Benfica and Sporting have already raised more than 40 million euros by participating in the Champions League this season. The Reds went into the league phase with 42.819 million guaranteed. Clube da Luz received 18.62 million euros for entering this stage of the competition, to which was added 24.199 million euros related to the value pillar (€15,895M+€8,304M). During the league phase, José Mourinho's team added another 2.1 million euros for each victory. Benfica only won two (Ajax and Naples) of the seven games they have played so far in the Champions League, so they received a bonus of 4.2 million euros. Accounts done, The Reds have already earned 47.019 million euros from participating in the European competition. Sporting, in turn, received the base value of 18.62 million euros for entering the league phase, in addition to two extras of 10.285 million euros and 5.882 million, also related to the value pillar. That said, entry into the Champions League phase earned 34.787 million to the Alvalade club. In the first seven rounds, Sporting won four wins and one draw. The victory, as already mentioned, is worth 2.1 million euros, while each draw yields 700 thousand euros. Thus, Sporting earned 9.1 million euros in the league phase. All in all, Sporting has already earned 43.887 million euros from the Champions League. But it doesn't stop there. Sporting has already guaranteed that, at the very least, it will go to the play-offs to reach the round of 16. For this alone, the lions will receive at least one million euros. In the best case scenario, Rui Borges' team will finish in the first eight classified and guarantee direct passage to the «eighth», which would be worth a bonus of 11 million euros. It should be said, of course, that both Benfica and Sporting can still collect, at most, 2.1 million euros in bonuses relating only to the next game, the last of the league phase. The Reds host Real Madrid and the Lions visit Athletic Bilbao. It is also important to note that each club will receive an amount according to the final classification in the league phase, with the total value of this bonus being divided into 666 installments of 275 thousand euros each. For example, the 36th placed team in the league phase receives one installment (275 thousand euros), the 35th two installments (550 thousand euros) and so on until the 1st, who will receive 36 installments (9.9 million euros). However, the base value of the installment can still increase and it's the fault of... the games that end in a draw. Each draw means that 700 thousand euros are not distributed and this money remains to proportionally increase the initial value of the installments of 275 thousand euros.