Pure history this Thursday, August 5 in the Nations League. The San Marino national team, last in the FIFA rankings and who had never won a match in an official competition, broke their bad streak and beat Liechtenstein 1-0 in a match for Group D.
The goal came in the 53rd minute at the feet of the young 19-year-old midfielder Nicko Sensoli.who took advantage of a defensive error after a long ball and got ahead of the opposing goalkeeper, to change the trajectory of the ball and score.
So, with this victory, San Marino breaks 20-year winless streakhaving won their only match in 2004, a friendly against Liechtenstein, also 1-0.
They went a total of 141 games without knowing victory and now, with an official victory under their belt, they will most likely be in the next FIFA rankingthe San Marino team leaves the bottom of the table.
With this victory, moreover, San Marino is the leader of Group D1, with Gibraltar still to make its debut, and ahead of Liechtenstein, which is at the bottom.
It should be remembered that zone D of the Nations League has two groups with 3 teams each and the winners of their group will be promoted to group C, where there are already four groups of four teams each, which makes it more competitive.
