The accounts are so easy to make that there is no need for a calculating machine. Namely: in case of victory in today’s match, against Dortmund, at Estádio José Alvalade, at 20:00, counting for the 5th round of the Champions League group stage, the lions will automatically pay €2.8 M.
If they win by two goals, they score a place in the round of 16, a feat that allows them to receive an additional €9.6M. In other words, today, around 10 pm, Sporting can have another €12.4 in their bank account M in total, which would in fact be significant for the club’s accounts – to this amount must be added the €32,610m already received, divided as follows: €11,370m for the position in the ranking (23rd) among the clubs that are in the Champions group stage; €15,640m for qualifying for the group stage; €2.8M for the victory over Besiktas in Istanbul; €2.8M for the victory against the Turks in Alvalade. In other words, if €12.4M is in today, Sporting will reach around €45M!
And the truth is that in Alvalade, despite the respect that the Germans justify, there is full confidence that this feat is perfectly achievable, and the smiles in yesterday’s morning training show the state of mind of Rúben Amorim and the rest of the group – in session, let’s say, the coach again called kids from the training, cases of Catena, Nazinho and Edson.
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