 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pemwaka mina, Benfica yakaratidza kuti yakagadzirira kunetsa nokuda kweEuropean Cup muna 198788. Mushure mekubvisa zvikwata zvakaita seAnderlecht neSteaua București, vakasvika pakupedzisira kwavo kwechitanhatu mumakwikwi, kwavakasangana nePSV mumutambo wakatambirwa kuStuttgarts Neckarstadion musi wa25 Chivabvu 1988. Mushure mokunge pasina zvibodzwa zvakagadziriswa pakupera kwenguva yakawedzerwa, mutambo wakasarudzwa nekupfura kwechirango. The Dutch divi fielding vashanu Netherlands National chikwata vatambi kuti aizopfuurira kukunda UEFA Euro 1988 mwedzi gare gare vatendeuka zvose zvavo chirango zvibhakera, nepo António Veloso akabvumira muchengeti Hans Van Breukelen kudzivirira chirango chake chibhakera, uye akavimbisa Benfica wechina akatevedzana European Cup yokupedzisira kurasikirwa. Benfica haana kumirira kwenguva refu kuti aite chimwe chiitiko mumutambo wekuratidzira weEuropean Cup, sezvo makore maviri gare gare uye nemaneja weSweden Eriksson zvakare ari kutungamira timu inosanganisira vatambi vepakati veBrazil Ricardo Gomes naAldair, pamwe chete nepakati Valdo naJonas Thern, vakabvisa Marseille nechinangwa chakashata chakabviswa kubva kuVata kuti vasvike pakupedzisira kwavo kwechinomwe kweEuropean Cup. Pamberi pomugumoEusébio akashanyira guva raBéla Guttmann, achikumbira ruregerero achitarisira kupedza kutukwa. Musi wa 23 Chivabvu 1990, Benfica yakatarisana nevatambi veMilan kuPraterstadion yeVienna uye vakatadza kudzivirira Frank Rijkaard kurova zvibodzwa zvekukunda uye kupa divi reItaly zita ravo rechina uye rechipiri rakateedzana reEuropean Cup. 