Euro success brings in euros aplenty for Greek team
First Published: Jun 23, 2004
Greece's players pose before their Euro 2004 match against Russia. Greece's national football team will receive a one-million euro bonus for reaching the European championships' quarter-finals, the Greek government said.
Greece's national football team will receive a one-million euro bonus for reaching the European championships' quarter-finals, the Greek government said.
The bonus, announced by Greek sports minister Yiorgos Orfanos, comes on top of a reward over a total two million euros (2.42 million dollars) already offered by the Greek Football Federation EPO.
Greece, the tournament's surprise package, qualified for the quarter-finals of a major international championship's for the first time in their history after beating hosts Portugal 2-1 and a 1-1 draw with Spain.
Football-crazed Greece hosts the August 13-29 Athens Olympics. The team's good showing in Portugal is considered as a good omen for the staging of the Games.
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