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Referee Kakos creates goalscoring opportunity
Anastasios Kakos created a goal-scoring opportunity during last weekend’s match in Greek top league between OFI Kreta and Xanthi. Luckily for him the player missed. I’ve to admit, the referee has more skills than some players.
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Shooting shoe to assistant referee
Most remarkable red card of this week of European football: a player from Maccabi Tel Aviv shoots his shoe against the assistant referee. Yoav Ziv got this red card in the 55th minute of the match against Stoke City for the Europa League with already 3-0 on the scoreboard. Referee Anastassios Kakos had also send of Camerone Jerome in the first half after the second yellow for Stoke’s player. The player himself spoke with journalist about the incident: “It was just bad luck. It’s only a second red card in a long career.” UPDATE: Ziv gets a three-match-ban for his actions. According to Maccabi’s website the disciplinary board called the…