Three Greek teams debuted this week for this season in Europe, and they all scored narrow home wins.
SOCCER
Germany is the honored country at the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) and a former coach of the Greek national football team, Otto Rehhagel, who led Greece to triumph in Euro 2004, is promoting Germany’s participation.
Police believe the serious clashes between hardcore fans of soccer club Panathinaikos on Saturday were mainly due to a war of influence in the stands and that financial factors may also be involved.
A total of 74 people have been arrested, including five minors, following a violent clash outside the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium in downtown Athens on Saturday.
Turkish supporters making their way to the European Championship quarterfinal against the Netherlands made the same nationalistic hand gesture that got a Turkey player banned from the match.
Turkey’s ambassador to Austria, Ozan Ceyhan, said he hoped fans would show moderation in their celebrations when – not if – they beat Netherlands in their Euro 2024 quarter-final in Berlin on Saturday.
Τurkey defender Merih Demiral is to be banned for two games by UEFA following a gesture he made during his side’s last-16 win against Austria on Tuesday and will miss Saturday’s Euro 2024 quarter-final against Netherlands, German media reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to travel to Berlin to attend the 2024 European Championship quarterfinal game between Turkey and the Netherlands, an official said Thursday, after a controversial gesture by a national team player ignited a diplomatic row between Turkey and the host nation, Germany.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry released a statement on Wednesday regarding UEFA’s disciplinary investigation against Turkish footballer Merih Demiral, who made a gesture associated with the ultra-nationalist Gray Wolves group during Euro 2024.
UEFA has launched an investigation into Turkey soccer player Merih Demiral’s “alleged inappropriate behavior” after he celebrated a goal at Euro 2024 by displaying a hand sign associated with an ultra-nationalist group.
Albania player Mirlind Daku was banned on Sunday for two games after leading fans in nationalist chants at the European Championship, that UEFA said brought soccer into disrepute.
Albanian forward Mirlind Daku, who led fans in derogatory post-match chants about North Macedonia with a megaphone, has apologized citing the intense emotions of playing at Euro 2024. Daku was caught on camera whipping up fans after Albania’s 2-2 draw with Croatia in Hamburg.
They had won one battle and then sat to watch a battle of a different kind. Eight Ukrainian national guard soldiers who had helped stall a Russian offensive in the northern Kharkiv region of Ukraine took the afternoon off Monday to watch the men’s national soccer team play its first game of the European Championship.
Serbian soccer coach Ivan Jovanovic will be helming Greece’s national team after reaching an agreement with the Hellenic Soccer Federation, it was reported on Monday.
The men’s national soccer team ended the season with a 2-0 friendly win over Malta on Tuesday after a rather mediocre performance in Austria.
Panathinaikos has named Diego Alonso as the soccer team’s new manager. The 49-year-old Uruguayan signed a two-year contract with the option to extend it for a third year.
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