San Marino end TWENTY-YEAR, 140-game wait for a victory and only second-ever win… and both against the same team
SAN MARINO have landed a sensational first win since 2004 - only their second ever.
And amazingly the whipping boys of international football have made it a double against the SAME TEAM - after a winless gap of 140 matches.
They beat Liechtenstein 1-0 in the Nations League - the same result achieved 20 years ago in a friendly - to send fans wild on social media.
The 53rd-minute hero this time was a 19-year-old midfielder on loan in the Italian fourth tier.
Parent team San Marino Academy let Nicko Sensoli join Sangiuliano to gain first-team experience.
Now Sensoli has made history - with his first international goal in his third game at this level.
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One fan posted: "They wrote history. They will be remembered forever as legends, as the golden generation of Sammarinese football."
Another added: "San Marino won. That's the tweet."
In fact, his winning goal is the second exciting development of the week for San Marino!
They left their long-held spot at the bottom of the global rankings - albeit for an odd reason.
Eritrea are now unranked - as the East African nation have not played for four years.
That still leaves San Marino 210th and lowest-placed of the teams with a ranking.
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But perhaps it was the psychological boost of not technically being under everyone else that inspired them to sink 199th-rated Liechtenstein!
England walloped San Marino 10-0 in a World Cup qualifier back in November 2021.
But recent improvement has included a 3-1 defeat to Denmark.
And in march San Marino drew with Caribbean side Saint Kitts and Nevis