2024-03-11 15:38:56
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis will pay 10 million euros to his players if they qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League in Barcelona on Tuesday evening (1-1 in the first leg). Indeed, a place in the quarter-finals would almost guarantee a ticket to the 2025 Club World Cup, and its welcome gift of 50 million euros.
The expression “kill two birds with one stone” takes on its full meaning for the Napoli players. Tuesday evening at the Camp Nou, Victor Osimhen’s teammates will try to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the second time in their history. Held in check by Barça in the first leg (1-1), the Neapolitans will have to achieve a major performance in Spain.
But they also have the opportunity to considerably reduce the club’s finances. If qualified, the three-time Italian champion would be on track to be among the 32 best teams in the world according to FIFA criteria. A victory in one of the two potential quarter-final matches would definitely consolidate this status.
And sitting at the table alongside the 31 other best teams in the world would offer, beyond prestige, a ticket to the revisited 2025 Club World Cup. UEFA has established its own system to designate the European teams which will compete in this competition: performances in the Champions League give points, the total of which creates a ranking. Tuesday evening, Napoli has the opportunity to score decisive points (2 for a victory and 1 additional for the passage to the quarter).
The next edition of this one-month mini championship organized in the United States, guarantees, according to Gazzetta dello sport, a nice ticket of 50 million euros for simple participation.
A quarter-final that is literally very expensive
This is why, in anticipation, the president of Naples promised a global bonus of 10 million euros to his players if they dismiss FC Barcelona, again according to the Italian newspaper. Enough to motivate, if necessary, the Neapolitans who are going through a complicated season.
Aurelio De Laurentiis went to the training center after the draw against Torino last Friday to remind us of the importance of the meeting on Catalan soil. His team is still stuck in 7th place in Serie A, 7 lengths behind Bologna, fourth and last qualified for the C1.
The stakes are particularly high for the Italians. Qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League would already secure 10.6 million euros for the club, plus the very likely 50 million for qualification for the 2025 Club World Cup.
In the Napoli offices on Tuesday evening, especially in the accounting department, the evening promises to be eventful.
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