Mat Guy reports on the efforts of the 'World's worst team' to grab a much-needed result

My ball: San Marino’s Danilo Rinaldi in action with Russia’s Maagomed Ozdoev

DANILO Rinaldi stands, arms locked around the shoulders of his teammates either side of him, beneath the swelter- Ding sun.
Backs straighten, heads look up into the stand, beyond the stand, as the opening chords of ‘Inno Nazionale’ ring out in early June. A row of Sammarinese, lost for a moment, in the moment, eyes glassy, distant, focusing on a place very few of us ever reach, where the pride, meaning, belonging felt in repr...