If there is a main beneficiary from the visit of Maccabi Haifa fans to Athens it is undoubtedly Panathinaikos.
The greens of Haifa and the greens of Athens found a common denominator ahead of the meeting against the Israeli champion tomorrow (Wednesday, 22:00) against Olympiakos in Piraeus.
During a half-hour stay at the official Pau store on the central Penderoso Street, and Katrina, who works there, prints out 69 euros again, the price of a game shirt of her favorite team, while she wishes Chaim Levy, a Maccabi Haifa fan, good luck in tomorrow's game.
Immediately after him come Dor Ben Zvi, Yuval Charboni and Shaked Hanan and also take green uniforms.
"We are happy to help you" says Katrina kindly, because she also knows that this is one of her best sales days in recent times.
Panathinaikos official fan shop, photo: Liav Nachmani
Not to mention, Pau fans say how difficult it is for them in recent years.
Their magnificent club remains in the great shadow of the rival from Piraeus and all that is left for them is to be happy for Ida of Olympiakos and pray that a team from Israel will make them a little happy.
"Naturally, green attracts us everywhere," explained Shaked, one of the fans in the store: "We feel the love of the Panathinaikos fans here, we hope to rejoice with them tomorrow after the game."
In the meantime, Katrina continues to print - 69 euros for a striped shirt in green and white and another 19 euros, the price of a scarf.
Every sale is accompanied by prayer and best wishes and Maccabi Haifa fans enjoy the situation.
At some point, a number of passionate fans of Panathinaikos arrive, a kind of Ultras.
They give Haifa fans their stickers, a kind of fan brotherhood.
They also ask them to stick it in every corner of the Giorgios Kraiskakis Stadium, while giving tips on where not to hang out on match day.
The stickers brought to the Maccabi Haifa fans at the Panathinaikos store, photo: Liav Nachmani
Cursing in Greek is easy to understand.
Everything here is green, and the red of Olympiakos is a sheet fence in front of a raging bull.
But tomorrow in Piraeus red will be the dominant color in the stands, in front of 1,550 greens from Israel, and hundreds of thousands more greens here in Athens, who will cross their fingers and toes, all because of the color.
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