April 25, 2013, the official day of the match between Atletico Madrid and Benfica.

In Benfica’s home stadium, the Stadium of Light, the stands that can accommodate more than 60,000 people watching the game at the same time were already overcrowded early.

Benfica fans were very enthusiastic and they created a huge momentum in the stands.

The whole stadium seemed to be pulsing with their cheers.

When players from both sides entered the court, the momentum reached its peak.

Feeling the fanatical atmosphere at the scene, all the players couldn’t help but feel excited.

Soon, the opening ceremony was completed.

Benfica won the right to pick the edge, while Atletico Madrid won the right to kick off.

The referee blew the whistle and the game officially started.

From the beginning of the game, Benfica took advantage of their home court advantage and began to press Atletico Madrid with high pressure.

And after stealing the ball, a very threatening offense was formed.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Benfica’s No. 21 Matic stole the ball in the backcourt. Then a big kick kicked the ball towards the frontcourt.

Cardoso stretched his foot in the frontcourt to stop the ball, then dunked the ball, and got out of the way of Godin who came up to defend him.

Then he immediately dribbled the ball into the penalty area and shot directly before other Atletico defenders came up to intercept.

His shot was of high quality and the football went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Although Courtois struggled to make a save, he failed to make the save.

The football bypassed his fingertips, but hit the goal post and bounced out. He was hugged by Courtois.

This caused a sigh of relief in the stands.

Cardoso saw that his shot hit the post, and he could only shake his head helplessly.

However, in Kirk’s eyes, this scene made his eyes light up.

The mysterious power from the ancient East began to appear.

This was his first thought.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

This damn thing has mysterious power to protect the body. I’m so scared.

So after the game restarted, Cork let it go completely.

He frequently broke through in the frontcourt, putting great pressure on the Benfica players defending him.

And Benfica seems to be really cursed.

Throughout the first half, they actually created several scoring opportunities, but in the end they always fell short inexplicably.

Even once, their forward Salvio had already formed a one-way ball, but after entering the penalty area, he was inexplicably tripped, and then suddenly lost control of the football. Courtois was rushed over and directly Destroyed the ball with his big foot.

All these phenomena made Kirk more convinced that Lin Rui’s curse played a role.

So he played more and more relaxed.

Koke’s performance also affected other Atletico Madrid players.

Led by Koke, the entire Atletico Madrid team showed strong offensive power.

And this performance quickly bore fruit.

In the 28th minute of the game, Kok dribbled the ball forward from the right.

Benfica defender Luison, who was following him, blocked his inside line and prevented him from cutting inside.

However, Cork was very confident. Just when he was about to reach the bottom line, he suddenly braked suddenly and shook Louis loosely.

Then Koke made another light smash, passing Louison directly.

Koke, who passed Louison, immediately cut inside and headed towards the penalty area.

After attracting the attention of another Benfica defender and coming up to defend him, he sent a pass directly.

The football accurately passed through Benfica’s defense and reached the center of the penalty area.

There, Lin Rui, who was outflanking, arrived in time, faced the rolling football, and shot directly.

The football was like a cannonball, blasted directly into the upper right corner of the goal.

Benfica’s goalkeeper Arthur didn’t even have time to make a save, and the football hit the net behind him.

1 to 0!

Atletico Madrid took the lead on the road.

Seeing that their opponent scored first, the home team fans in the stands were disappointed and did not forget to express their anger by booing loudly.

It’s just that the Atletico Madrid players on the court certainly don’t care.

They celebrated the goal heartily.

The Benfica players looked unwilling.

Originally, they were the side that had the advantage and the initiative, but it was their opponent who scored first. This feeling is really hard to accept.

Soon, the game started again.

This time Benfica’s attack became even more intense.

They tried to equalize the score as quickly as possible.

It just backfired.

Although they worked hard, God just didn’t seem to be on their side today.

Every goal-scoring opportunity created ended up not being a goal for one reason or another.

In the 31st minute of the game, Cardoso shot a long shot from the top of the arc in the penalty area. The football missed the top of the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

In the 37th minute of the game, Matici sent a through ball, and Salvio succeeded in countering offside, resulting in a one-on-one goal.

It’s a pity that his last shot hit Courtois’ calf and bounced out.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Cardoso broke into the penalty area and then took a shot.

It’s just that his foot seemed to slip when he shot, causing the football he shot to deviate from the direction, scraping the outside of the goalpost and rolling out of the baseline.

Such continuous missed shots seriously affected Benfica’s morale.

So much so that in the rest of the first half, they were never able to create any threatening offense.

On the contrary, Atletico Madrid found several opportunities during defensive counterattacks.

If Benfica’s goalkeeper hadn’t performed well, the score might have become 2-0 or 3-0.

When the first half ended, the score was still 1-0.

This made Benfica fans very dissatisfied, and many even booed.

Benfica’s players also looked unhappy.

They were the dominant side in the first half, but fell behind in the final score.

Could it be that the damn curse has been advanced?

Thinking of the curse, every Benfica player felt a haze in his heart.

People are like this. They may not believe in those mysterious things at ordinary times, but once they encounter some abnormal things, they still inevitably become suspicious.

This is what Benfica players are like now.

If everything had gone well in the first half, no one would have thought of a curse.

But things are not going well now, so some people started to think about it.

Seeing the expressions on the players’ faces, Benfica’s head coach Jesus was extremely anxious.

He knew what his disciples were worried about.

In fact, he didn’t even have this idea in his heart.

It’s just that he is the head coach and can’t show it.

Otherwise it would really be doomed.


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