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San Marino create history with comeback win over Liechtenstein
San Marino also rescued a point in a 1-1 home draw with Gibraltar last Friday, scoring a 90th-minute equaliser, before claiming their biggest-ever victory and the first away win in their history against Liechtenstein on Monday.
Indeed, San Marino scored more than once in a competitive match for the first time, while their win over Liechtenstein is the first time that they had ever scored three goals in any game.
The landlocked nation of just over 30,000 people surrounded by north-eastern Italy were forced to come from behind to secure maximum points for the first time, after Liechtenstein took the lead in the 40th minute when Aron Sele fired a strike in from outside the penalty box.
San Marino needed just 50 seconds after the interval to restore parity, though, with Lorenzo Lazzari bursting in behind to meet a ball over the top before making the net ripple with a powerful finish.
Cevoli’s side then took the lead in the 66th minute when Nicola Nanni rolled a composed penalty into the bottom corner, sending Lichtenstein goalkeeper Benjamin Buchel the wrong way.
FINAL DEL PARTIDO
🇱🇮 LIECHTENSTEIN 1-3 SAN MARINO 🇸🇲
LOS MUCHACHOS HAN JUGADO EL PARTIDO DE SU VIDA, GOLEAMOS EN EL CLÁSICO, GANAMOS POR PRIMERA VEZ EN LA HISTORIA DE VISITANTE Y ASCENDIMOS A LA LIGA C DE LA NATIONS LEAGUE 🏆
GRACIAS TOTALES, TE AMO SAN MARINO 🇸🇲 pic.twitter.com/g4FtVFsYmZ
— San Marino Fútbol 🇸🇲 (@SanMarinoTeam) November 18, 2024
‘San Marino have shown what they are worth’
Ten minutes later, Alessandro Golinucci fired home a sweetly-struck first-time effort from 10 yards, sparking wild celebrations from his teammates and ultimately securing a historic victory for the European minnows.
Nanni is now San Marino’s joint-second top scorer with three goals, level with Filippo Berardi, while Lazzari and Golinucci are now two of only six players to net more than once for their country.
“Finishing that first half 1-0 down was an insult to football, but the boys were brilliant and deserved what they’ve managed to achieve,” Cevoli told reporters after the match.
The president of San Marino’s Football Federation, Marco Tura, added: “These boys made history tonight. As people, as athletes, as men they have shown what they are worth. I cried with the boys.”
San Marino have been rooted to the bottom of the FIFA World Rankings since November 2023 and they will be eager to find out if their two wins in six matches will be enough to move then above Anguilla when the standings are updated on November 28.
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