We travel 38 years back… Sitting comfortably on a straw café chair, we read the morning paper. The Saturday edition of “Ta Nea”, dated October 17, 1987, is our companion today as part of the “Back Then” segment of the program Time in Greece.
Here’s what we learn:
- The rivalry between “The Emperor” Aris and Panathinaikos in the basketball championship
- The preparations of the Greek National Football Team ahead of the match with Albania, and comments from Miltos Papapostolou
- The legal troubles of Acharnaikos and an unforgettable Greek Cup clash with Olympiacos
- Greece’s candidacy for the 1996 Olympic Games, and one of the first televised debates between Kostas Simitis and Miltiadis Evert
- Strategic moves by Alketas Panagoulias at Olympiacos as he sidelines four players and reveals who they are
- The absence of Dimitris Saravakos for Panathinaikos ahead of the derby with Iraklis, and a goal by the “Little One” against the Grand Old Lady of Italian football
- A tribute to Ferenc Puskás, a giant of world football, with former Panathinaikos Wembley-era players sharing memories of the legendary “Pancho”
- Three major matches coming up: Larisa vs OFI, Panionios vs Aris, and Iraklis vs Panathinaikos, plus a 4–0 win by AEK that sent a message of life all the way to Houston, Texas