There was a lot of tension in the third half of Game 2, between Panathinaikos and Maccabi. Ergin Ataman became furious when he complained that an Israeli entered the “green” dressing room after the second match between Panathinaikos and Maccabi.
“Who is this guy? Who is; What are you doing in our locker room?” shouted the Ataman, with the Israeli answering “I am from Israel“, but this did not calm the 58-year-old technician. In addition, the Panathinaikos coach stated at the press conference that he received threats from people from the “Laou” team, revealing that someone from the Maccabi staff approached him in the locker room and told him: “You will see what the Zionists will do to you”!
Israel’s Sport5 website, citing a source from the team itself, refutes this statement, stating that “… Ataman lies. No Maccabi man talks like that».
completing, “… Maccabi is trying to ignore the noise that Panathinaikos is creating about the refereeing in the last days and did not respond to his claims in order not to raise the tone more».
