A WALK AROUND THE GEORGIOS KARAISKAKIS STADIUM | OLYMPIACOS v ASTON VILLA

Join Luke for a walk around The Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens for Olympiacos v Aston Villa in the europa conference League.
#avfc #astonvilla #olympiacos #europaconferenceleague

[@panpap5198]

Hey mate, the mural in front of Karaiskakis is to commemorate the 21 people that died in 1981 during an Olympiakos-Aek match, because of the incompetnece of the Greek police (a bit like a Greek hillsborough disaster). You seem like a nice guy, good luck to you and Aston Villa (except for tomorrow of course)

[@outofthetrash5925]

Thanks. These are some of the tidbits for why clubs want European football. Obviously a catastrophe but history is always nice to learn.

[@UTVPODCAST]

Thanks mate 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@chriso8485]

RIP

[@western-oud1898]

🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@zantelion1052]

Looks more like a memorial?

[@georgeg6716]

At 4:11. this is a monument that stands there for 21 fans who died in an accident back in 1981 after a derby.After a huge win fans run to leave the stadium so they could celebrate outside but the doors were still closed and sealed by mistake so people crushed and crumbled in panic against each other.Back then there used to be a bigger stadium but it was totally demolished and rebuilt as the arena you see,back in 2004.

[@spiros7108]

Welcome to Greece mate.. its gonna be fun tomorrow 🔴⚪🔴⚪🟣🔵🟣🔵

[@connellmchugh4943]

That’s nice isn’t it…such a Brummie thing to say. Sadly I can’t see a Villa win tomorrow and wish Olympiacos well if they make the final. Their fans were quality in Birmingham and the atmosphere will be so intense at the match. So sad to see 21 fans died as well, lovely memorial

[@harpapmac]

The calm before the storm. Hope you have a nice time. Olympiacos for the win❤

[@user-le1gk2lft]

Welcome in Greece my friend. Up the Villaaaa Up the Olympiacos .. fan Aston Villa sinse 1980

[@SinghG2309]

They are actually based in Piraeus not Athens.

[@Doupis]

Olympiakos fan here, Good Luck !

[@OthonasDrums]

Welcome to Greece my friend,hope you havea good time,cheers

[@howardbradley6753]

*Please* , from someone who's appeared twice on fancam and who couldn't get tickets to Athens, whatever the score is, 3-0 down or win the fixture, just enjoy the moment away in Europe, and appreciate where we have cone this season! Sit there and embrace the stadium and the atmosphere! UTV Luke💥💥💜❤

[@UTVPODCAST]

Legend mate

[@danparsons8758]

Great video, cheers Luke

[@jamesg324]

Really enjoyed that, thanks for showing us around. I love seeing stadia in other countries. Would be brilliant if you could make a quick stadium tour a regular feature. Even for away games in England it would be interesting. Keep up the good work! UTV!

[@didierdeschamps9085]

Kalimeraa 😉😉🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@richburton4825]

Nice one Luke, great to see the stadium, love their home end, very intimidating, tomorrow night will be nothing like you've experienced before, soak it up my friend... UTV!

[@outofthetrash5925]

I'm sticking with 1st goal wins the game. Not sure if it would give us the tie. Things to remember though..... We'd probably be more confident of it was a 2 nil deficit rather than 4-2. It's still 2 goals. Plus We've shown we can score against them and we know we can defend better. We've also shown a level we can get to when we beat City. At that level they stand no chance. It's just whether or not we can get to that level given the tiredness. Let's go. UTV

[@jamieevans4979]

Great video , good to see around their stadium

[@ThodorisAlexiou-7]

Teams like Liverpool, Juventus, Manchester United, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen, Benfica, Barcelona, Sevilla, Milan, Celtic, Monaco, Porto, Marseille, Valencia, Ajax,West Ham,Lazio and others that I forget have lost in Karaiskaki.UEFA saw that the opposing teams had a hard time beating Olympiakos in Karaiskakis and banned us to use of fireworks, flares and smoke bombs.Imagine if we used all of these lol I wish you the best of luck in next year's Champions League.You have a good team.Respect from Olympiakos fan

[@scottbryan9903]

Great video mate.. really looking forward to it UTV

[@chris19877m]

We need an early goal then we are going to serve them up Luke UTV mate great video

[@garypritchett8136]

Great video Luke!, awesome tour of outside and the stadium. Take care all the villa fans out there!. An early goal to rattle em and keep em frustrated. We got this!, UTV!

[@ath7616]

There are also some good murals by the train station stop at the Kariskaki. Hope you get the win and the ref isn’t an issue playing a Greek team. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@EErail26]

Thanks for sharing, Luke. Great to see and hope everything goes ok for our fans out there…and of course we turn it round tomorrow night!! UTV

[@UTVPODCAST]

Cheers mate

[@spartan11997700]

Very nice and respectful presentation of our ground. Sorry we beat you (not)!! But I hope you enjoyed the game and your stay in Greece. All the best for you in the premiership and good luck in champions league next year!

[@martinbyrne7537]

Looks cozy 😮

[@cricketbat09]

Muriel 😋😋 The road opposite the stadium looks like Hockley Flyover.

[@junaidhafesji8521]

Definitely need the early goal, I believe in team we can do this, keep faith, stay safe luke have a great time

[@AZEOOOO]

We cant sleep Tomorrow 🔴⚪️🔥 RED MADNESS

[@user-ce4ym3ux9w]

Bring us good luck Luke!

[@tonymcfeisty2478]

Love your positivity Luke, and your enthusiasm, but unfortunately i cant see villa keeping a clean sheet, it's already a difficult task to turn this around thanks to those 2 second half goals that came against the run of play last leg and the missed pen but conceding will make it probably just too big an ask away from home in a hostile stadium, yes I agree we've totally ran riot at times this season, but those games were with well rested and fully (almost) available squad, its a shame but we've reached our biggest challenge of the season when were at our weakest . Frustrating because at our strongest we would have beat Olympiacos, hope I'm wrong though and we pull a rabbit out the hat, but that would probably require a bit of good fortune, (and a decent ref) and we all know good fortune (and getting a decent ref) is a rarity for Villa.

[@michaeldymock5703]

Have u started a whip round for the ref 😂

[@secretpolice6322]

Harsh but true 😂

[@Wintermute87]

Im jealous as fuck that you're there but hope it's a memorable match for you! Not got high hopes but I'm keeping the faith. Pressures off, no expectations, Emi is back

[@britishmick]

It’s a big ask, our lads have given everything in the league and it’s going to take a monumental effort to overturn the 2 goals, and I hope for you Luke they do us proud UTV

[@charleyanne1992]

Have a great time bring back some magic moments, enjoy the ride villains we have some great times ahead

[@lovebleeds8785]

Great video mate. Definitely looks intimidating but some of that artwork is pretty cool. Think that part on the floor may be a memorial of some kind? Enjoy the Greek cuisine, its my favourite food for sure. We need a big big reaction/performance tomorrow night. UTV!

[@UTVPODCAST]

Cheers mate

[@BeHonestYouShatIt]

Hello buddy. It's a memorial to those who died 08 02 81. Similar to the Hillsborough tragedy. 21 died trying to get out of the stadium but the gates were closed.

[@DonQuijoteGR]

The one you asked what is written on the ground. Is not murial but memorial for 21 people killed at Gate 7 in 1981 . It was a championship game between Olympiacos vs AEK

[@mattgreenwood3426]

So good to have a wander round with you. UTV

[@anonymous_hellas6392]

Welcome Greece Piraeus!! 🔴⚪🇬🇷

[@ShtOnThecity]

No matter what happens I know the boys will do us proud UTV

[@OooOokokokn]

The best stadium and atmosphere in Europe, tonight will be a hell for you Villans, cant wait to see this epic game

[@andybrogan8098]

There he is.....Keep the faith son, enjoy the experience, and hopefully, we get the result 😬......UTV

[@pattykom]

I am an olympiakos fun! You did a very good video! Unfortunately, we have very bad and dangerous hooligans in Europe. This is the reason, why many families do not go to the games any more!

[@johnbryl9903]

As a forest surporter good luck my friends are all villa fans ...keep the flag flying for England

[@thanasisr8484]

Welcome to Greece and to Piraeus 🔴⚪.

[@syahid_05]

The loyal fan base of Aston Villa stands behind the team through thick and thin, providing unwavering support and encouragement. The players draw inspiration from the fans' passion and dedication, fueling their desire to deliver a memorable performance and secure a victory for the club.. Come On Villa,,

[@leandrosbegias]

I found this video on KZbin and I’m frankly excited. It’s always great when I see my team’s stadium being shown by football fans from abroad and as a Greek living in southwest England I feel even prouder. Tonight’s match is a historic game for both sides. It is your first European semi final after 1982 and the first in our history. Let the better or the luckier qualify and I hope we watch some quality football. Enjoy your stay in my country mate and I believe you have some nice food there too. 😂 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️ Olympiacos

[@sickofit3192]

I'm nervous! I really hope we've got some more energy about us after the weekend! Fingers crossed this can be another Tranmere-esque evening! 🤞

[@orestis8494]

You should be nervous...1-0 podence and good night

[@tutornick]

Stay safe Luke and have a great time. Come back with the W!

[@nikos8247]

We are not savages... No one will attack the Villa fans no matter what...

[@e6o]

Buzzin FC! CL would be nice, but silverware is what we're fans for. Support my local team too (Cork City) and there is nothing like Europe away!

[@Flyingwithoutmings]

Hope you have a belta time in Greece Luke! Utv

[@beans8130]

My wife is half Greek & she hasn't got a clue what anything says 😂😂😂 Thanks for sharing Luke....up the villa 🔵🟣

[@leekyssoul]

Great vid Luke looks like a nice stadium but they do seem to like the hooliganism element. Good luck to the Villa team and all our supporters let’s get home after a win and stay safe UTV

[@waynejudd1978]

Looks good mate

[@darrenwoolley8433]

Great video Luke looks a nice ground I really hope we beat them. UTV

[@nick6895]

Hi Luke Glad you’re enjoying sunny Athens we are definitely. Could you tell me where about in town will the Villa fans been mainly meeting up tomorrow ?

[@joemchugh4882]

Nervous, apprehensive, excited. Going to be a potentially great match. Predicted score 4-0 to Villa. UTV. Thanks Luke for all the work during the season on the Channel. If Villa win UECL will you get Unai on the channel?

[@chrisprice4658]

I like it spicy 😜 It's great to see Beundia back training with the squad, I can't help but feel this is going to be a massive boost to morale I'm a believer ✌️💜💙

[@thanosmetz8884]

If i remember well, the memorial (which is the bars of an old stadium gate) also stands at the exact same position that it was when the horrible incident happened... This is the new stadium you are seeing now.. the accident happened at the old one, so when the renovated the stadium and built the new one, they kept the gate at the same position Gate 7 was before, because thats what is allegedely the reason all these people died.. because the gates werent open for the crowd to leave the stadium and they suffocated themselves due to more and more crowd pushing from behind without knowing the could not get out.. if anybody knows something more about the position of the memorial please correct me

[@SouthSide1312.]

Welcome to Piraeus 🔴⚪️

[@Mano_Bakalo]

You've red the city on your own... Piraeus !!!!

[@dpjsc08]

Having grown up in Aston/NewTown/Handsworth/Lozells that place looks like home!!! We got this!!!!! UTV

[@UTVPODCAST]

Yes mate

[@chrisimos588]

5-1

[@stefanos7170]

One thing is sure, it won't be like home.

[@Rydog19]

When I first saw this clip I thought "They've really improved Nechells since I last went" Lol.............4 Nil to the Villa I reckon🤞UTMV!

[@deejay5224]

Thought it'd be a bigger stadium. We have to cut out the noise and focus on the job in hand. We have goals in us especially away from home.

[@johnbryl9903]

Watch the match with my villa mates just seemed to me you was tired the first goal just killed the game for you...as a forest surporter you should qualify in the champion leauge what an achievement its been for your club...hope you do well...villa is a proper club with history..Good luck

[@western-oud1898]

I’ll never understand how players can get intimidated by the kind of atmosphere you get at these stadiums ..it would excite me and drive me on to perform in the game..I’d play up to it and encourage them to get even louder..kind of the way you can imagine Emi Martinez to act in such a situation..I’ve been to games in Turkey and Italy etc etc like the Rome derby and I’ve stood there and thought to myself my god I love this I’d love to be a player out there playing in this..I’d love it personally

[@leandrosbegias]

I totally relate with your comment! One of my dreams as a kid was to play for Olympiacos and score an away goal against Panathinaikos! My celebration would be to go in front of their ultras and show my team’s emblem while they would throw bottles, lighters, coffee cups or whatever else. About 20 years ago Olympiacos was playing against PAOK in Thessaloniki and their fans were throwing similar items in every Olympiacos corner kick. The result was 2-3 for us and our MVP said at the media post-match “I encourage them next season to throw more rocks and we will score more goals!” Unfortunately modern football players are not of this mentality.

[@western-oud1898]

@@leandrosbegias …👍👍

[@NicolasAftias]

My legend! Please win for our brothers in Heaven! Make their dream come true! Let them see you in a European final with pride from above!

[@andrewholdsworth4421]

If we come back we are capable of anything

[@xristosfarrow5425]

Hey would you look at that. The one and only Luke making a video in my city lol. Hope you enjoy your time here in Greece. The atmosphere in the stadium will be amazing. This is a memorium for fans that unfortunately lost their lives at the previous stadium aftet a match. The stadium had safety issues and after a great victory the fans stormed out to celebrate but that created chaos. UTV

[@UTVPODCAST]

Love that mate

[@johnkearney478]

Give`em hell Luke, make sure our boys can hear the support, never leave them on there own there going to need us. Goodonyamate, l'm 14,000 k's away and l can feel the anxiety already but by God l'm a believer Mate. Kumon You Villa Boys One last push.. UP THE MIGHTY VILLA🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@kevinhill3479]

I'm confident we can win it. with the strongest team we can put out let's go for it.UTV

[@lofty24g]

Felix Zwayer the ref who played a part in the €2million match fixing scandal in Germany and served a 6 month ban will be the ref for the second leg...villa going to need to pay alot of money if the want to progress to the final.

[@prntls]

Stay safe my friend. You look a very nice guy so please don't go alone in the stadium and don't talk to anyone before you enter in it. Try to stay unnoticed until you are in your gates. Have a safe flight home and for your team i wish to accomplish its targets after Thursday night

[@georgeg6716]

No worries mate nobody is gonna hurt noone,theres nothing against villa fans.Its a pity to travel somewhere and not see the place!Hope tomorrow we see a grat game and my Oly fullfil our dreams !Go ⚪🔴!

[@than0zZ]

Not worries buddy. The court-cage is beautiful and civilized. Once the doors are closed there is no escape. The fans are peaceful. It's just because of unemployment use of substances and temper, they do things they dont mean it.

[@daviddelia6218]

Early goal and there is only one in it. Just stay calm and solid and it can be done. Villa never doing things the easy way. UTV

[@harryjohnson8371]

Stay safe out there

[@pavlosvidalis1928]

Hey mate , welcome to Greece - Piraeus ( not Athens ! ) The memorial you saw was the old style tourniquet gate of Gate 7 (Olympiacos Ultras). it is kept there as a memory to 21 victims who lost their lives on 8/2/81 on a rival derby between Olympiakos and AEK Athens. Olympiacos beat them 6-0 and a lot of people rushed out aprox at 85th min of the game to celebrate but police forgot the tourniquets locked that day so 21 people squeezed to death while other 55 got injured. On the marble tablet below you can see the names and the age of the victims ( children among them too :( ) I wish you from the bottom of my heart to enjoy the atmosphere of the stadium, enjoy the match ( i think you will have a decent view of the pitch except if a protective net is in front of you that will be annoying ) and i hope you go back home with a defeat :P Try to get a souvenir from the Red Store or from a local merchant by the stadium, be aware of scam prices like hot dogs or souvlaki should be aprox 5-6 euros and scarfs about 10euros from that merchants. Also keep an eye for 'retarded' fans, some may even take pictures with you and have fun but there is a minority who may try to hit you or rob you. Waiting for a second video with reactions and opinions about Stadium from inside etc.

[@AlyeeshaNazir]

Nice stadium I feel confident, We will win

[@margarita053]

Wellcome to Greece man! Let's have a good game, let the best team win!

[@richardholmes8027]

I really think we can do this. Going to be a massive game. Utfv

[@thefilmandmusic]

Can’t be better than Aston ,,surely .!!

[@samgreen3601]

Looks like a right den

[@ThePhilosophersYawn]

The reason it looks "naked" is because it was included in the plans for the 2004 Olympics in a rush after other planned stadiums could not go through and it had to be built fast to be ready for the Olympics. It was built in 14 months and was used in the Olympics. The second reason it looks naked and simplistic is because it is built in an area in which the ground was sand and small rocks and as such not very stable during earthquakes and Greece is on a major earthquake zone. Thats the main reason for its design with a large single tier stand instead of two-tier stands. It could be built larger and more traditionally looking but it would multiply the cost to the extreme and more importantly it would not be ready for the Olympics in time. It is of interest to know that it is the ONLY modern football ground in Greece built with private money paid by the club which uses it, yet it is NOT owned by the club but by the Greek Olympic commitee and the club pays rent for its use. The newly built aek stadium which hosts the final was built by the state with taxpayer money as will the planed panathinaikos stadium. The monument you saw with the names listed is part of the original gate in which 21 fans died in one of Europes worst football tragedies. It still stands untouched in its original position.

[@Jayavfc87]

We're gonna do em

[@Mano_Bakalo]

Welcome in Hellas !!!! YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE !!!!

[@robertpowell7228]

We lost the tie at Villa Park. Good luck to Fiorentina and their fans in Athens when they play that lot.

[@georgeiwa7]

🧂🧂🧂

[@drast0ne]

And now I want some souvlakis. Food is so good and cheap over there. Enjoy!

[@markmorrid8144]

Keeping a clean sheet is vital because I'm pretty sure we will score goals tomorrow 👍✌️UP THE VILLA.

[@poppycalliope6793]

Actually you are in a neighbouring city to Athens, you are in Piraeus the harbour city. That's Olympiacos's home ground stadium.

[@Nigel-Webb]

C’mon the Villa Boys! #UTV 🙏

[@thewebstar1473]

I hope villa give up on the conference league so that They can get a result against Liverpool on Monday because I think if villa make a comeback they will not have the energy to get a result against a Liverpool team that had an 8 days rest and less injuries than villa

[@andydainty8253]

Stay safe luke and enjoy would not like to walk around there at night utv podcast

[@kiri1973]

You can see also in the memorial the turnstiles that most of them died because of lack of space . I am happy that Villans will be in Champions league next year .

[@AndyHiley1]

Time to stand up and be counted! They let in plenty of goals, they will be more nervous than us, score that 1st goal they will be there for the taking. Stay safe all Villa fans cos they won't be happy when we beat them! UTV!

[@mattbowles4073]

Feeling nervous. What worries me is our form over the last few games. Just hope we can get the first goal and who knows. UTV.

[@kevinjeenes]

Theres nothing intimidating at all about the place, sure they are loud, passionate,....so wot? Its wot we do on the pitch, thats all that matters, this isnt over

[@illuminaughtybynature6506]

Tonite you see a very hot atmosphere... Pame Olympiakos 🔴⚪️🔥🏟️🔥

[@christoslazaridis7128]

Wouldn't say the ref was crap, having seen my team be officiated by way worse refs, for example vs wolves in 2020, this guy got us out of europe in the 2nd leg in a tie we were better and should have won, could have been worse. I mean there was one debabtable decision against you guys, just stop that bs with the ref, everybody knows you are the better team, go ahead and prove it tomorrow. Anyways I hope you have great fun, I wish I could be there too the atmosphere in Karaiskakis on European Football nights is purely amazing, and congrats on champions league football next season btw, huge for a club like villa to get there. May the better side on the night win!

[@user-ni6hn8ng2f]

Enjoy yourself Luke 💜🩵

[@LteasAVFC]

I am nervous for tomorrow... C'mon lads lets do this UTV

[@Georg.377]

2-1 🔴⚪

[@Mark-bx5uu]

People going on about the home crowd but just look at our team. Almost every single one of them play or have played in front of crazy opposite crowds in South America, Germany, Spain etc. It's honestly not an issue 😊

[@Researcher83]

Danny Carvahal getting his move to Olympiacos finalised 😂💜💙 UTV Luke, enjoy. Let's hope we can make a game of it on Thursday n make them sweat.✌🏻

[@Shadow-zz2ry]

Be careful tomorrow mate. Have a great night. UTV.