOK fan complained about the direction his club went,instead they started to enjoy it and become even more arrogant and power hungry.
This is the second year of Savvidis' reign and pretty much all of Greece despises PAOK and its fans,not only because they've started doing what Olympiacos and the other teams from Athens did in the past,but because they are doing it while labeling themselves as victims and that they have every right to do so because they got wronged in the past. They have become what they have always hated and vowed never to be,what each greek football fan calls them these days, the Olympiacos of Northern Greece.
Let me guess, you are an Aris fan. Cause no way you believe that PAOK is Olympiacos of the north.
pls make one about marinakis too.
One more thing should be said regarding the last season. Due to the points deduction administered by the Greek FA and following legal suits from the affected clubs, at one point, no one really knew how the Superleague table looked like. They were like three different versions of the league table at one moment with various total points for the affected clubs. Greek football mess at its finest (or worst).
This is true. You had different league tables published in different outlets!
chaos in Greece . Not only the goverment but the football association aswell ? Thats what corruption have done to a nation . I hope someone can change Greek football & bring them back on the track where they should be .
The main issue with the name change is that it is not widely desired, nor supported by either population. It came from outside pressure from EU and US diplomats and you can say it was artificially engineered out of nowhere. So, as you pointed in the video, the West, especially NATO, tries to put the blame on Russia and russian figures for disrupting this whole process, which may or may not be true.
Be as it may, funding ultras fans who number a few thousand at best can not influence the referrendum in FYROM, which had a low turnout and hence was considered invalid.
The greek football league scandals over the years is a different matter altogether...
Please do 50s Wolves, Real Madrid, Spartak and Honved and the invention of European Football
And now he is friends with Marinakis just so he can be near the next president that will come propably being Mitsotakis.
Kendisi Trabzon Maçkalıdır❤️💙
well done tifo
Only OLYMPIACOS 🔴⚪
When he was in Russia he was my uncles best friend and a week ago he visited me and i got Ivan Savvidis phone number, lol.
Long Live Hellas 🇬🇷
PAOK and Savvidis are the victims of the football corruption in Greece. You maybe think that Savidis is the offender, but actually he is the victim in this incident.
AEK's and Olympiacos's owners have both been accused of illegal actions regarding football in Greece (composition of criminal organization in football), while Savidis is much more transparent than the aforementioned. PAOK's owner felt that he was getting stolen for a second successive match against AEK, as the referee cancelled a fair goal after 5 minutes without any reason, while 2 weeks ago Olympiakos left the pitch due to a celebrating paper that fell on his coach's shoulder. PAOK was leading the league by 4 points from AEK (2nd), after these 2 incidents, PAOK was found 3rd 6 points behind AEK. The image might be harsh, (although in Greece it happens regularly), but the image sometimes is proven to be stronger than reality, thus I suggest that you focus on justice and emphasize on the entire surrounding plot of a single incident.
MrKristofersson exactly.. Finally somebody sees the whole truth
When did AEK had a criminal organization in football? AEK didn't win the league for 24 years, and was relegated in 2013. How can a team that controls the system suffer all that?
Also, before the PAOK-AEK game, AEK was 2 points higher than PAOK. In fact, it was 5 points but the 3 points you were deducted for the game against Olympiacos were given back AT 2 AM. Just a few hours before the PAOK-AEK game. Yeah, talking about a team chased by the system...
Yeah and you forgot to mention that in the current championship, before PAOK-aek you thought that PAOK's goalkeeper Paschalakis would be suspened, but one day before the match you learned that he would play.This is why you lost 2-0.
Once again your are full of bullshit.
Savvidis the victim? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Let me laugh out loud!
Εεε μπαλαφουτη, τα πιστολιδια στα επίσημα της ομαδας σου τα ξεχνάς? Τις απειλές του κυρ Δημητράκη τις ξεχνάς? Ναι, πρωτάθλημα δεν έπαιρνες αλλά ο δικός σου ο πρεζεμπορας μια χαρά μαφιόζος είναι