Champions League makes Bernabéu return

The Champions League anthem will growth out of the Santiago Bernabéu audio system for the primary time in a yr and 7 months when Actual Madrid welcome Sheriff Tiraspol for the perimeters’ Matchday 2 group-stage encounter (9pm CET). The Whites might be seeking to construct on their positive begin after seeing off Inter within the opening match and victory right here would ship Carlo Ancelotti‘s males prime of Group D.

The madridistas have proven themselves to be a stable outfit and stay unbeaten within the opening eight video games of the season with a document of six wins and two attracts, a return that sees the group handily positioned each in LaLiga and Europe. That is the primary time that our group faces off towards a facet from the Moldovan league and Sheriff Tiraspol might be Madrid’s 108th European Cup opponents.

“We’ll need to be absolutely centered”, declared Ancelotti in his pre-match press conference, the place he was joined on media obligation by Nacho. The primary group information for this contest, which might be refereed by Belgian Lawrence Visser, is the return of Toni Kroos to the squad.

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Sheriff Tiraspol are the reigning Moldovan champions and are managed by Yuriy Vernydub.

This yr’s competitors is the group’s first within the Champions League group stage, which they’ve reached after seeing off Teuta, Alashkert, Crvena zvezda and Dinamo Zagreb.

The guests overcame Shakhtar Donetsk of their marketing campaign opener, earlier than final weekend brushing Dynamo-Auto aside in a 7-0 away romp within the league.