Portuguese squad to get seven million bonus if win Euro 2004
May 13, 2004
LISBON (AFP) - Portugal's national team will be paid a seven-million euro (8.3-million dollar) bonus if they win the European football finals which the country will host between June 12 and July 4, sports daily Record reported.
The paper said the Portuguese football federation would pay each player in the 23-man squad 200,000 euros in case of victory with the rest of the money divided up amongst coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and other team officials.
Scolari, who led his native Brazil to a record fifth World Cup win in the Far East in 2002, will announce his squad for the finals on May 18.
Portugal have failed in all seven attempts to beat teams which will join them at Euro 2004 since Scolari took the helm of the squad in January 2003.
The Euro 2004 hosts are in Group A alongside Greece, Russia and Spain.
Portugal have two more friendly matches to come before the start of Euro 2004, against Luxembourg on May 29 and against Lithuania on June 5.
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