Yuri Vernidub has assembled a champion team. Players who do not grab stars from the sky have created not just a sensation, but super! sensation in the Champions League 2021/2022. After Shakhtar, they knocked out Real Madrid away at the Santiago Bernabeu. After the draw for the group stage, all experts and fans said that the Pridnestrovian club would not see even one point. But the Sheriff players and Yuriy Vernidub have a different point of view.

How Sheriff beat Real

As you might expect, Real Madrid started the match very actively. They seized the initiative. All lines played only for the attack. But, unfortunately for the Madrid fans, the guests score at the 25th minute.

Defender Cristiano made an amazing leap. He passed along the left flank and hung directly on the head of the Uzbek striker Jasurbek Yakhshiboev. Young talent unmistakably hits his head from the goalkeeper's line. Thibaut Courtois takes the ball off the net.

Interestingly, Yakhshiboev played for one of the student teams in Belarus last season. Now he is not only playing on loan to Sheriff, but also scoring in the group stage of the Champions League to Real Madrid.

Real Madrid could not only not lose, but at least play a draw. On the 65th minute, “Sheriff” players foul on Junior. L. Visser pointed to the 11-meter point. Karim Benzema came up to the ball. He confidently scores into the top corner. Although, Athanasiadis had a chance to pull this blow.

The 89th minute was decisive. F. Costanza throws the ball out. Traore clings, pushes the defenders and gives them back to Thiel. Sebastian shoots straight into the nine from a long distance. Courtois takes the ball off the net a second time. Yes, the same Til, who played for Tambov last season, buries Real on his own field.

It is interesting to look at the statistics. The players of the Madrid club dealt 31 shots towards the opponent's goal. “Sheriff” answered only 4 times. The Spaniards have shot 11 times on target. Yuri Vernidub's players - 3. At the same time, they managed to score 2 goals!

Vernidub's opinion

The head coach of "Sheriff" noted that there were 4 players with a Moldovan passport in the application for the match. They did not enter the field. Only legionnaires played. Yuri pointed out that he moved to work for Sheriff only when the limit on foreign players was canceled. Thanks to this, he managed to create a combat-ready team, which occupies the first line in the group with Real, Inter and Shakhtar.

Public reaction

Fans and specialists are in shock. They still cannot believe that the Moldavian team was able not only to break into the group stage, but also to go in first place. The fans remembered all the famous on-screen sheriffs. This is the cartoon Sheriff Woody and D. Stevens (played by Chuck Norris).

The fans created a picture where Vernidub, in the guise of death with a scythe, walks, harvests. That is, he buries Shaher, Real and knocks on the door to Inter. Say, the Italians will be next. They all say that you shouldn't meet such tough guys as the Sheriff players on the pitch. We are looking forward to a confident game against the Italians. The debut of Moldovan clubs in the Champions League was a success. Do you think Sheriff will be able to score three points in the match against Inter?