Sheriff slip to defeat at Enschede

Sheriff Tiraspol lost their away game 2-1 against Twente Enschede in a Europa League encounter on Thursday, Info-Prim Neo reports. The Dutch club robbed the Moldovan champions of a chance to snatch a draw by scoring the game-winning goal minutes before the final whistle. The home side opened the scoring with the help of Miroslav Stoch, who scored from close range. Sheriff chose not to go defensive and continued to attack, giving the hosts a few scares in the first half. The Moldovan champions leveled in the second half, albeit courtesy to an own goal by Cheick Tiote. As the visitors sought to preserve the point, Stoch fired home from 12 yards in the 89th minute. Despite the defeat, Sheriff manager Leonid Kuchuk remains hopeful for qualifying “Our goal is to finish the group in the first two places. We intend to win all the remaining matches and we'll do our best to go further ”, said the Belarussian. [Twente - Sheriff 2:1] [Scorers:] Stoch (8, 89) / Tiote (68, own goal) [Twente squad:] Boschker, Carney, Wisgerhof, Brama (Akram, 57), Stam, Nkufo, Perez (Tiote, 46), Stoch, Douglas, Ruiz, Janssen (Parker, 78) [Twente coach:] Steve McClaren [Sheriff squad:] Namaco, Tarhnishvili, Corneencov, Erokhin, Suvorov (Volkov, 72), Balima (Diedhiou, 65, Arbanash, 90), Rouamba, Rodriguez, Mamah, Nadson, A.Kuciuk [Sheriff coach:] Leonid Kuchuk [Referee:] Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) [Yellow cards:] A.Kuchuk (80), Nkufo (86), Stoch (90) [{Nov 5. Enschede. De Grolsch Veste Stadium. Attendance: 23.000}]