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First point for Sheriff in Europa League


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Sheriff Tiraspol drew the first Europa League match with Steaua Bucharest 0-0 on Thursday, Info-Prim Neo reports. Moldova's football champion had an exemplary game and managed to achieve a positive result. Moreover, Sheriff had the greatest chance to score, but Vladimir Volkov missed it at the start of the second half. After the match, Steaua manager Cristiano Bergodi expressed dissatisfaction with his team's play. “I'm discontented. Maybe it is my fault. It wasn't easy for us because our adversary had an isolated game, with long kicks. But we must go on, even if we scored only one point,” the Italian coach said. Steaua owner Gigi Becali was even angrier. “It's not a bad, but a shameful result! Sheriff had no play, but we were not better. I'm embarrassed. I don't know what to say. I cannot figure out what happened,” he said after the match. [The two teams included the following players:] [Steaua:] Zapata, Rada, Szekely, Surdu (Tanase, 79), Nicolita, Marin, Ionescu, Ghionea, Onicas (Toja, 57), Stancu (Kapetanos, 70), Ninu [Coach:] Cristiano Bergodi [Sheriff:] Namasco, Da Costa, Volkov (Diedhiou, 64, Suvorov, 90), Verbeţchi (Vit. Bulat, 81), Tarhnishvili, Erohin, Balima, Rouamba, Tania, Rodriguez, A.Kuchuk [Coach:] Leonid Kuchuk In the other group H match, Twente beat Fenerbahce by 2-1 in Istanbul. The goal for the hosts was scored by Mehmet Topuz. The Dutch replayed by Blaise Nkufo's goals. Twente now tops the rankings with 3 points. It is followed by Steaua and Sheriff with one point each and Fenerbahce with zero points. The next Europa League encounters are scheduled for October 1. Sheriff will meet Fenerbahce in Tiraspol, while Twente will play Steaua Bucharest, Info-Prim Neo informs.