Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakatupato te Hekeretari Matua o te UEFA a Gianni Infantino kaore he mea ke atu i te aukati i a Kariki mai i te whutupaoro a-ao mena kaore te kawanatanga o te whenua e whakakore i nga ture hou kua whakaarohia. Kua whakatakotohia e te kāwanatanga o Kariki tētahi pire e taea ai te whakakore i ngā huihuinga hākinakina nā te kaha o te tini, ā, ka rāhuitia ngā kapa ki te tākaro i ngā whakataetae Pākehā. E mea ana a UEFA me FIFA he whakaekenga tika tēnei a te kāwanatanga ki te whutupaoro, ā, kua whakawehi rātou ki te whakatārewa i a Kariki. Ko te tukinga a Panathinakos ki a Olympiakos i te marama o Hui-tanguru i raru i te tini o te mano i Athens. Kua whakaarohia e te kawanatanga o Kariki he ture hou e aukati ana i nga kapa mai i nga whakataetae Pakeha, engari ko te kaituhituhi matua o te UEFA a Gianni Infantino e kii ana kaore e whakaaetia kia uru tika ki te whutupaoro. Ka mea a Infantino: 'Kei te pouri kaore he mea ke atu i te whakamutua o te Greek Football Federation mena ka whakaaetia tenei ture hou na te mea kaore te whutupaoro e whakaae ki te whakauru a te kawanatanga. "I tēnei wā, e toru ētahi atu whenua, i waho o Uropi, e anga atu ana ki ngā take ōrite - Indonesia, Pakistan me Zimbabwe. Ki taku whakaaro me tino āwangawanga te iwi o Kariki nā te mea ka whai pānga nui te whakatārewatanga ki tō rātou whutupaoro. 'Kaua e wareware ka pā ki ētahi atu atu atu i te kapa motu. Mēnā kāore ō karapu e tākaro ana i ō mātou whakataetae, ka heke hoki tō rātou tauwhāinga, arā, ka iti ake ngā kapa e āhei ana ki te uru atu ki te UEFA Champions League me te UEFA Europa League.' I tukuna e te UEFA me te FIFA he reta whakatupato whakamutunga i te Wenerei engari kaore te kawanatanga Kariki e whakaae ki te hoki whakamuri. Ko te minita hākinakina tuarua o Kariki a Stavros Kontonis i korero ki te pouaka whakaata Kariki i te po o te Wenerei: 'Kaore matou e huri i te kaupapa o te pire hākinakina. Ko te tirotiro i mahia i te whutupaoro Kariki e te FIFA me te UEFA kua kore". Ka ngana te pirihimana Kariki ki te aukati i nga kaiwhaiwhai Panathinaikos i whakaekehia te papa i te wa o te whakataetae Super League Kariki.
Kua whakaarohia e te kāwanatanga o Kariki tētahi ture hou e taea ai te whakakore i ngā whakataetae hākinakina nā ngā mahi tūkino a te mano i te whenua. E mea ana a UEFA kāore e whakaaetia te urutau hāngai o te kāwanatanga ki te whutupaoro. Kua whakawehia a Kariki ki te whakatārewatanga ki te kore e whakakore i ngā ture. Kua kore te kāwanatanga o Kariki e hoki whakamuri ki te ture e whakaarohia ana.