Marios Iliopoulos at Newsit.gr for Macki Gagatsi: “The mind may want but the body cannot”

Discussion on the exchange of views on Greek football was held at noon on Thursday (16.01.2025) at OPAP Arena – and more specifically at the restaurant “Byzantine” – by answering the questions asked, including by Newsit.gr. On the occasion of a comment by Marios Iliopoulos on the new president of EPO, Makis Gagatsi – in his first interview as owner of the AEK – (ed. that he will not forget the second’s behaviour towards Matias Almeida, in last year’s derby PAOK – AEK in Toumba) by the strong man of the Union was asked to have a comment. CORVERSE After his two visits to the offices of the EPO and what took place in the OPAP Arena parking lot in the two-team cup derby, he was asked to comment on whether “I won’t forget” still applies, whether it was “covered” by the communication he had with Mackis Gagatsis about the events of Toumba and if there was any new communication with him, after what Razvan Lucescu did to OPAP Arena. “After the game in New Philadelphia, AEK – PAOK and after our game in Toumba, I did not contact Mr. Gagatsi. My communications were much earlier, institutionally. I’d say in a good climate. But the climate does not necessarily work. For Mr. Gagatsi, I’ve said my opinion, I consider him an intelligent man, but… the mind may want to, but the body can’t. On my visit to the offices of the EPO I did not discuss the matter (p. Gagatsi – Almeida) because I thought it was not appropriate with the “good morning” to enter into confrontation. That doesn’t mean I’m chewing my words, that I forgot. I think that once I entered a process to discuss very serious issues, keeping this in the back of my mind, I entered a debate process on issues such as arbitration, Greek football and various other issues that concern it,” he said. “You have a fever, for example, and you want to run. You can’t. The mind may therefore want, but the body has not shown that it has achieved its purpose” he later commented on another question that was asked to him during the meeting.