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Speaking of Benfica, we have to mention a very interesting story about their team.

Of course, this is a fun story for others, but for the people of Benfica, it is a headache for them.

This thing is the legendary "Guttman" curse.

Guttman is a Hungarian head coach. It was he who led Benfica to win the European Cup for two consecutive years in 1961 and 1962.

After leading the team to successfully defend the title in 1962, Guttman asked the board of directors of Benfica for a salary increase.

Unexpectedly, it was ruthlessly rejected by the stingy board of directors.

This made Guttman quite dissatisfied.

So when he left the team, he cursed: "Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever win a European Cup."

No one expected that Guttmann's venting would come true.

Since then, Benfica has reached the Champions League final five times and the UEFA Cup final once, but all failed.

In the 1960s, Benfica reached the Champions League final five times. The first two times were won consecutively under Guttmann's leadership, and the next three times were made possible by AC Milan, the "Great International Era" and Manchester United 10 years after the Munich air crash.

Since then, Benfica has also reached the Champions League final in the 1987-88 season and the 1989-1990 season.

But they still lost all of them.

The two champions were PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan.

It is worth mentioning that in the 1990 Champions League final, Benfica legendary star Eusebio went to Gutmann's grave to pray before the game, but Benfica still lost to the Rossoneri 0-1.

In addition, Benfica also reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1983, but eventually lost to Anderlecht 1-2.

In addition to these, only Lin Rui knew that Benfica would meet Chelsea in the UEFA Cup final this season, and Benfica lost to Chelsea 1-2 and missed the championship again.

In the 13-14 season after that, Benfica once again reached the final of the UEFA Cup, but this time they still failed to win the championship. They missed two consecutive penalties in the penalty shootout, and were overturned by Sevilla with a score of 2-4.

Until 2023 before Lin Rui traveled through time, Benfica still failed to break the "Gutmann" curse.

And it has been 60 years since Gutmann issued the curse.

And judging from this situation, this curse will continue.

I just don't know if the Benfica directors who rejected Guttmann's salary increase request would regret it if they knew about the situation later?

And now this cursed team has been met by Atletico Madrid.

This made the whole Atletico Madrid team shout bad luck.

Because this is the semi-finals, Benfica was not cursed in the semi-finals.

And the opponent's semi-final results have always been good.

Because if there is really a curse, then letting the opponent enter the finals, giving them hope, and then shattering this hope, this is in line with the purpose of the curse.

If this is the case, then Benfica's opponent in the semi-finals is more dangerous.

So when the whole Atletico Madrid team knew that their semi-final opponent was Benfica, they all looked solemn.

"Why don't we meet Benfica again in the final? If we meet them in the final, we don't have to worry at all. Maybe we can win even with the substitute lineup."

Koke, who lives in the same room with Lin Rui, complained to Lin Rui during the break.

Lin Rui could only smile.

He didn't really believe in these supernatural things.

The team's performance ultimately depends on strength.

It's just that in this atmosphere, the players' mentality will inevitably be affected.

If the game goes well, it's fine. If the game falls into a passive situation, the players are likely to lose their fighting spirit because of fatalism.

If that happens, it will be troublesome.

Thinking of this situation, Lin Rui couldn't help but worry.

Then he turned his eyes and said to Koke: "Don't worry, Koke, I have arranged Benfica with our ancient oriental secrets, so don't worry."

Hearing Lin Rui's words, Koke

Ke jumped up from the bed with a start, looked at Lin Rui with eyes wide open and said: "Lin, are you serious? Is there really an oriental secret technique?"

Ke Ke was a little skeptical.

"Ke Ke, you have to believe me, in our country, there are many secrets that are not passed on. It is not something that you foreigners can understand."

Lin Rui continued to fool around.

"Then can you show me a demonstration? I am very interested in this." Ke Ke said expectantly.

"This..." Lin Rui was a little speechless for a while.

"What? Can't demonstrate it? Or are you kidding me?" Ke Ke's face was full of doubts.

"That's not the case, but after I show you, you are not allowed to mention it to others."

"Don't worry, I understand. I promise not to tell anyone. Show it to me quickly." Ke Ke swore to the sky.

After getting Ke Ke's guarantee, Lin Rui had no choice but to get off the bed.

He walked to the middle of the room and stood still, then closed his eyes, raised his right hand, closed his middle finger and ring finger, and stretched out the other three fingers, forming a hand seal, and then began to chant.

"Heaven and earth, Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, please show your spirit quickly. Bless me Atletico Madrid to win against Benfica."

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Lin Rui repeated it three times, then opened his eyes and stopped his gestures.

After a while, he looked at Koke who was confused next to him and said, "Okay!"

Koke woke up from his dream at this time. He grabbed Lin Rui's sleeve excitedly and said, "Lin, what did you say just now? Is it a spell?"

Lin Rui just chanted in Chinese, so Koke thought it was a mysterious spell.

Lin Rui was too lazy to explain, and nodded and said, "Yes, it is a spell. I have communicated with the gods of our China, and they will bless us."

"Cool! Lin, can you teach me this spell? It sounds powerful." Cork's eyes were full of expectations.

But Lin Rui shook his head and refused: "No, we only pass it on to insiders. And it's useless for you, a foreigner, to learn our Chinese spells. Our gods don't bless foreigners."

Lin Rui said seriously.

"Oh, that's a pity!" Cork's eyes could not hide the disappointment.

It seems that he really wants to learn.

But soon, Cork became excited again.

"With the blessing of the spell, we don't have to be afraid of Benfica anymore."