An evening to remember: Pio Esposito’s two goals and Frattesi’s goal ignited enthusiasm and gave Roberto Mancini’s Italy a prestigious success against Zidane’s France. And last night at “Meazza”, the national team also set a record: it was the “Azzurri’s” highest-grossing match ever, a full 2,378,042 euros, with 71,452 spectators present. This figure broke the previous record, although on that occasion the result was much more bitter, from the Italy-Norway match, also at “San Siro”, on 16 November last year. In that match, the “Azzurri” suffered a heavy defeat (1-4), while tickets sold for 69,020 spectators generated 1,931,364 euros.
“Meazza” also recorded the third, fourth, fifth and sixth highest receipts in the history of the Italian national team. This includes the Italy-Germany Nations League match, which brought in 1,683,000 euros from 60,334 spectators, despite the 1-2 defeat in the quarter-finals. Then comes the match against France on 17 November 2024, with 1,652,799 euros and 68,158 spectators, followed by the bitter 0-0 draw with Sweden on 13 November 2017, which eliminated the “Azzurri” from the 2018 World Cup, taking in 1,175,069 euros from 72,696 spectators. In sixth place is the Italy-Ukraine match, a Euro 2024 qualifier, where Italy won 2-1 in front of 58,386 spectators, with receipts of 1,169,194 euros.
The list of high receipts continues with the match at “Olimpico” on 12 September, which marked the start of Mancini’s national team’s Nations League campaign, generating 1,158,026 euros from 47,155 spectators. At a packed “San Nicola” in Bari (56,186 spectators), in the European Championship qualifier on 14 October 2023, the “Azzurri” beat Malta 4-0, taking in 1,010,000 euros. The top ten closes with the Nations League match that ended 0-0 between Italy and Portugal at “San Siro” (73,000 spectators) on 17 November 2018, with 1 million euros in receipts, and the World Cup qualifier at “Juventus Stadium” against Spain, which brought in 997,760 euros from 38,470 attendees and ended 1-1.
Source: La Gazzetta dello Sport