FC Barcelona’s heroic comeback win over Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday could end up being worth over $50 million to the club as explained by official UEFA prize money figures and AS.
It seemed that it was not going to be the evening for the Catalans at the Estadio da Luz, who were twice losing by two goals against the Lisbon giants.
However, at 4-2, Robert Lewandowski deflected his second penalty against Pedri, allowing Eric Garcia to equalise with a header.
At the time, MVP Raphinha, who later said he would “kill and die” for the team, ran down the court to take advantage of a Ferran Torres clearance and tricked Anatoliy Trubin to win all three numbers completing his double and net. Eighth goal in seven UCL appearances this season.
Hansi Flick confessed that he didn’t believe he’d lived a comeback like it. And while such a remontada works wonders for morale as Barca heads into the business end of the season, it also helps line the club’s coffers at a time when it needs all the money it can get while still recovering from a financial crisis that threatened to close the doors to the Camp Nou completely at the turn of the decade.
As AS explains, the victory valued at about 2. 2 million dollars (or precisely 2. 1 million euros) means that Barça pocketed 13. 1 million dollars (12. 6 million euros). ‘euros) for the six he has won in the UCL championship phase, as well as getting scalps such as that of Flick’s former club, Bayern Munich.
We can then add this amount to the $19.4 million (€18.6 million) for participation and the $11.5 million (€11 million) which beating Benfica brought in for simultaneously reaching the last 16.
This brings out a total of around $43 million (€41. 2 million) in prize money, but could soon reach $55. 6 million (€53. 3 million) if they finish first at the league level if Liverpool fail and also beat Europa League champions Atalanta. on the last day of the initial phase.
In short, the Benfica epic kept Barca in line for what is potentially an even bigger payday.
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