Fifa’s lowest-ranked side beat Liechtenstein 3-1 awayNorthern Ireland promoted despite giving up 2-0 lead
You wait 140 games for a win, then two come along in two and a bit months. San Marino won 3-1 in Liechtenstein on Monday night to earn promotion into Nations League Group C, having secured their first victory since 2004 against the same opposition at home in September.
Second-half goals from Lorenzo Lazzari, Nicola Nanni and Alessandro Golinucci saw the tiny nation, who are officially Fifa’s lowest-ranked team in the world, claim their first-ever away win after Liechtenstein had taken a first-half lead through Aron Sele. It means that San Marino, which has a population of little more than 30,000, finish top of Group D1 with seven points, one above Gibraltar, while Liechtenstein end up bottom with two points after four games.
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