One more Greek derby, that between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, fell
victim of fan violence, as the match at the Olympic Stadium of Athens was abandoned on the 70th minute due to clashes between hooligans and the police.
German referee Marco Fritz decided to stop the game with the score at 1-0 in Olympiakos’s favor due to the chemicals the police used in the clashes outside the stadium, and to the presence of home supporters around the turf that offered the match officials no security for the game to resume.
The match is destined to be awarded to Olympiakos with a 3-0 score and Panathinaikos will likely be deducted six points, three for being at fault for the game’s abandonment and three for the fan riots at the outskirts of the stadium.
In the rest of the Super League grounds, where proper soccer was played, PAOK came from behind to beat host Panetolikos 2-1 at Agrinio with a 40-yard screamer by Adelino Vieirinha and a header by Leo Matos. PAOK now needs eight points in the last five games to clinch the title.
It remains seven points ahead of Olympiakos, and 20 ahead of third-placed AEK that defeated fourth Atromitos 1-0 away through a late Christos Albanis goal.
OFI beat Levadiakos 2-0 in Crete and Panionios downed Xanthi 1-0 at home, while the matches of Asteras Tripolis against Lamia and PAS Giannina against Larissa finished goalless and Aris defeated Apollon Smyrnis by 5-0
