If I remember correctly, Inter's odds of reaching the playoff stage after two rounds were around 1.3, that is, it was regarded as a very likely event. Now this figure is 1.07 for Inter and 1.01 for Real. Sheriff really played well and was lucky in a couple of games, but as we can see from the odds, the bookmakers evaluated these temporary achievements as random and most likely were right.
These two random victories of the Sheriff may well play into his hands ... it all depends on how Real will play with Inter and whether the Sheriff wins the return match at Shakhtar's home field. although I would not call Kiev, Donetsk's home field,
(although you yourself know the state of affairs). Even if the Brazilians
[considering that the gender of Shakhtar's team is Latin Americans] beat the Sheriff, I doubt that the Moldovans will be ruined by the entry into the Europa League.
If we are talking about the Sheriff's prospects to get into the Champions League playoffs, then the match between Real and Inter is unimportant, since in the next round Real will beat the Sheriff and the pair of Inter and Real will become unattainable for Shakhtar and Sheriff. If we are talking about Sheriff's prospects to get into the Europa League, then everything has already been decided here - in the next round, Inter will beat Shakhtar and the last round will not be important. In theory, surprises are possible (like a draw in the Inter-Shakhtar match), but they are extremely unlikely. For example, the odds that Inter will not make it to the playoffs are now 6.9, and for Real it is 27.
The Sheriff is definitely the biggest surprise this season in all European competitions.
Already in the qualifiers, they made a big surprise when they beat Crvena Zvezda and Dinamo, and in the same way they continued in the group of the Champions League when they beat Real and Shakhtar.
Now they are in a very good situation and have a great chance to win a minimum of third place in the group and ensure the passage of the group and the continuation of competition in the European League.
Sheriff is a very well organized club that fully deserved all these victories and no one gave them anything.
Still, I wouldn’t really bet that all your predictions for this Champions League group will be fully fulfilled.
There have already been very big surprises in this group and it is not guaranteed that Inter will beat Sheriff, anything is still possible in this group.