Rock bottom and sinking: Copa do Brasil exit costs São Paulo R$15m | OneFootball

One of the points discussed exhaustively with Dorival Júnior during the negotiations that brought him back as São Paulo’s head coach was the financial crisis the Morumbi club is going through. And the coach’s concern is not unfounded.

The elimination against Juventude as early as the fifth round of the Copa do Brasil last Wednesday (13) represented a loss of around R$ 15 million for São Paulo’s already battered finances.

The elimination alone in the country’s main knockout competition will mean a loss of R$ 13.2 million. The sporting goal set by the club at the start of the year was to reach at least the quarterfinals of the competition. Without that, the club is already losing R$ 7 million in prize money.

Ticket sales add to the tally of losses. Based on last year, when São Paulo reached the quarterfinals, the matches against Goiás (in the round of 16) and Atlético-MG together brought in nearly R$ 4.2 million.

It is possible to estimate that, had they advanced, given the lack of confidence in the Brazilian Championship, where the team has collapsed after reaching the top of the table, there would have been increased attention on the Copa do Brasil, a real chance of winning a title this year.

Also adding to the bill is the dismissal of Roger Machado. The coach’s departure will force Tricolor to pay him a R$ 2.1 million severance penalty.

In a leaked audio clip in recent days, Harry Massis said he would not fire Roger Machado even in the event of elimination from the Copa do Brasil because he “didn’t have the money” for termination penalties. The coach, however, was fired.

Both sides, according to AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, have an agreement for the termination, which should be paid in installments.

São Paulo bowed out of the Copa do Brasil receiving only R$ 3 million, made up of R$ 2 million in prize money from the CBF and R$ 1.1 million from ticket sales for the first leg against Juventude. That same Juventude, incidentally, has already earned more than double what Tricolor has in the national competition.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.