'Beautiful Rebellion of the Last Place'Historical victory of the lowest FIFA rankings that impressed world soccer fans
Sep 06, 2024
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The touching last-place rebellion is drawing praise from soccer fans around the world.
The target of praise is the Republic of San Marino, a remote country in football. San Marino, the last in the FIFA rankings (210th), defeated Liechtenstein (199th) 1-0 in the first Group D match of the 2024-2025 UEFA Nations League D at San Marino Seravale on the 5th (local time).
It is the first time in 20 years that San Marino has won the A-match. The last time he won 1-0 in a friendly match on April 28, 2004, was Lichtenstein.
San Marino, who has appeared on the international stage since 1990, has been recording the longest winless period in football history, with 140 games not winning. In the history of San Marino's A-match, this was the most frequent underdog ever recorded as the second victory.
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The San Marino Football Association celebrated the historical victory on this day and "September 3 was the anniversary of the founding of the Republic". Two days later, on September 5, it became a historic day for Titan (San Marino's nickname) soccer," he said, posting good news on various social networks such as the official website, Facebook, and X.
As a result, congratulatory messages from soccer fans from all over the world as well as San Marino are flooding in. Soccer fans are pouring out praise such as 'This is the beauty of soccer', 'The world's lowest, but the effort that he has not given up for 20 years is touching', 'The soccer ranking is the lowest, but the indomitable will is the best' through SNS comments.
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