The coach of AEK, Matias Almeida was placed in the press conference for the tension that existed in the final of the match against PAOK when he was furious with some people in front of his team’s bench.
“Did you see how many people were inside the stadium? If we want to change the situation in Greek football, there are not so many people in the other stadiums. No one enters the AEK stadium. Who protects us? I don’t care if it was PAOK people. People should be more respectful. I respect the world and I want the same. When I see injustice happening I act. I am human. My blood is pumping right now. I’m not going to change the way I am as a person. I respect all people and I want to be respected as a person. May we never have to be upset about something that happens on the field. There cannot be 200 people inside the stadium. We’re not talking about American football. I congratulate the opponent, but these things do not help football. For those of you who are in football, is it normal for there to be so many people in the stadium? How many people were inside the playing field? When I lose or win we are here to talk and help. The referee was German. At one point he said to me “I can’t believe how many people are in the stadium”. It’s not a police matter. We didn’t lose because of this game. I’m answering the question and that’s not good.”
Of the image showing him grabbing a person by the throat, he said: “It doesn’t help. It doesn’t help at all. He’s holding the football back. I don’t advise anyone to do my own reaction. Before I apologized to this gentleman. Before I had received some pushes. And if you pushed me I would do the same. I don’t push, I talk, I accept defeat, criticism, but don’t let anyone challenge me. It’s bad what I did, but also bad what happened before. Why not also count the people who were on the pitch and shouldn’t have been. I take responsibility for my bad reaction.”
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