AEK fans storm pitch attack Olympiakos soccer players (VIDEOS)

Twenty-eight minutes after Olympiakos scored the winning goal against AEK in Wednesday night's game, the match was abandoned. Right after the goal was scored, fans of AEK stormed the pitch and began throwing flares and other objects at Olympiamkos players. A police officer was also apparently injured.

AEK fans were frustrated and wanted to win the game because of the financial troubles that led to their club's demotion from the First to the Third Division of the Greek league at the end of the 2012-13 season. At present, AEK is in Division 2 and is favored to be promoted to the top flight, the Superleague, next season.

The latest incident comes at a difficult time for Greek soccer. Another incident-laden game, between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, forced Minister of Sports Stavros Kontonis to suspend Superleague activity for one whole week and, when games resumed last weekend, it was in front of empty stands.

The Greek Minister, who met with UEFA President Michel Platini earlier this week, has repeatedly said that he wants to crack down on endemic violence and corruption in Greek soccer matches.

As such, he and the many clubs have agreed, on principle, to the long-overdue introduction of electronic, personalized ticketing, aiming at both cracking down on tax evasion and identifying troublemakers.

Ironically, Kontonis was present at Wednesday night's game.

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Reference in Greek: sport24.gr