Last Champions League group match: YB wins millions again against Leipzig

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He has already brought YB880,000. Or at least half, because Cedric Itten also played an equally important role with his goal in the 2-2 draw at Red Star Belgrade. For a win you get much more money: about 2.6 million francs (2.8 million euros). So you certainly cannot say one thing: it is about the Golden Pineapple for a club like YB. 2.6 million. It would be YB’s second victory in the premier class. This could cover the entire annual budget of YB’s next competitor, Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy.

“You don’t understand, Filip!”

Filip Ugrinic’s eyes shine when he hears what he can do with one goal. “That is certainly important for the club. I didn’t know there was so much money involved…” A cheerful Raphael Wicky interrupts his player: “But you don’t understand!” Ugrinic looks surprised for a moment and then says that it is a different feeling as soon as you hear the Champions League song “This is the most important thing for an athlete at club level.”

2.6 million. Even though YB will clearly have generated over 100 million by the end of the year, maybe even 120 – 2.6 isn’t nothing. “For us they are anything but peanuts. It is the concert of the greats. There is a lot at stake,” says CEO Wanja Greuel. “The Champions League alone brings a financial blessing. Now we can make even more money. But on Wednesday the sport is central.”

From fellow swimmer to lead swimmer

Back to Ugrinic. To the man with the steep rise this season. Suddenly he’s a leader. Decisive figure. And national players. Or as Wicky puts it nicely: “Last season he swam with the team. Now he has the position of lead swimmer.” A player who has what it takes to give YB an even bigger Christmas present under the tree.

Source : Blick