San Marino end TWENTY-YEAR, 140-game wait for a victory and only second-ever win… and both against the same team

SAN MARINO have been hailed as "forever legends" after a sensational first win since 2004 - only their second victory ever.

And amazingly the whipping boys of international football have made it a double against the SAME TEAM - after a winless gap of 140 matches.

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The Sammarinese beat Liechtenstein 1-0 in the Nations League - the same result as 20 years ago in a friendly - to send fans wild on social media.

And of course this means it is their first ever win in a competitive fixture.

The 53rd-minute hero this time was a 19-year-old midfielder on loan in the Italian fourth tier.

Parent team San Marino Academy let Nicko Sensoli join Sangiuliano to gain first-team experience.

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Now Sensoli has made a spectacular piece of history in front of home fans - with his first international goal just six months after his debut

The "San Marino fan account" changed its profile to start: "IT HAPPENED."

That was followed by joyous separate posts of: "Changed bio" and "Top of the league" - as the nation head Gibraltar and Liechtenstein after the League D Group 1 opener.

One supporter responded: "They wrote history. They will be remembered forever as legends, as the golden generation of Sammarinese football."

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Another added: "San Marino won. That's the tweet" while a third asked: "Am I dreaming?"

Incredibly, Sensoli's winning goal was the second exciting development of the week for San Marino...

They left their long-held spot at the bottom of the global rankings - albeit only technically and for an odd reason.

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It's because Eritrea are now unranked - as the East African nation have not played for four years.

That still leaves San Marino 210th and lowest-placed of the teams with a rating.

But perhaps it was the psychological boost of not being under everyone else that helped inspire the Sammarinese to sink 199th-ranked Liechtenstein.

England walloped San Marino 10-0 in a World Cup qualifier back in November 2021.

But recent improvement has included a 3-1 defeat to Denmark.

And San Marino drew with Caribbean side Saint Kitts and Nevis in March.

Now that's been eclipsed by surely the greatest evening in their 37 years of playing international football - a competitive triumph.

Ecstatic fans were awed by the achievement.

One posted: "Nicko Sensoli wasn’t even born when San Marino won their first match in 2004. Insane."

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