It is a painful and inexplicable historical defeat. This is how Spanish newspapers commented on the shocking loss of Real Madrid at home (Santiago Bernabéu) last Tuesday against Moldovan team Sheriff Tiraspol in the second round of the Champions League group stage. The editor-in-chief of the Spanish sports newspaper "AS" remarked: "Sheriff ends Ancelotti's honeymoon, who first slept and then woke up aimlessly," adding, according to the German site "Sport Buzzer": "It is a complete shock at the Bernabéu and there is no explanation for it."
Meanwhile, Marca stated that Sheriff Tiraspol put Real in "the cell... without mercy for Madrid." The newspaper "El Mundo Deportivo" commented on Real's historical defeat, stating that it was "struck down by Sheriff." The newspaper "Sport" described it as a painful defeat for the Madrid fans who are used to success.
Ancelotti: We Didn't Deserve to Lose
However, Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti believes his team did not deserve the historical 1-2 defeat against Sheriff Tiraspol. Ancelotti said at the post-match press conference, "Aside from concern, we feel sadness; we played strongly and performed well, we lost because of simple details, yet the team played well. We couldn't perform better in the final third of the match, but it is hard to clarify the reasons for the defeat."
The Italian coach added, "These are simple details that cost us the match; it's a lesson for us for the future as it was an undeserved defeat, we had chances, I believe in the end everything went well for them and poorly for us." Ancelotti concluded by saying, "We lost three points, and the competition is wide open in the group; we need to win the next match."
