Lads, it’s San Marino. Anything that England did here, as they kicked off their campaign to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, was always going to be seen through the prism of what was in front of them – namely the worst team in international football.
San Marino are ranked 210th out of 210 by Fifa and, since they began playing official matches in 1990, they have won only once – against Liechtenstein in a 2004 friendly. Their record in World Cup qualifiers when they pitched up here showed 64 losses and two draws from 66 attempts and an average of 4.7 goals conceded.
