A huge financial loss awaits Barcelona if the "European Champions" are bid farewell from the first round
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Barcelona received a severe slap during the second leg meeting yesterday in the group stage of the Champions League at home and among its fans at the "Camp Nou" stadium, due to its tie with its guest, Inter Milan, in a dramatic match, 3-3, to become closer than any other club. Time to play again in the European League.
Barcelona desperately needed to win in order to keep the hope of qualifying in his own hands, rather than having his fate hung on others.
Barcelona avoided a major scandal, as it would have been closer to losing had it not been for the equalizer from Poland's Lewandowski.
Exiting the first round of the most important European club competition means a moral, football and financial blow to Barcelona, as the newspaper "Sport Brief" estimated the initial loss of Barcelona in the event of leaving from the first round of the Champions League at 50 million euros.
This is a severe shock for a club that suffers from debts exceeding one billion and 300 million euros, and has forsaken many of its assets or mortgaged them with long-term contracts in order to provide financial liquidity to save the team. He also made several contracts last summer, and was the most prominent bet on the Champions League to achieve great financial returns.
In four Champions League matches so far, Barcelona, led by its coach and former star Xavi, won one victory, two defeats and a draw, and his qualification to the round of 16 has become like a “miracle”, for the simple reason that Bayern decided his qualification as the official leader, while Inter is second with 7 points, and Barcelona third with 4 points. , and Victoria Plzen, the Czech Republic without credit.
For Barcelona to qualify, it needs to beat Bayern and Victoria Plzen, and with it, Inter lose from Victoria Plzen and Bayern.
And because Inter beat Barcelona in direct confrontations with a win and a draw, he only needs to win his next match at home and among his fans from the weakest teams of the group in order to book the traffic ticket to the round of 16 officially.
Barcelona's financial losses are divided into a section related to the direct reward that will be deprived of it if it does not qualify and does not last long in the competition, as UEFA awards 9.6 million euros to the qualifiers for the round of 16, 10.6 million euros for the quarter-finals, and 12.5 million euros for the semi-finals. And large sums of money for the final, and greater than for those who win the competition title.
This is not to mention the loss of advertising revenue, box office and other sales arranged in the prestigious European competition.
It is noteworthy that Real Madrid last season, when they were crowned champions of the competition, reaped nearly 105 million euros, in bonuses and other commercial revenues.
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