Greek soccer faces FIFA expulsion because of violence
ATHENS, Greece — Greece could be expelled from international soccer competitions because of widespread violence, a FIFA representative said Wednesday.
Herbert Huebel said a series of incidents, culminating with a gun-toting club owner running onto the field to protest a disallowed goal, are “unacceptable.”
“Greek football is going to an edge,” Huebel said, adding that a potential Greek suspension from international soccer “is not any more impossible.”
Huebel met with government and league officials in Athens following Sunday’s incident in Thessaloniki at a league match between PAOK Thessaloniki and AEK Athens.