What should I say? I'm an Olympiakos fan! :)
Posted on 04/03/2007 9:40:32 AM PDT by xp38
A man has died and at least six people have been injured in a mass brawl between rival women's volleyball fans near the Greek capital Athens.
A pitched battle took place between fans of Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos in the Peania area. It was at a spot away from the stadium.
Witnesses say about 300 fans fought with clubs, knives and stones.
Police detained 18 people. Greek media reports suggested the fans had arranged the fight ahead of the match.
The Greek news website Ekathimerini says a 22-year-old who was driving by at the time was stabbed in the leg by hooligans who attacked his car.
Doctors said the 25-year-old who died had head injuries and stab wounds.
Three shops and two cars were damaged in the fighting.
"They were jumping on our car for five minutes, they were asking for our cellphones and stabbed our driver," one witness was quoted as saying.
“...Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos in the Peania area...”
A litle background (I worked in Greece 4 years): These are hard core rivalies-—in soccer and all sports. Panathinaikos is the Athens team and the Olympiakos is the Piraeus team.
The “Peania” is a lower working class area-—their lives revolve around soccer mainly and fans will erupt in this kind of idiocy at times...like stupid fans everywhere.(this is a generalization of course)
Any comments? I posted mine in #21
It's a good thing that there are Americans still willing to do these menial tasks.
Thank goodness you're keeping U.S. labor from being displaced by illegal immigrants in this vital field of work!
What should I say? I'm an Olympiakos fan! :)
I think the answer is in posts 15 and 16!
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