Sheriff Tiraspol take on the visitors Maribor in the second leg of UEFA Champions League qualification quarterfinals. First leg result: 0-0. The match will be played on Tuesday, July 26th at Stadionul Sheriff (Tiraspol).
Sheriff consider domestic tournaments, such as the championship and the Cup of Moldova, as a mandatory program. No, there are individual exceptions, even the “gold” of the “wasps” was given to the pursuers a couple of times. But still, victories are taken for granted here. Whether a year is good is judged by European competitions. And the criterion in 2021/2022 was raised to a previously unattainable bar. Firstly, the "black and yellow" made it to the main round of the Champions League. And within the framework of the tournament, they beat Crvena Zvezda, Dynamo (Zagreb) (this pair is in qualifying), Shakhtar Donetsk and even Real Madrid. Secondly, also for the first time in history, Sheriff played in the playoffs, albeit in the Europa League. He went there from the 3rd place of the debut group of the main European Cup. In general, the current mentor, Thomas, needs to "thank" Vernydub, with whom they will be compared. Stepan made his debut just from the passage of Zrinjski. With "Maribor" also did not conceed. However, they did not score themselves.
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Maribor do not have the status of such an unconditional dominator at the national level that "Sheriff" has. In the previous 2 years, he did without trophies at all. On the other hand, it is not for nothing that among the nicknames there is also “the pride of Styria”. The "Gold" of 2022 has already become the 16th since independence. And, of course, the Violet are the most successful club in their country in European competition. Including the Champions League. Back in 1999, he made it to the group stage of the tournament. This happened to be repeated in the fall of 2014 and 2017. The current qualification did not start in the best way: at home, the favorite failed to score against Shakhtyor Soligorsk, the match ended in a goalless draw. But it was lucky that the Belarusians were forced to play the return match outside their homeland, in Turkey. Baturina flashed there, scoring at the beginning of each half. And in the new round, the Slovenians again started with a goalless draw in their arena. That's just going to be a real away match. Even if not in Tiraspol, but in the same country, and not on a neutral field.
The current confrontation is the first in history between these teams. Bookmakers think that in Chisinau "Sheriff" will achieve their goal. They are definitely not weaker, so we bet that the champion of Moldova will win the decisive match.
Prediction for the match: Sheriff Tiraspol to win.
