In the first appearance of the Moldovan team in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, Sheriff Tiraspol achieved a heavy-caliber surprise, with a 2-0 victory over its guest Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine on Wednesday in the first round, which witnessed the victory of Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at its host Besiktas Turkish.
Malian Adama Traore opened the scoring for Sherif Tiraspol with a superb goal in the 16th minute, before his Guinean colleague Momo Yasani added the second goal in the 62nd minute, to mark the start of the Moldovan team's career, which played the first match in its history in the group stage of the Champions League, in the best way.
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Thus, Sheriff Tiraspol scored the first three points in his career in the fourth group, which also includes the Italian teams Inter Milan and Real Madrid, who will meet later today at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy in the same round, while Shakhtar remained without points. .
Haaland continues to shine
Borussia Dortmund opened its campaign in the third group stage of the group stage of the European Champions, with a 2-1 victory over its Turkish host, Besiktas.
The precious victory is due to the brilliance of the promising English star Judy Bellingham, after he opened the scoring for Dortmund in the 20th minute, before making the second goal for the other brilliant Norwegian Erling Haaland in the third minute of the calculated time instead of lost for the first half, which did not succeed as attempts to stop the danger he formed On the Turkish goal.
🇳🇴 Haaland, a "scoring machine", does not stop!
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On the other hand, Besiktas' only goal came in the fourth minute of the second half, through Spain's Francisco Montero.
Thus, Dortmund, who won the title in 1997, won their first three points in the group, which also includes the Portuguese teams, Sporting Lisbon and Ajax Amsterdam, who meet later today in the Portuguese capital Lisbon in the same round, while Besiktas remained without points.