Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Nottingham Forest and Olympiakos, was filmed during the Euroleague Basketball final in Athens. He attended to watch Olympiakos beat Real Madrid 92-85. Social media footage shows Marinakis wearing a ripped shirt and arguing in the stands, separated by a barrier and security personnel. The video does not show the person he was arguing with, but Greek media reports it involved Grigoris Dimitriadis, a former close advisor to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. BBC Sport sought comment from Nottingham Forest. Marinakis has had a turbulent season at Nottingham Forest, including sacking three managers before Vitor Pereira secured Premier League safety. The club also reached the Europa League semi-finals before losing to Aston Villa. Marinakis previously received a five-game stadium ban for spitting at match officials and was involved in an FA case over a Forest social media post about VAR official Stuart Attwell, leading to a fine for the club.
"Footage from the event, shared on social media, appears to show Marinakis wearing a ripped shirt and arguing in the stands while being separated by a barrier and security personnel. The video does not show the person with whom Marinakis is arguing, but Greek media, external are reporting it to be Grigoris Dimitriadis, who is a former close advisor to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis."
"Marinakis has overseen a rollercoaster season at the City Ground, sacking three managers in Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Sean Dyche, before Vitor Pereira secured Premier League safety. They also reached the semi-finals of the Europa League before a 4-1 aggregate defeat by eventual winners Aston Villa."
"In 2024, Marinakis was found guilty of improper conduct and handed a five-game stadium ban for spitting on the floor as match officials walked past following Forest's 1-0 Premier League defeat by Fulham. Three months later, he was a central character what the Football Association (FA) called "an attack on the integrity of a match official on an unparalleled scale" after a Forest social media post made about video assistant referee (VAR) Stuart Attwell."
"Marinakis said he had "no regrets" speaking about "big mistakes" made by the official, but Forest were fined 750,000 for the post which the FA described as "ill-chosen and irresponsible". The club's official X account called Attwell's integrity into question after Forest claimed three penal"
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