The semi -final second leg of the CEV Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup 2023 took place on February 16 was postponed.
This is the confrontation between the Greek teams of Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiacos SFP. The decision was made just before the match began after the meeting in the capital Athens.
Right before the match took place, there were conflicts that occurred at one of the gates. The conflicts later spread to the stands and police forced to use spicy vapor to stabilize the situation.
However, this makes the incident more intense. It took two hours to settle down and enough conditions for the match to be no longer guaranteed to make it postponed.
The match will be left tomorrow but will take place but there is no audience's presence. This is a general decision of the monitoring force and security for matches.
Recently, there have been many violent incidents in the tournament. A month ago, the quarterfinals of the CEV 2023 men's volleyball championship took place between the home team Maccabi Yeadim Tel-Avivv and Omonia Nicosia became a hot spot with riots.
At that time, the fans of the two teams attacked each other and threw flares into the field. Fortunately, no athlete was injured after the incident. The scuffle between thousands of fans of two teams made hundreds of policemen strengthen, according to the official report more than 1,000 people were kicked out of the pitch.