Football news - FC Sheriff beat Shakhtar Donetsk in Champions League debut, Sebastien Haller scores four for Ajax

Updated 15/09/2021 at 21:09 GMT

Moldovan club FC Sheriff won the first Champions League in their history as they beat Shakhtar Donetsk. Adama Traore opened the scoring in the 16th minute and Momo Yansane scored a second to clinch the three points. Sheriff are in Group D along with La Liga side Real Madrid and Serie A champions Inter Milan.

FC Sheriff's Momo Yansane

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FC Sheriff made a dream Champions League debut as they beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 in Group D.

The Moldovan club are playing in Europe’s top-tier competition for the first time after qualifying through the play-offs.

In a group that also contains Real Madrid and Inter Milan, Sheriff got off to the perfect start as they beat Ukrainian side Shakhtar, who could not convert any of their 21 shots.

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Adama Traore opened the scoring in the 16th minute and Momo Yansane added the second after the break.

Real Madrid beat Inter Milan 1-0 in the other game in the group on Wednesday evening while Sheriff travel to Madrid for their next Champions League clash.

Borussia Dortmund made a winning start as goals from Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland saw them past Besiktas.

Sebastien Haller became only the second player after Marco van Basten to score four times on his Champions League debut as Ajax won 5-1 against Sporting Lisbon.