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2 huge AWAY wins and we finished 1st in the group! Ole!!! Mourinho shaking our players hands at the end...? Ola ta lefta!!!

PORNH!!!!! 1-Their goalie fouled Olisadebe in the box. Should of been a penalty.. As if to add salt to the wound, Puyol clears the ball off the line right after.. 2-All these years later: Th exase o Vlaovic!?!???? 3-Barcelona and there fans s%$#! themselves. The team never quit and almost pulled it on away goals... 4-Still BURNS!!!

Eki's cracker vs Arsenal a few years later

Manchester United was a tough nut to crack, Arsenal (AKA the French NT) however....

my God was Nikopolidis tragic on crosses... Had we only finished some of our many chances early on in the match... And many chances where wrongfully called offside... btw, I love those kits...

^Players that understood the weight of the shirt....

15 years have gone by.... Unbelievable... and to follow up on the announcer's comments about Basinas' goal 10 months prior to that in the match vs Juventus:

^No immunity for him in England (à la Abrahimovic at Chelsea)..

Μητρόπουλος: «Ο Κούγιας έβγαζε τον Μαρινάκη βομβιστή και τώρα τον βγάζει τον καλύτερο άνθρωπο» http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/podosfairo/mitropoulos-o-kougias-ebgaze-ton-marinaki-bombisti-kai-twra-ton-bgazei-ton-kalutero-anthrwpo/3199216 kougias is a joke with his kolotoumbes...

Shoot, looks like it will be Nike... Φεύγει από την PUMA και πάει NIKE ο Παναθηναϊκός http://m.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/panathinaikos/feugei-apo-thn-puma-kai-paei-nike-o-panathhnaikos.4251674.html

Αλλάζει εταιρεία ένδυσης ο Παναθηναϊκός http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/podosfairo/allazei-etaireia-endusis-o-panathinaikos/3199509 the team was not satisfied with Puma and will end the partnership next summer when the deal ends. They have already begun negotiating with an unnamed company.. Please let it be adidas!!!

@val, What would I give to get 25 year old versions of Basinas and Karagounis in their place.. We would be in business they would both do a better job of winning the ball. Kara would never give the ball away and win fouls. Basinas would efficiently distribute the ball to the forwards from a deep lying position...

We should of scored 3 more and our D worries the s%$#! out of me... we looked exposed at times and the thought of playing stronger teams scares me... mitroglou had a great day. Beautiful goal and assist on the Fourtounis goal..

Lots of headaches for him... ;)

What a beauty!!!

You are correct. My bad. I live in Quebec. The French speaking province of Canada... (Where heroin is written with an "e" at the end). I guess that makes me the idiot... I do so apologize and will try to forget the 3rd language I speak! :p @Tsatsiki, I'm glad I turned your frown upside down.. ;)

Agreed, lets agree to disagree..

Again, I stand by my initial post. If I didn't I would not have typed it. Not denying NOTHING. I stated my belief. I have no proof but I do base my opinion on what I have read about corruption in football and Vaggela's spotty history. Not hard to make a link there buddy.. The guy has used Olympiacos and Greek soccer fo personal profit. (Match fixing, money laundering, threats, bribery, heroine smuggling via Noore 1 have all been linked to him. ...) if you want to believe that Poulido, after seeing minimal action on the pitch, fetched such a high price, good on you! If you care to read the links I posted, you will see how laundering of cash is done in many football leagues around the world. You will also notice that my belief resembles many of those cases... On another note, Where has all that CL money gone? now that he lost automatic qualification for the CL, how much has Baggela spent on your team? Care to inform us? Who am I kidding, in your eyes, he could do no evil...

Denial? What am I denying exactly? Marinakis' legitimacy? That would be a resounding yes! ;) as for you, keep on hearing, seeing, and speaking no evil... with regards to everything Olympiacos

I believe the word is called precedence... Read some more: http://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6699614/greek-league-chief-vangelis-marinakis-linked-corruption-scandal http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/21/1346521/-Soccer-kingpin-Evangelos-Marinakis-under-international-scrutiny

Lest we forget what Vaggela has been accused of.. Koriopolis is the name given by the Greek press to a match fixing scandal in Greek football that came to light in June 2011.[1][2][3]The investigation centres on offences that include illegal gambling, fraud, extortion and money laundering. (...) Among the 68 suspects listed by judicial authorities on 24 June 2011 were Greek Super League chairman and Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koriopolis

I don't get your post... I wrote my initial post therefore I stand by it... "published transfer details" can easily be fabrications. I provided you with 2 links to investigations conducted the last few years that say so. Hell, fabrications passed off as fact happen all the in other domains like in the financial world for example. (Insider trading, housing bubble, corrupt CEOs, and that is done with people's life savings!). Are you going to tell me that, of the 22 footballing countries that have been penetrated by organized crime's money laundering schemes, Greece is squeaky clean? That at the head of all that, Vaggela, accused of multiple nefarious activities is beyond any of this? like I said, stick to you beliefs...

You are either very naive or a mindless Marinakis drone.. here is a dose of reality with regards to the corrupt world of professional football: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2009/jul/01/money-laundering-football-anti-corruption http://theconversation.com/off-the-pitch-and-off-the-books-professional-footballs-money-laundering-problem-39222 normally, I would give the benefit of doubt to any owner of a team. Unfortunately, Vaggela runs heroine, bribes/threatens officials, and is accused of various other illicit activities.. You stick to your beliefs, and I'll stick to mine. Thanks.