FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League Final - Real Madrid v Liverpool - NSC Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine - May 26, 2018 Real Madrid fan raises a flag inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Hannah McKay
MADRID (Reuters) - A court on Wednesday overturned a decision by EU authorities that Real Madrid received illegal state aid in 2011, putting one of Europe's richest clubs in line for a 20 million euro (£17.6 million) windfall.
In July 2016, the European Commission determined that Real received 18.4 million euros in illegal aid from Madrid City Hall in a transaction involving municipal land.
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