MINNOWS UNDER FIRE
IAN MCFARLANE EXAMINES THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COUNTRIES

Duel: Davide Gualtieri up against Stuart Pearce in the match England won 7-1

Triumph: Andy Selva scores for San Marino against Wales in 2007

BREAKING records at international level should be a joyous thing, but not when mostly all of them are against you. The national side of San Marino have done just this for nearly three decades, one way or another.
There are many reasons for this. They don’t have, and probably never will have, a crop of full-time professionals...