Giorgos Angelopoulos, president of Olympiacos, released a sharp statement targeting Dimitris Giannakopoulos after Game 2 against PAO.
The statement reflects the ongoing tension and deepening divide between the two rival clubs, particularly after a Game 2 filled with controversy, technical fouls, and off-court drama—including the high-profile incident involving Giannakopoulos and law enforcement.
Reports surfaced, including an official statement from Olympiacos, claiming that Dimitris Giannakopoulos attempted to flee from the police—and now, a video has emerged clearly showing the incident.
🚬 Atentos a esto porque es absoluto cine. Lo que no pase en Grecia…
— Sergio Martínez Urcelay (@Sergio11Mtnez) June 1, 2025
😳 Dimitris Giannakopoulos (presidente de Panathinaikos) corriendo por el parking hacia su coche para huir de la policía y no ser arrestado en el Pireo tras liarla con los árbitros.pic.twitter.com/bM0lJlvOJt
“Let’s talk about the facts, we have no idea what they said. What happened today has never happened in the history of Greece and world sports. He came to the stadium and started giving the thumbs up to me and Panagiotis, who were sitting in the official seats. He did it all the time as soon as he sat down, you saw it, I’ll tell you what happened. He did it all the time, he had done it in Abu Dhabi, he had gone unpunished.
He started doing it in Abu Dhabi to do it on global television, nothing changed, nothing has happened. They pardoned his penalties in the Euroleague. He continues to give the thumbs up, this is Giannakopoulos. That’s what he did. Nothing has happened, he has told one of our people as soon as he arrives at the stadium not to even think about coming to greet me. There was no such intention. While he is under the basketball court, they tell him that he has to go outside, he says…
Dimitris Giannakopoulos said in a state of amok under the basketball court, to end this fairy tale because you and the State also have responsibilities, let’s say what has happened to Giannakopoulos, who is being pampered, given things to him, covered up and changed laws for him.” – Giorgos Angelopoulos said and continued:
“Because Pontius Pilate’s tactics can no longer be tolerated. He has said that he will catch my daughter, do it to her, show her and I will see. Lepeniotis and five others are witnesses. This happened under the basketball court in the presence of security people, Lepeniotis and other people. The guy is vomiting. The Panathinaikos fans should be happy for him and celebrating and everyone says bravo, he’s a dude. We don’t want people like that. This is Giannakopoulos. This has happened.
We have no picture when we go down. Nothing we say is being questioned and anyone who has such things should come out and speak, not with stories, should come out like a man and speak. This is not sports. The responsibility of the Greek government and the entire State is terrifying. This cannot continue. We have done everything to prevent people from opening their heads. And at the European level and in Greece, all actions have been taken and some are looking at the stars. This cannot continue. Then don’t tell us to gather for violence. The guy is toxic, he is the definition of violence. He cannot continue being in Greek sports doing these things.
No apology and absolutely nothing will be accepted. Then, after these things happened, he leaves the stadium and the rest of the episodes that are in the videos happened. While in the locker room, when he realized the intention of the Olympiacos FC to file a lawsuit, because until then no arrest had been made, even though the offenses are prosecuted ex officio, some were waiting for lawsuits to be made and no arrest had been made because it was Giannakopoulos, because some are changing the laws in Greece to caress him. If we come out to talk, we will have a lot to say, now we are talking about today, not the changes that have been made. Here, no one can play with us or Olympiacos.
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When he realized the intention of the Olympiacos FC to file a lawsuit, he fled, he started running, there are all the videos. A bunch of people started running in the SEF corridor, all together, Giannakopoulos in front, behind the police officers, their personal security people. These are unofficial videos, I imagine there are also official ones since the cameras are working at SEF. He runs to escape because he has been ordered by the prosecutor to be arrested and he leaves through the corridor, not to mention how, and they arrive at the famous parking lot.
Giannakopoulos runs to leave, he flees in two cars, a police officer is in front of the car to prevent him from leaving, the police officer leaves and that’s how he escapes from SEF, from the parking lot. Everything else he says and they come out and say is just lies. All of this is on video recorded with witnesses and is clear, nothing is disputed. Anyone who wants to say anything else can come out and say it, I think they have already said it. On the subject of Mr. Ataman, they told me that he called Olympiacos fans bastards. No one can play with Olympiacos fans. Mr. Ataman is not allowed, they should round him up. He works in a foreign country.
I didn’t have such an image of this man. No one can call Olympiacos fans bastards. They are unacceptable, toxic, they generate violence. I don’t know how the finals will end. What happened to both Mr. Ataman and Giannakopoulos is unacceptable. Mr. Giannakopoulos is currently being sought in the context of the traffic police. We demand from Greek society that he be arrested immediately, no, we don’t know where he lives. This little fairy tale must end…” Giorgos Angelopoulos said.
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