Real Madrid vs. Sheriff: Gustavo Dulanto’s team and the feat that a small club never achieved

The Sheriff Tiraspol accomplished a real feat. One that only passed through the dream of a team representing Moldova. And to make this story more beautiful, a Peruvian, Gustavo Dulanto, was one of the protagonists. The small club did what no other club of the same level could: lay down on the Real Madrid in the group stage of the Champions League at the Santiago Bernabéu. It was a 2-1 shouted by much of the world has taken a liking to the Moldovans.

The Sheriff Tiraspol was not the only rare rival faced by the Real Madrid in the Champions League. In fact, since the game is played Champions League (1992-93), the Madrid team already played with little-known teams in the group stage.

“We are not planning to go to Madrid and see what happens, we are going to Madrid to get the three points. I would have a very losing mentality if I said that we are going for a draw, we have talked about it with my teammates and we are going for everything. We have good players, obviously we are not Real Madrid, but we have our weapons and for something we are in the Champions League ”, Gustavo Dulanto told RPP in the preview of Real Madrid vs. Sheriff Tiraspol.

Many will say that the Shakhtar Donetsk did it last season beating 3-2 to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. However, the Ukrainian team is a regular participant in the Champions League. In that tournament he qualified directly without having to go through the preliminary phase and was located in pot 2 of the draw.

The Champions League is the favorite tournament of the Real Madrid its 13 titles reflect it. The Real Madrid vs. Sheriff Tiraspol it was another David vs. Goliath in this tournament where the strongest had always won at home. However, this time it was not.

This Real Madrid is not the one from a few years ago. He no longer has a large figure like Cristiano Ronaldo. However, he has formed a team with young players and an experienced base who won it all with the Spanish team.

Sheriff Tiraspol he surprised on the first date by defeating Shakhtar Donetsk. Now it has achieved its most important result in its entire history. The Real Madrid It was his first difficult exam and he managed to pass it in the best way.

-THE REMEMBERED APOEL-

The last time a team of the same level as the Sheriff Tiraspol made history in the Champions League it was in the 2011-12 season. APOEL Cyprus surprised everyone by reaching the quarterfinals of the European tournament.

They all wanted to have APOEL in your group. It was the rival to beat to secure, at least, a place in the Europa League. However, no one said that the legendaries broke all the predictions of that year. The “weak” team came first in their group ahead of Zenit St. Petersburg, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Everyone thought that there was the participation of the APOEL en la Champions League. But once again, he gave us a historic day eliminating Lyon of France on penalties in the round of 16 after drawing the series 1-1.

The participation of APOEL ended up in the quarterfinals where he faced the Real Madrid. The Spanish team put an end to the historic campaign of a small team that to date no one has been able to match.

The Sheriff Tiraspol He has a difficult task because he shares a group with Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk. The team of Gustavo Dulanto it is the call to win; however, they are accomplishing something that no one thought of in this Champions League.

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