ONE | system 01/03/2024 09:50
Olympiakos players celebrate (Olympiakos official website)
Exactly one week before it meets Maccabi Tel Aviv in the first game of the round of 16 of the Conference League, Olympiakos received great news last night (Thursday). The Supreme Court of Arbitration for Sport located in Switzerland, ‘CAS’, decided to return to the Greek team a point that was deducted following the events of the derby once morest Panathinaikos.
After Panathinaikos chose to leave the field when the score was 1:1 because one of their players was injured during the warm-up on the side of the field following a firecracker that was thrown in his direction in the derby held on 22.10.2023, in Greece they decided on a technical loss for Olympiakos and a point deduction. However, the team appealed to the Supreme Court in Sports and he changed the decision.
In ‘CAS’ it was decided that the technical loss will remain intact, but the point will be returned to the team of Jose Luis Mandeliver. With the return of the point, the fourth Olympiakos rose to 54 points, being four points away from AK Athens at the top. The team will meet Volos on Sunday for the last regular season game before the playoffs.
In Greece it was written that the red-whites were satisfied with the decision and the team felt that there was a sense of justice once morest the “fragile system” in Greek football. In ‘sdna’ it was written that Panathinaikos were also satisfied with the decision of the court, which confirmed that the decision to leave the field was correct and gave the point back to the opponent because the fan who threw was arrested.
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