between the Sheriff FC and Manchester City there is a world of difference, but still, the first of these debuted in Champions League with a victory this Wednesday, by winning 2-0 in the ‘ Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian.
The Sheriff has a value of almost 11,700,000 euros, a figure that neither the Mazatlán FC of Liga MX, The number is 16.6 billion for being the least valuable in the Mexican tournament, where the most valuable is Scratched, with 78.4 million euros.
the Sheriff FC is a team from the Transnistria region, Considered by themselves as independent, although UEFA sees it as a club of Moldova. It is the humblest team in the current edition of the Champions League, in which the most expensive team is Manchester City, worth 1.040 billion euros.
However, the Sheriff won this Wednesday with the first goal in the 16th minute of Adama Traore, 1 of the same name of the figure of the Wolverhampton of Raúl Jiménez. Interestingly, the center was of the Brazilian brazilian, homonymous of the Portuguese of the Manchester United. The second goal was from Momo Yansane and so the Sheriff was placed as the current leader of Group D, for which the Real Madrid and Inter Milan they also play this Wednesday, starting at 2 p.m. (Central Mexico time).
This was the debut of the Sheriff in the Champions group stage throughout history, which he reached after a long journey in the preliminary eliminatory stages, in which he beat the Alashkert Armenian with a 4-1 overall in the Second Qualifying Round, while in the Third Round he defeated the Belgrade Red Star 2-1 overall.
After that he still had to play the Play-off to reach the Group Stage, in which he defeated 3-0 in the ‘ Dynamo Zagreb. That’s how he qualified to be in the Shakhtar, Inter and Madrid, in which he already gave the first bell.
Considered the “country that does not exist” team, the Sheriff was founded in 1997 by a security company that remains one of the main sponsors of the team that militates in the First Division of Moldova, in which he has been champion in 19 of the last 21 editions.