Greek soccer league no longer a 1-horse race

With the financial gap in Greek soccer getting smaller and smaller, Olympiakos is finding it harder and harder to stay at the top.

The perennial Greek champions — the team has won 19 of the last 22 league titles — are normally already well out front by mid-October. But this year, Olympiakos is only in fourth place following a 1-1 draw with defending champion AEK Athens at the Olympic Stadium.

"For all the teams chasing the title, it isn't enough to create chances. Those chances need to be finished," said Olympiakos coach Pedro Martins, a former midfielder who played one match for Portugal. "We didn't make that happen today. It cost us the game today."

Olympiakos midfielder Kostas Fortounis gave his team the lead in the 58th minute on Sunday, but Tasos Bakasetas equalized in the 90th with a powerful header. Giannis Fetfatzidis could have scored the winner for...