Sheriffs shoot down the Merengues

Sheriffs shoot down the Merengues
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema rushes to restart after scoring last night in their tie against Sheriff Tiraspol

 

A 90th min stunnning Sebastian Thil volley gave visiting team minnows Sheriff a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the UCL late last night extendingtheir unbeaten run to 17 games.

David vs Goliath encounter kicked off yesterday as Moldovan goants faced Spanish powerhouse. The underdogs opened the scoring in the 25th min after a Jasur Jakhshibaev brilliant counter attack header. 

The home team had to wait till later on and in the 65th min Karim Benzema converted a Penalty Kick to level it up for the Merengues.

Sheriff scored a stunner in stoppage time as Thil struck a superb volley to silence the Bernabèu and in the process inflicting the Merengues their first defeat of the season.

The result confirms their opening fixture against Shaktar Donetsk was no fluke and the Moldovian team currently sits top of Group D with 6 points, extending their unbeaten run in Europe to 10 games. Madrid on the other hand sit second with 3 points as Inter are third with a solitary point after drawing earlier with Shaktar.