KAE PAO for game with Maccabi: Show respect, Panathinaikos has 116 years of history, longer than some countries

Aggressive announcement by KAE Panathinaikos regarding the refereeing of the first game of the EuroLeague playoffs against Maccabi Tel Aviv, stating that “Panathinaikos has 116 years of history, perhaps longer than some countries” and asking for respect.

The “greens” had many complaints during the season about the way they were treated by the referees of the Euroleague. After the defeat by Maccabi Tel Aviv, and the whistles of the referees which Panathinaikos considers to have been decisive for the final outcome of the match and made the team’s coach Ergin Ataman furious, KAE made a scathing announcement stressing that they will “to fight to the end, so as to be justified without counting the consequences”.

The announcement of KAE Panathinaikos in detail

“Unfortunately, once again, reaching the most critical point of the season in the Euroleague and having made a great effort as Panathinaikos to return to the highest steps, we witnessed a “crude operation” taken from the true memory “massacres” we have suffered during days of Jordi Bertomeu.

We don’t want to believe that the tragic things that are happening around the world that are saddening us all (in Russia, Ukraine, Palestine and Israel) can affect professional basketball.

Unfortunately, however, yesterday’s glaring mistakes do not allow us to think of another reason.

The field of sports should never be used to heal wounds and situations that people go through and it is a given that basketball should always stay away from all this.

Panathinaikos has proven, not only this year but also historically, how much it loves basketball and operates with the advancement of the sport in mind. As he has also proven that when they play with the sweat of his athletes, with the emotions of his millions of fans, with the money he invests and with the enormous effort he puts in, he gets up, hits the table and fights until the end, so that justified without considering consequences.

Panathinaikos has 116 years of history, perhaps longer than some states. Finally show some respect and stop underestimating the product.”