Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE digital coverage of Real Madrid and FC Sheriff Tiraspol at the Santiago Bernabéu in this Champions League Group D clash. All the facts, stats and team news will be coming your way over the next hour with kick-off at 20:00 GMT.
Champions League / Group Stage
Bernabéu / 28.09.2021
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- K. Benzema(65' PEN)
- J. Yakhshiboev(25')
- S. Thill(89')
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Updated 28/09/2021 at 20:55 GMT
33'
CHANCE! Mardid are still probing as the ball eventually comes into Vinícius Júnior in side the box, but he puts his shot wide
31'
CHANCE! A poor Courtois clearance eventually comes to the goal scorer Yakhshiboev who twists and turn on the edge of the box before producing a neat shot that whistles past the post
30'
SAVE! Athanasiadis dived across the box to keep a low cross out and the ball is scrambled off the line
28'
Santiago Bernabéu is silent and the hosts are truly rattled. How are they going to respond?
25'
GOAL! 1-0 to Sheriff as Yakhshiboev heads the ball past Courtois. Cristiano was given too much time and space which allowed him to deliver a perfect cross. This a massive sucker punch for the 13 times Champions League winners
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Goal
J. Yakhshiboev
FC Sheriff
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Goals1
On target1
Offsides1
22'
Camavinga is at the heart of everything that Madrid are producing at the moment as he drives forward with ball
20'
Madrid are really turning the screw now as they try to peg Sheriff back. But the visitors aren't being over awed by the occasion and they move the ball well out from the back
17'
SAVE! Benzema fires his free kick at the goal but Athanasiadis is equal to it and pushes it round the post for a corner. The Frenchman was trying to bend it into the top corner but it was slightly too close to the Greek keeper
17'
Arboleda has gone into the referee's book for his protests
Yellow card
D. Arboleda
FC Sheriff
Yellow Cards1
Free Kicks2
16'
Hazard has now gone down on the edge of the box as he skipped past Fernando Costanza, who stuck a leg out and brought down the Belgium
14'
Castañeda goes down just on the edge of the Madrid box after a brilliant counter attack, but the referee waves play on
12'
Camavinga is getting some serious treatment out there as Thill is next player to bring the midfielder down as he looked to break forward
11'
Casemiro has gone down from a heavy challenge from Addo. The referee is making it clear that he won't tolerate more tackles like that
8'
Early signs there that Sheriff shouldn't be underestimated as they prove that in the final third they have players that can punish Madrid with neat link-up play
7'
Madrid have really found their rhythm now as they play triangles around Sheriff. Eventually bursts into the box with a neat run, but his shot is well blocked
5'
Alaba take the set piece and flashes the ball across the mouth of the goal, but it evades a the white shirts lerking in the box
5'
Camavinga has gone down again this time it's Traore that brings the youngster down. The free kick is in a good position
3'
Free kick for Madrid as Camavinga goes down from a Arboleda challenge. The free kick is taken short and quickly as they continue to dominate possession
1'
The home side early on spray the ball around quickly as they look to assert themselves on the visitors
1'
Madrid get the game underway
19:55
Kick-off is less than five minutes away as both teams get ready to make their way out onto one of the competitions most famous pitches