Epic exercise for a Atlético against the strings in the Club World Cup. Or win and win three goals or more to Botafogoin force champion of the Liberatorsor head down for the airport back to Madrid. There is no more combination. The two goals embedded against the PSG in the added time and the Igor Jesus that collapsed the Parisian team on the next day force the rojiblancos to sign a productive practice.
In the event that the rojiblancos do not get one of the 12 results of this season that are worth them to access the eighths, the downturn would be vertical. Both sports and economically. Not exceeding the group stage would be a stick of a Simeone who landed in USA full of ambition. “We go to the Club World Cup to win, that is the goal,” he said before traveling.
But the elimination would also be a blow to the economic coffers of Atlético, which would stop winning up to 81.6 million euros if the tournament won. So far the rojiblancos have entered 17.4 million for participating and 1.74 for the triumph over Seattle. In the case of Victoria over Botafogo, whether sufficient or not to pass to eighths, Atlético would enter another 1.74 million euros. In case of a tie it would drop to 850,000 euros.
If those of Simeone earn three or more goals to Botafogo, or simply win and the PSG does not do the same against Seattle, the groups would pass and enter 7.5 million euros more, which is the amount destined for each team that is classified for the eighths. And as rounds are overcome, the prize grows. Accessing rooms is an extra of 13.1 million euros, it grows to 21 for getting into the semifinals and 40 in case of being champion. Up to a total of 81.6 million would stop winning.
Win or elimination for Atlético
For granting that the PSG will win Seattle, Atlético only has three goals of difference to access the eighths. In the previous shock, Simeone said he has full confidence that his players can achieve the epic, being aware that the challenge is complicated, but not impossible. «I believe in my players. I have faith in themI know them and I know they are able to make a great game. We have the obligation to win, ”said the Argentine coach at a press conference.
He Cholo He announced that he hopes his strikers Julián Álvarez and Alexander Sorgeh be decisive, and also trusts Antoine Griezmannwho is in his worst streak as a rojiblanco player. “Surely tomorrow we will have players who have obviously generated a football that excites us and that excites us, and tomorrow I wait for Griezmann,” he said.
