In the days when the atmosphere between Macedonia and Greece is heated at maximum level because of the political misunderstandings for the name Republic of Macedonia, now the Greek government involved the politics in sports.

All Greek sports federation have terminated the cooperation with the federations from Macedonia who use the name of the country in their communication. The first example is the problem that Greek Football Federation caused to the Macedonian Football Federation, who asked for a certificate for 2 players who moved from Greece to Macedonia this winter. Because of using "Fudbalska Federacija na Makedonija" (Macedonian football federation), the Greek federation rejected the demand and didn't issued certificates for the players.

Luckily, FIFA reacted quickly and they will help the Macedonian Football Federation by issuing the certificates by it self and the players will be allowed to play in Macedonia. 

 

Previously, PAOK's fans unnecessarily heated the atmosphere and brought politics in the football stands by displaying the banner shown on the photo above.