Incidents and tensions took place at the St. Thomas premises shortly before the scheduled start of the second game between the volleyball teams Panathinaic and his Olympiacu for the Challenge Cup. Eight injured are reported.
In fact, according to ERT, the police used chemicals and tear gas, causing the atmosphere inside the enclosed space to become suffocating. For this reason, it was considered necessary space evacuation from visiting fans.
According to the latest information, a little later it was announced that the match was postponed to Thursday, after a series of meetings preceded it.
What’s wrong here. I can’t believe it. We’re out of court because they’re pepper spraying.
My eyes, our eyes đŸ‘€ we can’t even see, the first 10-15 minutes was the worst eye pain ever!
God save Olympiacos volleyball players, this is SPORT, not war @CEVolleyball pic.twitter.com/hPR22euH1u— Salvador Hidalgo (@SalvadorSHO13) February 15, 2023
Athlete Salvador Hidalgo from the Olympiacos dressing room wrote above about what happened: “Something is going wrong here. I can not believe this. We were on the field when tear gas was used. My eyes, our eyes. We don’t see well. The first 10-15 minutes the pain in the eyes was terrible. God bless the Olympiacos volleyball players. This is a sport, not a war.”
Source: Kathimerini
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