Real Madrid Confidencial Real Madrid earned a fortune after winning last year's Champions League
The successes of the white club were joined by a substantial amount of money
The Most Important Competition for Real Madrid, Season After Season, Is the Champions League. While it is true that the board of directors sets major priorities on winning LaLiga and the Champions League, securing the top continental competition is the collective goal. In Santiago Bernabéu locker room, they know firsthand that it is the only guarantee of absolute success in the European football elite.
That's why every match in that UEFA-organized tournament is a special moment for everyone in the Merengue entity, especially if it takes place at Santiago Bernabéu. Unlike other seasons, the white club has not been able to turn the coliseum located on Concha Espina Avenue into its particular fortress, but it is in the round of 16. The one-goal advantage against Atlético de Madrid, their opponent in that tie, leaves everything open for the return leg to be played at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.
The Particularity of This European Season Is Twofold. On one hand, UEFA has decided to change the Champions League format, increasing the number of matches through a league phase. With these eight encounters, the possibility opens up for some teams to reach the round of 16 through a play-off round.
That same stage is what Real Madrid has gone through, eliminating Manchester City, to be among the 16 best teams on the Old Continent. The Race to the Munich Final Is Even More Exciting Considering That the White Club Is Defending Its European Crown. Carlo Ancelotti's pupils are the reigning champions of Europe and would be seeking a title defense that only the Merengue team itself made possible in the 15/16 and 16/17 seasons.
Lots of Money at Stake
The successes achieved during the past campaign, among which a fantastic LaLiga-Champions League double stands out, left many millions in the Madrid treasury. The information published by MARCA reveals that Real Madrid pocketed a total of 141 million euros from their victory in the Fifteenth against Borussia Dortmund.
Winning the Wembley Final Against the German Black-and-Yellow Entity meant a significant income for Santiago Bernabéu coffers, a figure that the Merengues would like to receive again in their accounts. That's why everyone is keeping an eye on the 24/25 European campaign to go as planned, not only for the possibility of adding more titles and widening the gap with their pursuers.
The format change proposed by UEFA starting this season, however, would be aimed at increasing that final figure for the team that reaches and wins the final. But Real Madrid could not replicate such an amount of money, those 141 million, during the current season because they are not undefeated in the competition.
A large part of the high amount recorded by the Madrid team during the last football season is due to the prize money awarded by UEFA for each match and phase surpassed. The Merengue team did not know defeat in the Champions League during the past season, something that has returned frequently this season, as against LOSC Lille or AC Milan.
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