San Marino FC Has Made History with Their First Match Win in Two Decades
Historic Victory for San Marino FC
What have we just seen? San Marino has won a football game?! I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again! So watch it, drink it in! San Marino just edged past Liechtenstein in Matchday 1 of Group M in the UEFA Nations League, winning by a single goal scored by 19-year-old Nicko Sensoli.
San Marino's Long Journey
This sent the team’s (un)official Twitter account and popular fan account into hysterics: For the longest time, San Marino have been the quintessential whipping boys of the international football scene. They have played 210 games since 28 March 1986 (one day after Manuel Neuer’s birth).
- Their first five games were unofficial matches.
- The November 1990 match against Switzerland was the first official match.
- Since then, they have lost 193 and drawn 12.
For context, that occurred a full year-and-a-half before Sensoli was born. To quote Jose Mourinho: This is football heritage. Looking for more thoughts and analysis on the current state of Bayern Munich? Great, then we have you covered with this latest edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show!
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