"In 100 years from now, Benfica will not want to win a european championship again!"
In the summer of 1962, Hungary's veteran Coach Gutmann asked for a salary increase after leading Benfica to defend the Champions League, but Benfica's top brass ruthlessly refused. Gutmann angrily left the team, leaving behind this magical curse that shook the football world.
How powerful is this mysterious curse? In the decades since, The Benfica first team has reached the Champions League and Europa League finals eight times, never winning another European title.
Even the youth team has been "spell-cast sealed", and before last night, Benfica U19 team had reached the youth Champions League final three times, all of which were relegated to the second place.
Until last night, Benfica U19, who reached the youth Champions League final for the fourth time, swept Red Bull Salzburg with a 6-0 score to win the youth Champions League for the first time. After the first world war, Gutmann's curse of the century was initially unsealed.
When Brother Meow read the materials and looked back at history, he still felt a little trembling. I feel the need to restore this amazing story, it's incredible.
We first pull back the timeline back to 1958, when Hungarian coach Gutmann came to Porto and led Porto to a portuguese top flight in 1958-59. In the summer of 1959, Gutmann moved to Benfica and won two more league titles and one Portuguese Cup.
The more important achievement was the Champions League, where benfica beat Barca 3-2 in the 1960–61 Champions League final to win their first Champions League title in all time, and a year later beat Real Madrid 5-3 in the final to win the Champions League. Gutman's coaching reached its peak, and it was also the most successful period in Benfica's history.
After the 1962 Champions League final, Gutman proposed a salary increase to Benfica's board, but was rejected by the top and received a reply that he was not satisfied and could leave. An angry Gutman believes that his contributions have not been respected, in fact, in addition to leading the team to win the championship, Gutman is also the first coach in football history to adopt a "4-2-4" formation, which has a profound impact on the development of football.
Gutman sadly decided to leave, and before leaving the team, Gutman said the incantation mentioned in the opening chapter of The Meowth: "Benfica will not win the European championship in 100 years!" （Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever win a European Cup）。 ”
As a result, the following season, in 1962-63, Benfica reached the Champions League final, losing 1-2 to AC Milan, and in the 1964-65 season, Benfica reached the Champions League final again, losing 0-1 to Inter.
In the 1967–68 season, Benfica lost 4-1 to Manchester United in extra time in the Champions League final, giving the Red Devils their first title in history.
In the 1987–88 season, Benfica returned to the Champions League final after many years, losing to Eindhoven on penalties.
In the 1989–90 season, Benfica and AC Milan met in the final in Vienna. Benfica legend Eusebio represented the club in prayer at the tomb of mentor Gutmann before the game, hoping to break the curse, but Benfica still lost 1-0 to Milan.
The same is true of the Europa League (UEFA Cup) final, where Benfica reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1982–83 and lost 2-1 to Anderlecht, Belgium, in two legs, finishing second.
After entering the 21st century, in the 2012-13 season, Benfica and Chelsea met in the Europa League final, and were eliminated by Ivanovic in the last minute, losing the title 1-2. In the 2013-14 season, Benfica reached the final again to compete with Sevilla for the title, 0-0 in regular time, and the penalty shootout was cut down by the allies.
For more than half a century, the Benfica first team has reached the Champions League or Europa League final eight times, which cannot be said to be outstanding, but the championship is 0, and all of them have returned.
Gutman's curse even spread to the youth team. In the 2013-14 season, the 2016-17 season and the 2019-20 season, Benfica U19 reached the youth Champions League final three times in exchange for three runners-up.
Everyone seems to believe gutman's curse, benfica's next European champion, will it really have to wait until 2062?
However, this year's Youth Champions League Benfica U19 is too dazzling, they have been 4-0 Barça U19, 4-0 Bayern U19, 1/4 final 4-0 Portugal Sports U19, almost no resistance.
Facing Red Bull Salzburg 5-0 at Atletico in the semi-finals, Henrik Araujo scored a hat-trick and Benfica U19 won 6-0 to win the Youth Champions League for the first time.
1963-2020, remember Benfica's tragic final 11 consecutive ya -
1962–63 Champions League final Benfica 1-2 AC Milan
1964-65 Champions League final Benfica 0-1 Inter Milan
1967-68 Champions League final Benfica 1-4 Manchester United
1982–83 League Cup final Benfica 1-2 (0-1, 1-1) Anderlecht
1987-88 Champions League final Benfica 0-0 (penalty 5-6) Eindhoven
1989–90 Champions League final Benfica 0-1 AC Milan
2012-13 Europa League final Benfica 1-2 Chelsea
2013-14 Europa League final Benfica 0-0 (penalty 2-4) Sevilla
2013-14 Youth Champions League Final Benfica 0-3 Barca
2016-17 Junior Champions League Final Benfica 1-2 Salzburg
2019-20 Junior Champions League Final Benfica 2-3 Real Madrid
The youth team broke the curse, benfica first team, when can we win the European championship again, and really break the curse of Gutmann?