Defeat to the Benfica also is a question of money for the Barça

"I am very positive and visualise the victory tomorrow against the Benfica", those were the words of the new trainer of the FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, the one who this Monday in the previous press conference to the fifth day of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League has given his impressions on the first team culé, afterwards to attain surpass to the Espanyol (1-0) in his première in the benches of the Camp Nou.

The technician knows that the sportive pressure for winning this Tuesday in front of the Portuguese is considerable, but no many less than which there is in the dispatches, where the economic subject is also very important. If the picture culé not attaining win to the Portuguese, no ingresarían the 2,8 million euros that supposes the triumph, but at least would collect other 930.000 euros with the tie, and would have seven points, by five of the Benfica that confronts to the Dinamo Kiev in the last day. Claro is, the Barça will have a lot of more the water to the neck, since it will touch him see new to his hangman: the Bayern Munich and this time in floor germano.

Instead, with a triumph in the Barça-Benfica, although it was by the minimum, would classify automatically like second of group and, the most important, would ensure in the Catalan entity the 9,6 millions that involves to be in the draw of the eighth of final of the maximum European competition. They would receive between 10,5 and 12,4 million euros.

In the calculations of the Barcelona budget, the first team contests, like minimum, the quarter-finals. The classification for this round supposes ingresar other 10,6 million euros. Therefore, a defeat in front of the Benfica, in addition to supposing a very premature elimination, would deprive of the Barça in the Champions with an economic cost from among 21,1 and 26,6 million euros, with regard to his initial calculations made from the offices of the Camp Nou.

Xavi on the Benfica

However, Xavi knows that it will not be easy and has spoken on the Benfica, team that defeated to the FC Barcelona in Lisbon by 3-0. "It is a big team. Jorge Jesus seems me a big trainer, that transmits a lot. Has players of a lot of level. Up it has footballers very strong. We speak of a team of high level, but will pose the party to win it, to carry it to our idea and be leading. We know that there will be moments in which we will suffer", considered the egarense.