By: EFE
By: EFE
A debutant in the Champions League as the Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova delivered a reality check to Real Madrid , imposing the law of a modest who conquered the Santiago Bernabéu in an unforgettable chapter of its history, bringing out Madrid’s defensive deficiencies and its lack of punch, with 31 shots for a single penalty goal.
The return of the ‘Champions’ to the Santiago Bernabéu one year and seven months later left an unexpected script in which a placid duel was expected for the white team.
The Sheriff being a new team, and which in turn is part of the national team of a State that does not legally exist, could contain and subdue the Spanish team.
The Real Madrid suffered one of those defeats so painful and blushing that it becomes a warning in their favorite competition. Victim of his lack of forcefulness in both areas, with an alarming defensive weakness while Carlo Ancelotti still has problems on the wings. Vinicius’s dribbling recital does not work if it is not accompanied by a goal.
Squad values:
▪ Real Madrid: 793. 5 million euros.
▪ Sheriff Tiraspol: 12. 4 million euros.And yes, it was won by the Transnistrian team competing in Moldova.
In football there is NOTHING written.
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The Sheriff’s fledgling invited us to dream of goals in a perfect setting for the return of the unsettling image of Eden Hazard . With freedom of movement to display his football, but, in turn, a determining factor in Ancelotti’s drawing. He gave a break to Luka Modric waiting for a rival locked in his field that already beat Shakhtar with just a 27 Percentage of possession. Real Madrid longed for the vision of the Croatian in the pass between the lines , no matter how much dynamism Camavinga and the vigorous Fede Valverde put into him.
With the control of the ball, the attack was overturned by the flank of Vinicius who returned to that image desperate mistake in the definition, where he had managed to pause. He lost in feints to waste the first clear of a Real Madrid that did not finish plays. It took 18 minutes to intervene the goalkeeper Athanasiadis, to a foul on his stick by Benzema that allowed him to adorn himself in an unforgettable night.
The appointment was historic for the modest Sheriff, who endured the Madrid starts with integrity, stopped Hazard’s will with lack and when no news was expected offensives of his, demonstrated the reasons for his phase prior to the 25 minutes. The center from the left, where Nacho and Ancelotti returned has the main problematic focus to be solved, Yakhshiboev finished him off at will. His head, behind Alaba’s back and without feeling pressure from the side Miguel, despaired Courtois.
Real Madrid does not find a good defensive balance even when it throws the pressure line up and lock up his rival. He was condemned by errors of concentration that cost expensive. He had to go back and Hazard appeared, with very high gestures quality to turn into applause the slight start of whistles when Courtois was about to give the second away.
A bad clearance in an exit left the ball to Castañeda who looked for the scorer Yakhshibóev so that his auction caressed the post. With the scare in the body, only the character associated with vertigo could lift the game. Technical superiority had to be demonstrated in the last meters where Real Madrid unexpectedly got stuck.
The white push locked up the Sheriff, sheltered in two lines close together trying to eliminate spaces. Hazard found them to sign his best minutes of the season but without taking the definitive step that is expected of him in the last meters. With Valverde winning all the duels but Vinicius forgiving. Madrid’s attempts were destroyed by Athanasiadis, who took two from Hazard and a shot from Casemiro.
LATIN AMERICAN HEROES 🙌🏻
Sheriff Tiraspol beat Real Madrid at the Bernabéu. And he did it with a South American presence: captain Castañeda 🇨🇴 central Arboleda 🇨🇴 and Dulanto 🇵🇪 full-back Cristiano 🇧🇷 and Constanza 🇧🇷 and forward Bruno 🇧🇷. pic.twitter.com/ZpDjPvBVbU
– Pablo Giralt (@giraltpablo) September 28, 2021
The witness went from Hazard to Vinicius in the second act, with the field open by Ancelotti for the Brazilian to unbalance based on speed. Each snatch made the Sheriff tremble. Every gesture to the stands lit up the Bernabéu. The Sheriff held the pulse for the firmness of his doorman. He flew to prevent the joy that Hazard wanted.
Vinicius’s back assumed the weight of the white team. All responsibility to your ability in the one on one. As inspired as he was misguided when he looked at the door. Thus he was knocked down with a slight touch from behind when he received a wall from Benzema without the referee estimating a penalty and on the second, with a magical dribble between two rivals, the VAR reported the error of interpretation to the referee. Benzema placed in a squad the goal with which he surpassed the legend Raúl.
With 25 minutes ahead Ancelotti changed into block. Up to four players to the field, with the return of Toni Kroos without competitive rhythm, to put the finishing touch to the comeback. No attacks from the Sheriff were expected so he placed Valverde and Camavinga on the sides.
More wood for a designated demarcation because between failed arrivals, shots to nothing and a save with the face of Athanasiadis to Modric, Bruno was annulled the second for offside and in the minute 90 Thill signed the goal of his life with a whip to a squad that returns Real Madrid to its recent European reality .
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