It has been called the best championship in recent years. If we take out the toxic PAE announcements, the behavior of the players between them, and leave only players and coaches in the equation, the answer is yes. This is a marathon that, as everything shows, will excite us until the last minute of the route, both for the title of champion and for the battle for the queue. There is another interesting fight between them, this one for 3rd place, which gives a good ticket to the Europa League and will be determined, no matter what happens on the 9th match day, another Sunday in Toumba in the championship final and in the PAOK match with ” Olympiacos” and Dikefalos will also get a second chance if he wins the Cup.

On Saturday (6/5) a lot happened, which once again made the few romantics left on the Greek football field realize that no matter how much we want the Premier League, we will never be, despite the fact that the match between Panathinaikos and AEK is similar to Manchester City and Arsenal.

A few hours before kick-off, Panathinaikos announced that around 30 team members, players and technical staff had contracted the coronavirus and asked the League to reschedule Matchday 9 due to equality concerns. Since there is no more protocol, it is up to the teams whether they will accept the Greens’ request, and finally, it was decided to postpone the game day, without initially specifying when the green light would be given to the cross, with the time frame narrowing. A decision that, at least officially, did not provoke a PAE reaction. Initially, an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors of the Superleague was scheduled for Sunday (05.07) to decide when the game day will take place. But here, too, there was a problem with the derby referee and whether he would finally be able to come if the game was rescheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday. Thus, the President of the Cooperative, Vangelis Marinakis, having the powers of the PAE for emergency matters such as this one, accelerated the process and, together with Vice President Katya Koksenoglu, decided to hold the 9th round of the championship on Monday (8/5), without holding the Board of Directors. And there are no -official- reactions here, although the question arises whether a player who fell ill on Sunday will be able to play in 24 hours. The only statement made by the Greens on social media was that of PAE owner Giannis Alafuzu, who tweeted at noon on Sunday: “The ethos and soul of PANATHINAIKOS.”

If nothing drastically changes in the next few hours, the matches of the 9th round will take place on Monday night at 21.00. Olympiakos – Panathinaikos, Aris – AEK and Volos – PAOK, with the first two being crucial to winning the title. “Greens” if they make two out of two they are champions, the Union wants two wins, but also a loss of points from Panathinaikos.

Playoff schedule