In the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Sheriff Tiraspol beat Real Madrid 1: 2 in an away game at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Yellow-and-Blacks` Dzhasurbek Yakhshiboev scored in the 25th minute, turning Cristiano`s ball home, while in the 90th minute, Sebastian Till put a spectacular period to the game. Spaniards scored their only goal from the penalty kick - Karim Benzema hit Giorgios Athanasiadis`s net in the 65th minute.
Real Madrid was in possession of the ball for two-thirds of the playing time and had a crushing advantage in shots on target and corners. But for Sheriff the history of the game of the first round of the Champions League group stage with Shakhtar was somewhat repeated - the Tiraspol team only hit Real Madrid`s net four times, but made the most out of their chances.
The real hero of the game was the Yellow-and-Blacks` goalkeeper Athanasiadis, who literally saved his own net many times.
After the victory over Real Madrid, Sheriff consolidated themselves in the first place in the Group D group stage of the Champions League. The situation now looks like this there: Sheriff - 6 points, Real - 3 points, Inter - 1 point, Shakhtar - 1 point.
On October 19, the Tiraspol team will go to Milan to play an away game with Inter, and in November, the home arena will host Inter first, and then Real.
