0-0 after extra-time: Sevilla win 4-2 on pensBela Guttmann's curse struck again. Benfica battered Sevilla for the majority of the 120 minutes but they could not score and after Oscar Cardozo and Rodrigo had their penalties saved, Sevilla won their third Europa League final in eight seasons and Benfica's run without a European trophy stretched to 52 years.
The story has it that Guttmann, the great Hungarian coach, cursed the club in 1962 when, having led the club to a second successive European Cup, he was denied a bonus by the board. He resigned and, it is said, as he stormed out of his meeting with directors, vowed the club would not win another European title in 100 years. Benfica have played in eight finals since and lost them all.
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The story has it that Guttmann, the great Hungarian coach, cursed the club in 1962 when, having led the club to a second successive European Cup, he was denied a bonus by the board. He resigned and, it is said, as he stormed out of his meeting with directors, vowed the club would not win another European title in 100 years. Benfica have played in eight finals since and lost them all.
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