How much does a stop cost? Without the stretch of Jan Oblak, suspended in the air to clear Davy Klaassen's third shot for Inter with both hands among the apotheosis of the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium, Atlético de Madrid might not have reached the 10.6 million euros of the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
It is the reward for the red and white team's advancement among the eight best in Europe, the place to which the Slovenian goalkeeper led them. He first denied Alexis Sánchez the goal on the Italian team's second shot, the third of the shootout. Then, after Saúl Ñíguez failed in the next one, he flew in an extraordinary way to stop the maximum penalty from the Dutchman Davy Klaassen, who entered the field in the 111th minute. Lautaro Martínez hit the ninth shot wide.
There was no need to take the tenth and final penalty against Atlético, the winner because Oblak had already directed them towards the precious prize of 10.6 million euros in the next round.
In the sum of this edition, at the same time, it shot up to 80,736 million euros of income in the maximum continental competition of 2023-24, in the absence of other variables.
It has already raised 15.64 million euros for participation in the group stage; the 11.2 of his four wins in that round; the 1,860 result of their two ties; the 9.6 for competing in the round of 16; and the 31,836 awarded by UEFA for their current position in the ranking of the last ten campaigns of the 32 current participants in the Champions League. He is the fifth. Only Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern and City surpass it.