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Soccer fairy tale! Dwarf state makes history
"These lads have made history tonight!" Marco Tura, the president of the San Marino Football Association, couldn't stop marveling. The dwarf state secured its sensational promotion to League C of the Nations League on Monday.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen San Marino, currently ranked just 210th and therefore last in the FIFA world rankings, celebrated a historic success on Monday evening. The 3-1 win over Liechtenstein in Vaduz was only the third victory for San Marino in their 212th international match. Incidentally, all of the victories were over the principality.
For the first time ever, the soccer dwarf scored three goals in a match. Lorenzo Lazzari, Nicola Nanni and Alessandro Golinucci turned the game around in the second half after Aron Sele had put Liechtenstein ahead shortly before half-time.
Gibraltar still overtaken
Thanks to the victory, San Marino catapulted themselves into first place. With seven points, they finished Group 1 of League D in first place ahead of Gibraltar (6) and Liechtenstein (2), sensationally gaining promotion to League C in the process.
The jubilation afterwards knew no bounds. "Apart from having been in serious danger of a heart attack, I can only say that these lads have made history tonight," beamed association president Marco Tura. "As people, as athletes, as men, they have shown what they are worth. I cried with the lads." Only soccer writes stories like this ...
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