Hellas futebol

[Festivus]

Is there some sort of a rivalry between Italy and Greece and Italians and Greeks? I'm not talking about sports now.

[Faliro]

Is there some sort of a rivalry between Italy and Greece and Italians and Greeks? I'm not talking about sports now.

Not really, two pseudo communist nations who lament together over the plight of the worker.

I am not sure the Italians respect Greeks too much after years of anti Greek propaganda but there is no hatred there. Italians - many of them do tend to think they are superior to greeks although the Italians do copy Greek styles a fair bit - especially the style of places like Mykonos. The Greeks don't really care either way about Italians - they do however respect their 'style' and Greek women like Italian handbags and things..

[Faliro]

PAOK now +8 clear at the top from Olympiacos. The energy in their stadium, their confidence. It seems this will be their 3rd Super League title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puj8VPBkPZM

[Festivus]

Did PAOK get rich suddenly?

Do you think Olympiacos will go through a few bad years?

[Faliro]

Did PAOK get rich suddenly?

Yes richer than Olympiacos. Here is the PAOK owner profile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug2L_41UP2Q

AEK is the richest, then PAOK, then Olympiacos.

Do you think Olympiacos will go through a few bad years?

It will not be us dominating like before that is certain - no 7 in a row championships like we saw last decade. AEK and PAOK are far stronger than before plus the Greek Syriza Govt and the EPO are both pro PAOK.

[Festivus]

And PAO still suck?

[Faliro]

And PAO still suck?

Well they are a little better financially.. and on the pitch they were excellent this season seeing as they started minus 6 and are basically playing their under 21 side. However, their 3-1 thrashing by OFI yesterday was a tough one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKRUgYWx8LQ

[Festivus]

Hard to believe PAOK are strong now considering we beat them 4-1 away.

[Faliro]

Hard to believe PAOK are strong now considering we beat them 4-1 away.

Shows two things.

1/ Portugal is miles ahead of Greece.

2/ PAOK have got stronger subsequently.

Also with Benfica's excellent thrashing of PAOK, I watched that game, if PAOK were a bit more clinical, the game had the potential to go either way. PAOK were too eager and did not show enough respect to Benfica.

[Festivus]

How do you and Greeks in general feel about Russia?

[Faliro]

How do you and Greeks in general feel about Russia?

Friendly. Russians and serbs are probably seen by most greeks as their best friends.

[Festivus]

How do you and Greeks in general feel about Russia?

Friendly. Russians and serbs are probably seen by most greeks as their best friends.

This makes you one of the few countries that doesn't hate Russia

[Faliro]

How do you and Greeks in general feel about Russia?

Friendly. Russians and serbs are probably seen by most greeks as their best friends.

This makes you one of the few countries that doesn't hate Russia

Yea. Greeks like Russia although Tsipras has badly soured the relationship.

[Josef Vierine]

[Faliro]

The true heirs to the Byzantine Empire.