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Greek football club owner invades pitch with gun to protest disallowed goal

Published 10:28 12 Mar 2018 GMT

Oli Dugmore
Greek football club owner invades pitch with gun to protest disallowed goal

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The game was stopped as result

On Sunday a Greek top-flight match between PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens was abandoned after one of the club's owners invaded the pitch with a gun.

With the scores level on 0-0, PAOK had an 89th-minute goal ruled offside that would've put them within two points of league leaders AEK. https://twitter.com/FootballPersian/status/972970244275924994 PAOK President Ivan Savvidis stormed the pitch and tried to instruct his team to leave the field. He attempted to confront the referee with a gun in a hip holster before being pulled back by bodyguards. AEK's players left the pitch concerned for their safety and did not return. Greek law requires a concealed-carry permit for the purchase of a handgun.

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Greek football club owner invades pitch with gun to protest disallowed goal