The football world was horrified by the incident that occurred on the field in Greece. Club PAOK fought in a principled match against AEK. Rivals continue to fight for the championship, so the meeting turned out to be tense. Until the last minutes on the scoreboard glowed zeros, but at the end of the meeting the defender scored a goal, ensuring victory in this confrontation PAOK. A few minutes later the judges canceled the goal because of the offside. Club owner Russian businessman of Greek origin Ivan Savvidi could not stand such stress and decided to express his dissatisfaction with the arbitrators. He accompanied by bodyguards ran out onto the field.

The players tried to stop the offender and because of a small brawl with him flew off his jacket. It turned out that behind the belt Savvidi has an impressive argument for the judges in the form of a pistol that was in the holster, according to the website Sport24. gr. Mat immediately interrupted, and the athletes went to the changing rooms. AEK Man Head coach Manolo Jimenez claims that the businessman threatened to rival opponents and judges. "At first we did not worry, but then, when we saw the weapon, it was thought:" If he is really going to do something crazy, he can get a gun, "he said..

Representatives of the club intend to appeal to FIFA and UEFA, so that the organization dealt with this incident and given the appropriate punishment. Ivan Savvidi is the chairman of the board of directors of the company Agrocom, which owns assets in the tobacco and food industry. Entrepreneur has a special love for football. From 2002 to 2005 he was the president of FC Rostov, and afterwards he headed SKA club (Rostov-on-Don).

In 2012, acquired a controlling stake in PAOK.