Its All Greek To Me

The Greeks, like all of Europe, and especially the other Mediterranean countries are fanatical about football ('soccer' USA) ..... 

Greek Football Is Passionate And Violent

..... they attend matches and support their clubs with often fanatical (and sometimes violent) passions.

This is perhaps most keenly seen in the "Derby of The Eternal Enemies," between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, in an Athens battle that is between Greece's two biggest teams. But there  are other clubs where these passions run high, such as P.A.O.K, a club that was founded in April 1926 by Constantinopolitans (now Istanbul - Turkey), who fled to Thessaloniki after the Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War.  

P.A.O.K, are the third biggest club in Greece .... but Greek football is in dire straits, with corruption, criminality, and the league suspended on occasion.

Gun Carrying Greek PAOK President ....

In March 2018 P.A.O.K president, Ivan Savvidis stormed on to the pitch, accompanied by his bodyguards after a disallowed P.A.O.K goal, carrying a holstered gun .... the Greek Super League was suspended indefinitely. This was not the first such suspension as the 2014-15 season was suspended three times.

The Greek Super League was suspended again in December 2018, when the referees went on strike after Fifa referee Thanasis Tzilos was assaulted outside his house, following a match between Olympiakos and Xanthi FC, that ended as a 1-1 draw, and needed stitches for head and leg injuries

The two leading clubs, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, both condemned the attack. "Greek football has reached the pits," said a spokesperson for Olympiakos, while a representative for their Athens rivals said, "The Mafia in Greek football lives and reigns".

This of course was reminiscent of the later suspension of the Turkish Super Liga in December 2023, after Ankaragucu football club president Faruk Koca, punched a referee, and was arrested .... it seems the blood boils over in the hearts of football club presidents in the East Mediterranean. 

The Greek Super League was being played behind closed doors because of crowd issues at sports clubs associated to soccer clubs when I wrote this post (the ban was up to 12th February 2024).... but its a seemingly intractable problem for the Greeks.