在世界体坛，长期无法夺冠的球队往往将失利归咎于超自然因素，一系列著名的“诅咒”故事因此流传至今1。本菲卡俱乐部的困境始于1962年主帅贝拉·古特曼辞职时的预言，他声称俱乐部在100年内无法再赢得欧洲奖杯，此后该队确实输掉了八次决赛1。阿根廷竞赛俱乐部（Racing Club）则因对手球迷在体育场内埋下七只黑猫并寻求女巫帮助，经历了长达35年的联赛冠军荒；直到2000年挖出最后一只猫并在教堂进行驱魔仪式后，球队才于2001年重夺冠军1。爱尔兰梅奥郡盖尔式足球队同样深受诅咒困扰，据称因1951年庆祝时打断葬礼而被神父诅咒，导致连续输掉13场决赛；随着最后一位亲历者米克·洛夫图斯在2023年去世，球队随后便在决赛中获胜1。
除了欧洲和南美的案例，其他大洲的球队也上演了类似的破除诅咒戏码。美国职业棒球大联盟的芝加哥小熊队因老板威廉·西亚尼斯带着宠物山羊观赛被拒而遭到诅咒，自1945年后长达71年未能进入世界大赛，直至2016年夺冠1。波士顿红袜队在1920年将传奇球星贝比·鲁斯出售给纽约洋基队后，陷入了86年的冠军荒，直到2004年才重新捧杯1。日本阪神虎队的“桑德斯上校诅咒”源于1985年球迷将KFC塑料雕像扔进运河以象征球员兰迪·巴斯，该雕像于2009年被发现，球队最终在2023年打破了持续38年的冠军荒1。澳大利亚袋鼠军团（Socceroos）的故事则与金钱纠纷有关，他们在1969年请巫医诅咒对手罗得西亚但未付款，导致后续世界杯预选赛失利；2004年主持人约翰·萨弗兰支付欠款并完成仪式后，球队成功晋级2006年世界杯1。
Sports history is often punctuated by long championship droughts that fans attribute to supernatural curses, ranging from exorcisms and buried animals to unpaid debts to witch doctors. 1 These anecdotes serve as cultural explanations for extended periods of failure among major teams, involving rituals that were believed to hinder success until specific conditions were met to break the spell. 1
One prominent example involves Benfica coach Béla Guttmann, who claimed in 1962 that the club would not win a European trophy for 100 years after his resignation; subsequently, they lost eight finals. 1 In Argentina, rival fans of Racing Club buried seven black cats in the stadium and consulted witches, leading to a 35-year league title drought that ended only after the last cat was dug up and an exorcism was performed in 2000, allowing the team to win again in 2001. 1 Similarly, the Mayo Gaelic football team suffered a streak of 13 final losses after a priest cursed them for interrupting a funeral celebration in 1951; the curse reportedly broke when the last witness, Mick Loftus, died in 2023, followed immediately by a victory in the next final. 1
In the United States, the Chicago Cubs endured a 71-year absence from the World Series following a curse placed by owner William Sianis after he was denied entry with his pet goat in 1945, though they finally won the championship in 2016. 1 The Boston Red Sox faced an 86-year title drought starting in 1920 after selling Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, which concluded with their 2004 victory. 1 Japanese team Hanshin Tigers experienced a 38-year slump linked to the "Colonel Sanders Curse," where fans threw a KFC statue into a canal in 1985 to represent player Randy Bass; the statue was found in 2009, and the team won the championship in 2023. 1 Meanwhile, the Australian Socceroos failed to qualify for several World Cups after allegedly cursing Rhodesia in 1969 without paying the witch doctor; host John Safran paid the debt and completed the ritual in 2004, helping the team reach the 2006 tournament. 1
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