The Madrid giant lost to inexperienced Moldovan club Tiraspol in the 2e Champions League day. “The biggest surprise in the history of the Champions League? “Asks the sports press in Spain on Wednesday.
«A crash and a wave“For Marca,”The Sheriff imposes his law“For AS,”Arrested by the Sheriff»Pour Mundo Deportivo,«Real falls against the modest Sheriff” (The country), “Madrid wrecked at the Bernabeu against the weak Sheriff” (The world), “the Sheriff knocks out Real” (Sport). The Unes of the Spanish press are largely devoted, this Wednesday, to the thunderclap of the 2e Champions League day. The modest Moldovan team of Sheriff Tiraspol discover the most prestigious of the European Cups and, after an initial victory at home (2-0 against Chakhtior Donetsk), they turned their first trip into a night of magic. By defeating Real Madrid and its stars who found their Santiago Bernabeu stadium in the European Cup (1-2). “Against all odds, the Madrilenians, who barely a week ago were on the verge of reigning in world football, were crushed by the little thumbs of Moldova. The last strike of Sebastien Thill (the Luxembourg midfielder in the 90 ‘) in the skylight put an end to the hopes of a Madrid team who had equalized on an invented penalty and who failed to convert their constant chances.»
Since Leicester, in 2016-2017, no neophyte had managed to make such a start in the Champions League. The “Sheriff” moved to the head of group D. And reminds that nothing will ever replace the breath of the unprecedented, that a closed League must remain stuck in the boxes. “The Sheriff rules: the biggest surprise in the history of the Champions League? The Sheriff is the 66th club in the UEFA rankings with a coefficient of 19,500 points, while Real Madrid are sixth with 100,000 points. As for the Moldovan league, in which the Transnistrian team compete, it occupies 33rd place in the UEFA rankings out of the 55 in the European Football Association.», Emphasizes Marca.
Tiraspol leaves Real (Carlo Ancelotti’s first defeat) to his questions and his flagrant lack of realism (31 shots). The man of the match was goalkeeper Georgios Athanasiadis (10 saves), wall of the “historical surprise“, As summarized by AS”Vinicius and Benzema excelled again, but neither the fervor of the others nor the quadruple replacement of Ancelotti were enough»
«Sheriff, the Moldovan champion went from being the group’s Cinderella to being the only leader of the group after the second day of the group stage. Sheriff, a neat team on defense and quick on the counterattack, stormed the Bernabeu. The Sheriff made history at the Bernabeu», Concludes Mundo Deportivo.
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