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Burnley will need a rousing comeback next week after suffering a 3-1 away defeat to Olympiakos in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.
Burnley finished the game with 10 men after Ben Gibson received a second yellow card for handling in the 59th minute.
Konstantinos Fortounis opened the scoring after 19 minutes before Chris Wood equalised via a penalty just after the half-hour mark.
Andreas Bouchalakis gave the hosts the lead in the 48th minute before Gibson’s handball…

Olympiakos players fined, sent on holiday following poor results

Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis has fined his players for their disappointing results.
Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis has fined his players €400,000 and ordered some of them to go on holiday until the end of the season after a draw left the defending Greek Superleague champions third in the table.
Marinakis, who also owns Nottingham Forest, said he will call up players from the club’s under-20 squad for the final four games following the 1-1 draw against Levadiakos on Saturday.
“I will build Olympiakos from the beginning and it will become the team we are dreaming of,”…

Sporting Gijon to pay Barcelona ¬1.2 million over 2012 Alberto Botia sale

Check out Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s accuracy as he attempts the crossbar challenge.
Sporting Gijon have been ordered to pay Barcelona €1.2 million over the sale of defender Alberto Botia to Sevilla in 2012 by a Spanish court.
Botia joined second-division side Sporting on loan from Barca in 2009, with the deal made permanent the following the summer.
As part of the deal, Barcelona maintained the right to re-sign the centre-back and were also due 30 percent of any future transfer.
When Botia moved to Sevilla in 2012 for around €3m, though, Barcelona said they did not…

Olympiakos organise protest against Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos

PIRAEUS, Greece — Scores of football fans clashed with police in the Greek port city of Piraeus, near Athens, on Wednesday as they tried to disrupt a speech given by the country’s finance minister.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the youths, who threw rocks and set fire to trash bins. The violence broke out a day after the government ended a two-week suspension of the Greek football league after saying it had received a commitment from clubs to crack down on violence.
Supporter groups of the Greek…

Olympiakos, Nottingham Forest owner charged in drug trafficking case

Vangelis Marinakis is fighting back against drug charges.
Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest owner Vangelis Marinakis says drug-trafficking charges against him are part of a Greek government-led “conspiracy” to silence dissent.
A prosecutor on Friday charged Marinakis, also a ship and media owner, for engaging in drug-related criminal activity. The charges stem from the 2014 seizure in the Greek port of Piraeus of a tanker carrying 2.1 tons of heroin.
Marinakis has been implicated by, among others, a businessman in whose house police seized &euros;30 million…

PAOK deducted three points after violence against Olympiakos

Olympiakos coach Oscar Garcia was hit in the face by a thrown object.
A Greek sports court has deducted three points from title contenders PAOK for match violence and ordered the northern club to play their next two home matches without fans.
A …

Greek court hands Avraam Papadopoulos suspended jail sentence

The Newcastle Jets have continued their stellar form at Suncorp stadium defeating the Brisbane Roar 1-0. Brisbane A-League defender Avraam Papadopoulos has been handed a suspended two-and-a-half year jail sentence by a Greek court for illegally betting on matches.
Agence France-Presse reports Papadopoulos was one of 58 people punished by the three-member Court of Appeal in Athens for their roles in the “Koriopolis” match-fixing scandal in 2011.
The 33-year-old spent seven seasons with Greek Super League club Olympiakos, at times serving as captain, and signed an A-League deal last year with the Roar.
The…

Olympiakos vs. PAOK abandoned after Oscar Garcia hit by object from crowd

Olympiakos coach Oscar Garcia holds his face.
The Greek Superleague game between leaders PAOK Salonika and Olympiakos was abandoned on Sunday before kickoff after Olympiakos coach Oscar Garcia was hit by an object thrown from the crowd.
The former Watford boss was struck in the face, reportedly by a toilet roll, and the teams left the field as he received medical attention before being taken to hospital.
Olympiakos wrote on their website: “The coach of our team was hit by an object that was thrown [by] PAOK’s fans and our team left for the…

Olympiakos docked three points pending appeal after fan violence

Olympiakos may have to play two games behind closed doors.
ATHENS, Greece — Olympiakos are planning an appeal after the Greek champions were docked three points by a court on Monday and ordered to play two home league games behind closed doors …

Kevin Mirallas returns to Olympiakos on loan from Everton

Kevin Mirallas joined Everton from Olympiakos six years ago.
Olympiakos have re-signed Kevin Mirallas from Everton on loan until the end of the season, the clubs confirmed on Sunday.
Mirallas, 30, joined Everton from the Greek side in 2012 for a reported £6 million fee and has gone on to make 151 Premier League appearances for the club, scoring 29 goals.
The Belgium international, though, has been deemed surplus to requirements by manager Sam Allardyce, making his last appearance in a Europa League match against Apollon Limassol on Dec. 7.
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