Ligue 1 side AS Monaco announced that it will participate in this year's Copa EuroAmericana, which will take place after the World Cup and before the start of the '14-15 club season. AS Monaco will play Colombian sides Atlético Junior and Atlético Nacional. The Ligue 1 side will face Atlético Junior in Barranquilla, Colombia on July 20 and will travel to Miami to play Atlético Nacional on July 23. La Liga side Atlético Madrid and Serie A side Fiorentina will also represent Europe in the competition, which debuted in '13 (EFE, 4/28). ... Real Madrid Dir General José Ángel Sánchez and club execs agreed before Tuesday's Champions League semifinal return leg against Bayern Munich that Real's players will each receive a bonus of €800,000 ($1.1M) if the club completes a treble -- which would include winning the Champions League and La Liga, as Real already won this year's Copa del Rey. Real defeated Bayern 4-0 on Tuesday to advance to the Champions League final. Winning the Champions League will mean each player receives €400,000 ($552,300), while the bonus for winning La Liga will be €300,000 ($414,200). These rewards, though, "are not bigger" than the €1M ($1.4M) bonuses PSG players were offered "in case they would have won the Champions League" (EL CONFIDENCIAL, 4/29). ... A two-member delegation from the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) is in Qatar to meet and forge closer bonds with the Qatar FA "and to discuss new ways in which the two organizations can collaborate and learn from each other." The group "discussed footballing matters and ways in which a memorandum of understanding can be signed and implemented between the two organizations" (THE PENINSULA, 4/29). ... Inter Milan has learned it will have to play its next two home Serie A matches "in front of a closed Curva Nord." The decision comes after the "majority" of Nerazzurri fans sitting in that section of San Siro were judged to have sung "discriminatory chants." The club "has also been fined" €50,000 ($69,000) (FOOTBALL ITALIA, 4/29).
