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The journalist focusses on the son of the Greek businessman, known not only for Olympiakos football team. Petros Kokkalis is named after his grandfather, a doctor, who, though a citizen and an outstanding scientist, decided to take to the woods with communist guerrillas. He fought and ended up in exile in East Berlin. His tracks, besides in history books, can be found in the centre of Athens, where the road passing near the U.S. Embassy, bears his name. Perhaps the correspondent of Der Spiegel is not aware of these details. She notes, "Petros Kokkalis, a scion of a family that enjoys the greatest influence in Greece, has created an ecological garden in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Athens. He says that the crisis has opened his eyes and he feels the problems of his country. For example, he had to wait for six months to get a permit just for a bar with a fridge in his garden." "Have you taken all your money abroad?" He answers smiling "Oh, probably not all ..."

Once the President of Greece Karolos Papoulias said that everyone acts according to their patriotism. Petros Nomikos, 33, an investor and descendant of a family of shipping magnates, says that Greeks are terrible citizens, but enthusiastic patriots.