THE Mars He completed 111 years of life and the Thessaloniki festivities culminated on Tuesday night (25.03.2025) at an event at “Nick Galis Hall”, with the team world creating a shocking atmosphere, with smoke and slogans.
The “present” was given by the Mars sections (among them the football and basketball teams), as well as great figures that wrote history with the “yellow”, including Charles Burton, Angelos Charisteas, Francisco Havitos, Sakis Moustakidis.
A very strong moment in the “Alexandria” and the event for the 111th anniversary of Mars, when the parents of the wrongdoer, Alkis Campanou, were sending their own message of what the “yellows” and the legacy left by their murdered son.
On the sidelines of the event, Lefteris Arvanitis stepped up and said that by joint decision of AS. and Theodoros Karipides, Door 2 of “Kleanthis Vikelidis” will be named Alekos Alexiadis, stressing that this is just a small sample of what will follow in order to honor the memory of the legendary footballer – who died a few days ago – from him.
“Happy Birthday Mars, Happy Birthday Thessaloniki. Happy birthday to the world that is made for the difficult ones,” said veteran goalkeeper and champion of Europe, Fanis Kateriannakis.
Then came the turn of Francisco Havito, who returned to Thessaloniki with his family and as he went up to the platform, the giant screen was imprinted on the historic goals he had scored against Atletico Madrid and Zaragoza.
“I will never forget what happened with the return from Zaragoza. I have such beautiful memories. I am blessed for the love you gave me and I want to thank you through my heart for the beautiful years you have offered me,” he said.
The world of Mars closed the festive event, singing the … festive: “Happy Birthday, my love sweet. And in the 1000 I will sing it from heaven” and lighting hundreds of smoke.