Volleyball
Hidalgo protests from the dressing room with tears in his eyes: ‘I don’t believe it, they threw tear gas, the pain is terrible’
Salvador Hidalgo did not hide his anger at the use of tear gas outside the closed Agios Thomas, which led to the evacuation of the stadium in front of Panathinaikos – Olympiacos, where we speak of war and not sport.
The second semi-final of the Challenge Cup between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos was scheduled to start at 19:00 on Wednesday afternoon, but the use of tear gas by the police to prevent Panathinaikos fans from entering (tried to enter the closed one without a ticket) It created a suffocating atmosphere and prompted officials to make the decision to evacuate the field to hold the game.
How bad the situation is in the closed Amarousiou was reflected even in what was written by Salvador Hidalgo through the Olympiakos dressing room via his personal Twitter account.
Something’s wrong here. I can not believe it. We were in the field when tear gas was fired. My eyes, our eyes. We can’t see very well.
For the first 10-15 minutes the pain in my eyes was excruciating. God bless the volleyball players of Olympiacos. This is sport, not war.” commented the 37-year-old Cuban winger for the Red and Whites.
Source: sport 24
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