Hellas futebol

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So... the amateur of Panathinaikos voted tonight on whether to ditch Leoforos, their old stadium (16k) and build a new 40k stadium at Votanikos. The amateur are basically the fans.

Being Greece, it went down to the wire.  To move stadium a 2/3s vote was required in favour of moving. 2/3s is around 66%. Remember AEK fans blocked their then president building a new 50k stadium at Ano Liosia in favour of staying on the old small cramped site at Nea Filadefeia..which now has a state of the art new 30k stadium.. so it would be close..

The vote was as follows:

Voted: 2,994
Valid ballots: 2,985
For: 2051
Against: 934
White: 5
Invalid: 4

68% in favour! It just passed. The vote took place in the basketball arena of Leoforos called the Indian Tomb due to its claustrophobic feel.

So.. Leoforos will be demolished, it is the oldest football stadium in Greece. It will become a park and museum.




Works will now start immediately on building the new stadium, based on a Portuguese design:

[Cloughie]

So... the amateur of Panathinaikos voted tonight on whether to ditch Leoforos, their old stadium (16k) and build a new 40k stadium at Votanikos. The amateur are basically the fans.

Being Greece, it went down to the wire.  To move stadium a 2/3s vote was required in favour of moving. 2/3s is around 66%. Remember AEK fans blocked their then president building a new 50k stadium at Ano Liosia in favour of staying on the old small cramped site at Nea Filadefeia..which now has a state if the art new 30k stadium.. so it would be close..

The vote was as follows:

Voted: 2,994
Valid ballots: 2,985
For: 2051
Against: 934
White: 5
Invalid: 4

68% in favour! It just passed. The vote too place in the basketball arena of Leoforos called the Indian Tomb due to its claustrophobic feel.

So.. Leoforos will be demolished, it is the oldest football stadium in Greece. It will become a park and museum.




Works will now start immediately on building the new stadium, based on a Portuguese design:

It's a mix between Estádio da Luz and Estádio do Dragão, no?

[Faliro]

Precisely. Manuel Salgado did the original design, however the final iteration was created by A&S Architects of Greece. I believe the tiers will be steeper than the two stadiums in Portugal. Notice, the two central stands are almost identical in design to the Dragao however the stands behind the goal are more similar to the Da Luz. Despite the Greek alterations - mainly steepness of seating and external aesthetics, this is clearly a Portuguese design.





The area is rough and industrial but close to the centre. You will be able to see the Akropolis from the higher tiers. Another issue is it is fairly close to Olympiacos terroriry.. Rentis, Kaminia etc



Imo it is stadia like this that will make Hellas a viable alternative to Turkey for footballers. At this point the Greek league is slightly better than the Turkish league (which has incredible football infrastructure) but it must hold on to this title. The new AEK stadium, the Karaiskaki of Olympiacos and future new stadiums for Aris and PAOK will mean Greece, although small, will pack a very big punch in football the way it does in Basketball. It will cement Hellas's position as the powerhouse of the Balkans too.

AEK's stadium will be opening soon. Like Votanikos, it is also surrounded by an urban forest.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5jLl9w4eFM

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Greek league isn't better than Turkish league.

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Greek league isn't better than Turkish league.

You are only as good as your results. What was the last Greek vs Turkish team game? Olympiacos thrashing Fener.. game before that? PAOK thrashing Besiktas.. what are this years' coefficients? Greece is slightly better atm and with an infrastructure not even a 1/6th of what Turkey has.. with a population... 1/8th of Turkey.

If a top 3 Greek team played a Turkish club currently, the Greek team is more likely to pass.

Now if you are talking away from the betting slip.. organisation, facilities, professionalism, infrastructure, safety.. Turkey is ahead.

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AEK looking for a "top shelf" ( ) manager for their new stadium.

Rudi Garcia simply told them to fuck off.  So did Santos who wants to continue with Portugal.

So they are left with Maurucio Pellegrino,
Eusebio Di Francesco, Slaven Billic and
... Paulo Fonseca.

[Faliro]

AEK looking for a "top shelf" ( ) manager for their new stadium.

Rudi Garcia simply told them to fuck off.  So did Santos who wants to continue with Portugal.

So they are left with Maurucio Pellegrino,
Eusebio Di Francesco, Slaven Billic and
... Paulo Fonseca.

Matias Almeida now favourite.

[Covenant]

PAOK vs Panathinaikos in the cup final.

[Faliro]

PAOK vs Panathinaikos in the cup final.

Brutal game vs PAOK. End to end. Our weaknesses were exposed. Very high quality game. We now have to wrap up the league on the weekend and rebuild in the summer. Carvalho was useless today again. Both full backs terrible. Pao and PAOK have better FBs than us. We must have Fortounis back.

Final PAOK vs PAO at the OAKA in May. Prob 30,000 PAOK fans and 30,000 Vazelos will be allowed to attend.

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Almeida signs for AEK for 2+1 years as their manager. Brings his 6 assistants with him.

Interesting choice.

[Covenant]

Almeida signs for AEK for 2+1 years as their manager. Brings his 6 assistants with him.

Interesting choice.

A risky one too.

[Faliro]

Almeida signs for AEK for 2+1 years as their manager. Brings his 6 assistants with him.

Interesting choice.

A risky one too.

I agree. Massive risk especially with their terrible squad.

Also one more humiliation for them. The new kit. They were all hoping it would be a rendition of their infamous dikefalo kit:





The kit has been hinted at for weeks. Aek was hoping many fans would pre order, but only 1000 fans did. Why would more buy without seeing it?

Turns out it is a stupid tiger print.. to celebrate the owner, Melissanidis.. aka 'Tiger'... now no one will buy it..

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Oly, PAO and PAOK all want Rafa Soares.

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Impressive Dikefalos eagle made of steel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfv7Ls0gS9w

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AEK started selling season tickets at their new stadium. Certain gates seem missing..