A meeting between executives of Greek Super League teams Olimpiakos and Panathinaikos ended in a brawl Tuesday.
According to Greek sports website Gazzetta.gr, officials threw water bottles and glasses at each other. ESPN reported that Panathinaikos official and former Greek National Team goalkeeper Vassilis Constantinou walked out of the meeting holdinig his lower lip, claiming to have been punched in the face by an Olimpiakos security guard.
Our favorite description of the incident, which highlights how ridiculous the whole thing was, comes also from Gazzetta.gr, which is published in Greek and therefore needed to be translated into English, which we did using google translate, and this is the result:
"According to preliminary information, the representatives of the "reds" and "greens" turned into war ... the meeting and during high-intensity fired water and bottles, the interruption to the logical consequence!
I almost, indeed, come to the hands, and heard very heavy expressions. O Giannis Alafouzos complained that Vangelis Marinakis threw a glass of water and a person from the personal security of the strong man Olympiacos threw punch Vassilis Constantine!"
We agree, Gazzetta.gr, you said it all.
The meeting came about after Panathinaikos supporters threw rocks and flares at Olimpiakos officials, and generally made nuisances of themselves. Panathinaikos won that game, 2-1, and instead of settling their differences at the meeting, the teams' officials likely made everything worse.
