"With the president? We get along well, maybe because we don't understand each other's languages," jokes José Luis Mendilibar (Zaldibar, Basque Country, 1961), the coach capable of performing miracles at Olympiacos, Barça's next European rival. The first miracle was the first European title ever won by a Greek team, the 2024 Conference League against Fiorentina. The second miracle is staying in charge, as Evangelos Marinakis, the owner and president of the Piraeus club, is famous for dismissing coaches as easily as others gobble up olives while having a glass of vermouth. No joke, with Marinakis. The son of a shipping magnate who was already a director at Olympiacos, Evangelos controls the club and the Piraeus City Council through an independent party he created himself. He's a businessman under investigation for creating mafia networks inside and outside the club, attacking rival executives, scaring referees, making deals with foreign mafias, and being involved in the death of a police officer attacked by club radicals who were supposed to collect money from the president.