Champions League: Gustavo Dulanto, the Peruvian Sheriff who caught all the stars of Real Madrid | CHRONICLE

On December 24 of last year, Gustavo Adolfo Dulanto Sanguinetti He decided to advance his Christmas present. Near the edge of a field in his neighborhood in Mangomarca, the defender and second captain of the Sheriff Tiraspol He closed his eyes and made a wish: he teleported in his thoughts to another field, the then unreachable Santiago Bernabéu. That illusion shared on their social networks, landed in the happiest reality. Dulanto was a starter in the Moldovan champion’s stunning victory over Real Madrid. The most unexpected joy of this Champions League was visiting, in the palace of the royal Spanish team. Yes, Gustavo, you paraded triumphantly on the green carpet at the Bernabéu. You arrived, you saw and you won.

With order, wear and confidence, the Sheriff was not only able to sustain the merengue barrage, but also had time and space for two seismic hits from the most remote areas of soccer. The Moldovan cadre is the leader of Group D of the Champions League thanks to goals from a player from Uzbekistan and another from Luxembourg.

In minutes with Madrid’s overwhelming possession of the ball, Jasurbek Yakhshiboev scored the Sheriff’s first goal in the 25th minute. A header that confirmed all the work of this Tiraspol team from the collective point of view.

Once again, the Sheriff was playing to the limit, with Dulanto increasingly present in the aerial punts. Real Madrid’s impatience turned into a distraction. The players of the Spanish mega-champion focused only on the rival goal and forgot their own. That’s why, at 89 ‘, Sebastien Thill found the ball after a side. With little mark, and on the edge of the area, with a single foot strike he signed the passport to take off into the clouds of the most anticipated victory. Sheriff caught all the stars of Real Madrid. The sky of football today is theirs.

Sheriff captures it all

It is true that Sheriff Tiraspol appears as the hurricane that swept all the bookmakers, on this second day of the group stage of the Champions League. But unlike a natural accident, the Moldovan club (although this name deserves an extra geopolitical explanation) did warn of its devastating arrival. Qualified from the first preliminary round of the Champions League. He beat clubs from Albania, Armenia, the former champion of this Red Star tournament and the always competitive Dinamo from Zagreb.

The Sheriff, within his long list of curiosities, has a conflict of identity when registering his participation in this Champions League. Appears as champion of Moldova, but plays at home in Tiraspol, the capital of the self-proclaimed Transnistria, a region on the border between Moldova and Ukraine, which is reluctant to belong to either of these two countries.

The First Sheriff Officers, Former KGB Agents, chose to compete in Moldova where they have broken a record of titles obtained: 19 in the last 20 seasons. “Namukesei”, Dulanto jokingly told Tiraspol, when he took the first photos in his peculiar club. As far away as that planet from the Dragon Ball anime. A corner, with heritage from the former Soviet Union, which at times seems to have stopped in time.

From Tiraspol to the whole world

After your local domain, you now begin to write your international legacy. It has shown that it is far from being a weak team and that it is passing through the Champions League. The Sheriff competes in every game, has a “rough” defense as defined in the ESPN broadcast and has also added pure sprinters for the wings and attack. He knows how to resist zero and has ideas in each counterattack.

This is how Madrid suffered, who found spaces on the wings and then crashed into the wall in the middle, with the Peruvian.And when they managed to finish off, the Greek goalkeeper Athanasiadis was there, convinced that in each save he was going to win votes to be the final MVP. The Dulanto thing is not a patriotic tribute. The prestigious Sofascore portal has given it a score of 7.3. Without being showy, he complied with no margin for error.

Six points out of six this unlikely Sheriff has. The absolute leader in Group D, five points ahead of Inter, who could only draw 0-0 with Shakhtar Donetsk. The Italian champion will be the next rival (on October 19) of this executioner from Tiraspol.

The Sheriff has as a symbol that metallic star that we saw in the beloved western movies. As in those tapes, Dulanto’s team has its aim intact. He wears black, yet he does not know mourning. The Sheriff in this Champions League celebrates life. His long life.