Sheriff Tiraspol had a bad start in the Europa League groups. Moldova's champion was defeated by AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in the Netherlands on Thursday, Info-Prim Neo reports. The Moldovan team had a good performance in the first half, but did not manage to score. The hosts opened the score in the 14th minute through Gudmundsson. Sheriff tried to draw, but missed several chances. The score was tied in the 68th minute owing to Moreno's self-goal. AZ Alkmaar scored the victory goal eight minutes before the end through Jaliens. In a news conference, Sheriff manager Andrei Sosnitski blamed the poor result on the goalkeeper's inattention and failure to take scoring chances. In the other encounters of group E, Dinamo Kiev drew at home with BATE Borisov 2-2. On September 30, BATE play AZ Alkmaar, while Sheriff meet Dinamo Kiev.