1962, Benfica coach guttmann, who just led the team to beat Real Madrid to defend the Champions League, was refused a salary increase. When the Hungarians left the team, they cursed: "Benfica 100 won't win the Champions League!"
Unexpectedly, this sentence has influenced Benfica for as many as 52 years, in which the team entered the Champions League finals five times and lost to AC Milan three times, becoming Inter Milan in the era of big international players and Manchester United who experienced the rebirth of Munich air crash. 1990 In the final of the Champions League, Benfica legend Yoo Sebbio came to guttmann's grave to pray, but Benfica still failed to win a Champions League title. In the Europa League final against Chelsea in 20 13 season, Benfica equalized the score after Torres scored the first goal. Seeing that the game is about to enter the overtime stage, Ivanovic's magic fell from the sky to complete the lore, which made Benfica hate it again.
/kloc-In the Europa League final in the early morning of May, Benfica suspended Enzo Perez, malkovich and Salvio, and Soleimani was injured shortly after the opening. After 120 minutes, Cardoso and Rodrigo missed the penalty one after another. This time, Benfica fell like 26 years ago. At the thought of breaking the guttmann curse, Benfica had to wait for the next time.
Benfica's last eight European finals:
1962-63 season Champions League final Benfica 1-2 AC Milan
1964-65 season Champions League final Benfica 0- 1 Inter Milan
1967-68 season Champions League final Benfica 1-4 Manchester United
1982-83 season UEFA Cup (predecessor of UEFA Cup) final Benfica 1-2 (0- 1, 1- 1) Andre Lecht.
1987-88 season Champions League final Benfica 0-0 (penalty 5-6) Eindhoven
1989-90 season Champions League final Benfica 0- 1 AC Milan
20 12- 13 season Europa League final Benfica 1-2 Chelsea
20 13- 14 season Europa League final Benfica 0-0 (penalty 2-4) Seville