Super League civil war
When PAOK played host to fellow title contenders Olympiakos in February, a drone hovered above the Toumba Stadium while down in the stands the home fans raised a guttural wall of noise and lit an inferno of flares. Hundreds of police were at the ready for trouble.
The game itself was a largely drab affair, with Olympiakos claiming a vital 1-0 victory, but the seething spectacle was an appropriate backdrop for what has become Greek football’s most explosive rivalry in recent years.
PAOK of Thessaloniki versus Olympiakos from the Athens port of Piraeus is north Greece versus south Greece, second city versus capital, emerging power versus routine champions. PAOK won the title last year for the first time since 1985 and the pair were way ahead in the table this season before the Greek Super League was suspended in March.
Both clubs are led by controversial oligarchs who are bitter
