It is a wonder that the game of the rough and tough is played in the seat of culture and civilization of Europe! Football in Athens envelops all Athenians in such a heady whir of excitement and frenzy that it seems that the FIFA World Cup Association has bestowed on Athens the honor of hosting the World Cup, on a perennial basis. Several talented Greek soccer players have learned the tricks of the trade of football in Athens through the two soccer clubs of the city.
The Panathinaikos and the Olympiakos are the two famous soccer clubs of Athens. Several matches of the Panathinaikos have been held in the Marousi soccer grounds that have a capacity to accommodate over sixty thousand spectators. Games of the Olympiakos have been held at the Karaiskaki field. The Karaiskaki field has seating arrangements for over thirty thousand soccer enthusiasts.
Football in Athens is generally played for nine out of the twelve months of the calendar. Games are organized during the weekends so that a large number of football aficionados can attend the matches to watch the excitement. Cheerleaders are as rowdy as the players because rowdiness seems to be the spicy element of not only football in Athens but also of football in other cities of the world. Yellow cards and red cards are doled out in plenty to the players who misbehave. The Number 10s are found to be always at loggerheads with the defenders who constantly endeavor to block them from kicking the ball into the goal.
Football in Athens has a most intoxicating effect on the Athenians and you will find several Athenians glued to the giant screened televisions in local clubs, eateries and bars to watch the soccer matches. Tempers often get frayed and fisticuffs and brawls are executed in these eateries and hangouts, all because of who will win, whether the penalty kick was justified and whether the Greek center forward is or is not like his Italian or Brazilian counterpart. An era of revelry, debates, forecasts, rejoicing and disappointment, football in Athens is regarded as one of the important sports in Athens.
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