Biggest day in world football
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 by The Sun
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IT’S the biggest day in world football — with a TV audience of 300million and £140million riding on two games...
This afternoon there is £90m up for grabs as Blackpool face West Ham in the Championship play-off final.
Then, tonight, Chelsea hunt for a £50m jackpot for beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
The matches will have a combined TV audience of more than 300m — with the vast majority switching on to the action in Germany.
Last year’s winners Barcelona trousered more than £43m in prize money and TV revenue.
Chelsea will collect £7.6m in prize money if they win tonight or £5.5m as runners-up.
Their prize money pot already stands at over £11m — £3.6m for reaching the semi-finals, £2.8m for the quarters, £2.5m for the round of 16, £2.02m for their three group wins and £675,000 for their two group draws.
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