After the 1962 European Cup Final, Guttmann reportedly approached the Benfica board of directors and asked for a modest pay rise. However, despite the success he had brought the club, he was turned down. On leaving Benfica, he allegedly cursed the club declaring, "Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever be European champions again". Later, on 6 April 1963, in an interview to "A Bola", he stated, "Benfica, at this moment, are well served and do not need me. They will win the Campeonato Nacional and will be champions of Europe again." Benfica have gone on to lose eight European finals (1963, 1965, 1968, 1983, 1988, 1990, 2013, and 2014). Before the 1990 final, played in Vienna (city where Guttmann was buried), Eusébio prayed at his grave and askedto no availfor the curse to be broken.