Barcelona set for €70m financial boost
Barcelona's earnings so far from this season’s Champions League group stage rose to in excess of €70 m (£60.5m) on Tuesday night by virtue of a 2-1 victory over Porto. Barca, having catastrophically failed to make it beyond the group stage in each of the previous two seasons, booked safe passage into the last 16 with a game to spare on matchday five. Goals from Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix after Porto had initially taken the lead were enough to claim all three points and ensure Xavi's team cannot be overtaken by both Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk, currently second and third respectively, whatever happens on matchday six next month. That game alone was worth €2.8m in prize money to Barca, the price of a group stage win. Given that it was also responsible for booking the club into the last 16, it brought in €9.6m. Three previous wins against Royal Antwerp, Porto and Shakhtar account for another €8.4m. Being in the group stage in the first place is worth €15.64m, while Barca's te...