Greek Football Cup

The funeral for the 31-year-old footballer is set to take place on October 30. In light of this, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has approved Panathinaikos’ request to postpone their Greek Cup match against Atromitos, which was originally scheduled for the same day as the ceremony.

The round-of-16 games of the Greek Cup offered plenty of drama on Wednesday, with holder AEK and Olympiakos eliminated by Aris and Panathinaikos respectively, both in the penalty shootouts.

In Piraeus Olympiakos and Panathinaikos ended up scoreless after 120 minutes, having played out a 1-1 draw in Athens a week earlier.

The problems with finding a venue for the Greek Cup final are continuing, but it seems that the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) will arrive at its final decision for the crucial match on Monday, May 8.

The Greek Cup final will be held without regular supporters after the country's soccer federation failed to find a venue abroad to avoid fan violence.

Next month's final between AEK Athens and PAOK will be held in the central city of Volos with a reduced number spectators attending by invitation only, Greek Football Federation deputy director Stergios Antoniou said Tuesday.

Monday was draw day for Greek teams, as Olympiakos was paired up with Arsenal for the Round of 32 in the Europa League, while the draw for the Greek Cup's Round of 16 has left some scope for upsets, most notably in the all-black-and-white clash of OFI with PAOK.

Before the threat of Greece facing expulsion from all international football  competitions by FIFA and UEFA, Greek Deputy Minister for Sports Stavros Kontonis decided to resume the Greek cup competition.

The global governing body of football, FIFA and its European branch UEFA have threatened Greece with expelling all its clubs and the Greek national football team from all international competitions, after a meeting between their representatives in Athens and Greek Deputy Minister for Sports Stavros Kontonis came to an impasse.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panthrakikos was the biggest winner of the penultimate round of Super League games on Sunday through its victory at Veria, on the day that Olympiakos partied for its fifth consecutive title. There were only 13 goals scored in seven games, five of which came from the champion.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos downed Olympiakos 2-1 at home on Sunday to get to within three points from its archrival at the summit of the Super League after comprehensively outplaying the champion and only conceding a goal with the last kick of the game.

By George Georgakopoulos

PAOK has opened a five-point gap at the top of the Super League after beating Ergotelis in Crete, while Olympiakos dropped two more points away from home, this time at Asteras Tripolis.