Sports Tolima and National Athletic They not only face each other this Sunday for the trophy that will accredit one of the two clubs as the champion of the Betplay-I League.
Beyond the cup that they will show off in their windows, the title of the first semester delivers a hefty financial prize that would fall very well into the coffers of both teams.
Since last year, Conmebol has asked the member federations to increase the economic amount of the prizes awarded to the champion teams of their local tournaments, for which the Colombian Football Federation established its prize pool at $500,000 which, at the current exchange rate, is equivalent to an amount close to 2,060 million Colombian pesos.
But the economic prizes do not stop there because, in addition to this sum, the winning team will automatically get a place in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2023. Ensuring the ticket to that phase of the continental event grants the not insignificant figure of 3 million dollarswhich in exchange would be regarding 12,500 million pesos Colombians.
Sports Tolima, one of the finalists, is still competing in the Libertadores. the pijao set will play the round of 16 once morest Flamengo of Brazil. The first game of the series will be played this Wednesday in Ibagué.
