Sheriff didn’t manage to qualify for the third round of the UEFA Champions League when playing against Olympiakos Pireu. The team from Tiraspol was eliminated by the champion of Israel Hapoel Beer Sheva after the return match ended undecidedly 0-0, IPN reports.
After the 3-2 in Israel, Sheriff needed a victory in Tiraspol, but it met with difficulties and was unable to score. “Our tactic for this match was to play calmly and to try and give a blow. Regretfully, we didn’t manage to,” Sheriff coach Bruno Irles told a news conference.
Zimbru is the only Moldovan team that remained in the European cups. The ‘yellow greens” will play the return game against Osmanilspor in Ankara on July 21, within the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
