Due to the fact of disputing the group stage, each team receives an amount close to 16 million, and each victory represents an additional income of almost three million, while the tie is close to one million and the defeat does not involve any income in form. of prize. Failure to qualify for the round of 16 would mean failing to enter the corresponding 9.6 million euros to access this round and also the 10.6 million that the club would receive to access the quarterfinals. More than 20 million that Barça has in its budget, with its derived income, such as the ticketing and revenue from television rights.
On the other hand, if Barça fall into the group stage it would save them having to pay some premiums to a few players who are provided for in their contracts, but in the balance between the potential income to reach quarters and the expenses that this would assume the profit margin is much higher. In addition, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, in their salary reduction to help the club, agreed to forgive what are known as easily compliant variables that involve, for example, overcoming the group stage of the League of Champions.
However, not winning this Wednesday’s Dynamo Kiev (6.45pm, Movistar Champions League) at the stadium would be a major slap in the team’s mood, highly punished in recent years in Europe, and would end just the little credit with which Ronald Koeman defends his office. “Yes, it is a decisive match. There is no choice but to win the match. We know perfectly well what we have to do, and adding points is the only way to advance in the Champions League,” the coach said in the preview.
Anything other than winning against the Ukrainian team at the Camp Nou could draw a scenario in which Barça would have to beat Dinamo in Kiev, beat Benfica at the stadium and certainly have to go to Munich to join. also the three points. It could be that at that time the Bavarian team had already sealed their classification as first in the group and nothing was at stake, but at Barça no other hypothesis is expected that will not happen to win this Wednesday.
Where does Koeman put the roof?
Although the club’s budgets are expected to reach at least the quarterfinals, Koeman believes that the bar is, for now, lower. “We have a team to compete and we have to go through the group stage, but we can’t be required to win the Champions League,” he said. The reasons are the ones he usually states: “We have a very young team under construction and there are very high level rivals.” “It’s not the time to think about whether we should reach the semi-finals or the quarter-finals … It will depend on the circumstances of the team at any given time. Now we have to think about the match against Dinamo,” said the Dutchman, who once moreover, he has made no secret that his neck “depends on the results.”
In fact, Koeman has had no hair on his tongue to express evidence like a farmhouse: “In the last four or five years there have been teams that have improved a lot in Europe and, on the other hand, Barça has gone from strength to strength.” . “We don’t have his balance in the squad and our club is weakened financially. All this influences him,” he added, without being self-critical, despite the fact that he has been the team’s coach since last season.
Without Eric or Araujo
As for the starting eleven, with Eric Garcia sanctioned after being sent off against Benfica and with Araujo injured, Lenglet could live his first title of the season. The alternative would be to go to Mingueza, Umtiti or to relocate Frenkie de Jong from center. At the front, Ansu Fati could rest from the start, given that it is a three-game week and that the classic will be played on Sunday. Coutinho could take his place, which would leave Barça without extremes again with the exception of the converted Dest.
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