Pavlos Dermitzakis resigned from AEL after debut: ‘I can’t accept my mother being cursed’

Pavlos Dermitzakis started his journey on the AEL bench on the right side as they beat Heraklis 1-0, but expressed his intention to leave the team at the press conference. The reason is that a slur was heard against his mother, who actually died.

The 54-year-old technician said that this was the first time in his career and that he could not accept it. In fact, he stressed that he would meet with the team’s president, Achillea Davelis, with the aim of resigning and ending the collaboration.

Details of what Pavlos Dermitzakis said after the game against Heraklis: “You know I came to Larissa to unite, not to divide. I am a man who likes to believe that he is a person, respects himself and is his age. I accept everything because I know my job.

I learned in crises and in struggle, I learned that in my career. My family lost my father when I was 13 years old. When I was 35, I was orphaned by my mother. My mother was never cursed. Never. On the worst pitch I’ve ever seen as an opponent, they never cursed my mother.

You understand that it means more when you join a team to implement a project and achieve a goal. Mother is the most sacred thing for me. I accept everything, but I can’t accept this because I don’t deserve it.

I didn’t provoke anyone, I didn’t do anything, on the contrary. So since I’m not willing to pull this thing, no one can pull it. It’s not right, it’s not fair and I don’t deserve it, nor does the team. Today we won, tomorrow we might lose. You can’t curse my mother and pay for the marble. I arrived in the third game in a team that is what it is. I will speak to the President and intend to resign“.

PAE AEL issued a statement supporting the coach and strongly condemning the incident: “PAE AEL congratulates our coach Pavlos Dermitzakis on the first home win he achieved with our footballers today.

We thank our pure world for the dynamic presence on another difficult day.
AEL’s large audience sent a clear message that it supports and welcomes management’s recent decisions.
After all, it is this management that works every day for the interests and goals of the team.
On the occasion of some events that took place in today’s match, PAE AEL unequivocally and strongly condemns the vulgar behavior of some elements, which only the fans do not understand, and uttering offensive slogans against our new coach.
By putting their stance before our team’s thousands of fans, we ask ourselves to what extent these specific “known strangers” want even a little bit of AEL’s well-being.
For all of the above reasons, we ask for the support and immediate activation of our true fans to protect our efforts and goals.
We are committed to always acting with fairness in mind and exercising all of our legal rights“.