The Albacete-Real Madrid match in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, which qualified the Albacete team for the next round, was an injection of morale and money, because it has generated an impact of more than 2 million euros in the club and the capital of Albacete.
The sale of tickets at the box office has meant around 1.5 million euros for the white club, to which we must add all the income generated indirectly by the city’s businesses, especially restaurants, in the areas surrounding the area or, for example, the sales of ‘merchandising’ for both teams or commemorative scarves for the event.
The restaurants and bars closest to the Carlos Belmonte stadium were confident of doubling their income compared to a normal match day and, after the match, drinks, especially beers, had been sold out in many of the establishments near the La Mancha field.
To this we must add the overnight stays of people who traveled from Madrid, Real Madrid executives and even visitors from towns and areas near the province of Albacete who traveled to Albacete to see their idols up close.
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David defeated Goliath despite the fact that the budget of Albacete, a team that plays in the Second Division, is estimated at around 12 million euros while Real Madrid has a budget close to 1,248 million euros.
The footballer who earns the most in the merengue team is the French international Kilian Mbappé, with a salary of around 31 million euros, which is far from the highest paid players in Albacete, who earn close to half a million euros annually, although the average for the squad is even lower.
The Albacete club is in a good financial moment after selling the young Cameroonian Cristian Kofane for more than 5 million euros to Bayer Leverkusen last summer and this week Jon Morcillo, a skilled winger, who has been transferred to Almería for around 400,000 euros.
With information from EFE.
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