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Greek soccer match abandoned after fan, police clashes
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Panathinaikos fans hold flares before a Greek Super League soccer match between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos Piraeus at Olympic stadium in Athens March 18, 2012. The Athens derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos Piraeus was abandoned after being interrupted twice by crowd violence on Sunday. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: SPORT SOCCER CIVIL UNREST)YORGOS KARAHALIS / Reuters
Players of Olympiakos and Panathinaikos stand as a flare is being thrown on the field during a Greek Super League football game against Olympiakos at the Athens Olympic stadium on March 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)ARIS MESSINIS / AFP - Getty Images
Clashes started before the game, when hundreds of youths without tickets tried to enter the stadium. The conflict continued throughout, forcing the second half to start 35 minutes late.
According to police, 57 people had been detained and a further 20 arrested, while nine police officers were injured, two of them seriously.
-- The Associated Press contributed to the blog post
A bleeding Panathinaikos' fan is helped by other fans after being injured during a soccer game for the Greek Super League at the Olympic stadium in Athens, Sunday, March 18 2012. The Greek league game between leader Olympiakos and Panathinaikos has been abandoned with eight minutes to go because of escalating clashes between fans and the police. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)KOSTAS TSIRONIS / AP
A young supporter of Panathinaikos is carried away from clashes during a Greek Super League football game against Olympiakos at the Athens Olympic stadium on March 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)ARIS MESSINIS / AFP - Getty Images
