Finally, like for San Marino

They may be the worst national team in the world, but most of their team have real jobs and aren't even professional. They travel around Europe meeting world class footballers, you have to respect it.

We all can be from different countries, but San Marino is what unites everyone and we all want San Marino to win their first match😂😂

San Marino is just unfortunate to be located in the toughest football region in the world. If you have them face Oceania, South Asian or Caribbean teams, they’ll probably get enough points to climb the FIFA rankings

5:15 as an england fan I find it funny that England had to win that game by 7 goals. So despite winning a game 7-1 the fact that San Marino scored 1 meant the team was seen as an embarrassment at the time.

If you ever feel hopeless just remember Harry Maguire did the "silence the haters" celebration against this country.

You can love your national team as much as you want but deep down when it plays against San Marino, you want them to score

its so hilarious that their goalkeeper is also their bus driver. its as though they had scraped together the team just barely and when they got in their bus they started arguing about who was going to be the goalkeeper and after yelling in the back of the bus the bus driver said "fuck it, i will be the goalkeeper if you just shut up for 5 minutes"

Fun Fact: While Being bad at Football, San Marino is VERY GOOD in Baseball, even being actual Champions of the Main Italian League

Man the reaction from the San Marino team after scoring in a match that they are losing greatly in shows how much the game means to them 🙌🏾🔥😭

Did you know that few months ago, happened Belgium-San Marino. It was the very first time in history that the 1st FIFA ranking nation played against the last one ... My two cents ;)

Fun Fact: In the WC Qualifiers in 1993 San Marino would have drawn with Poland, if Jan Furtok hadn't scored a goal with his hand. The match ended 1-0 for Poland xD It has to be admited that they already had drawn with Turkey, so they could have ended the campaign with 2 points, instead of one.

That 2nd Irish goal was so unfair. Scored by an entire nation, like what smh...? Can't believe they allowed it

Say what you want, but imagine being a regular dude having the chance to meet the world strongest footballers every couple years on the field.

Now San Marino have its own club in Italy 5th tier, called Victor San Marino, the idea is to get promoted to the 3rd tier which is professional, and have young San Marino players on it (currently they have 4). Edit: they got promoted to Serie D after getting the Eccelenza championship 🎉🎉🎉

Bonini is the pure definition of loyalty, massive respect to him to reject Italy for San Marino. I would like my native national team to give a win to them. And my native national team is horrible in results but people want it to be fallen apart as we didn't got a competitive win in more than 2 years and only a friendly win this year's summer in San Marino's style (in that friendly match my native national team was quite unprofessional and without fair play though and even helped by the referee who was from the neighbour country to them)

The thing is San Marino seems like it could be a competitive National team if there were in Oceana or Asia, the problem is they’re in Europe so everyone else is Miles above them.

I absolutely love how the San Marino GK drove them to the game

I don't know how people can call international breaks boring, I always watch my nation games with complete joy whether it's on tv or live at the stadium. Loved that Latvia was included in this video a little bit as well. Another brilliant essay Maqwell and thank you again for your hard work to make this essay. You deserve 1M subscribers and I hope that one day you can reach it.

I'm from San Marino and yeah...I want my national team to win at least a second time 😅🇸🇲

Andy Selva was such a cult hero in the 2000s, you almost wanted him to score against you just to see how far he could take the record.

The best part is that their goalkeeper would drive the team to games. LMAO

11:04 after scoring a goal against Poland, Allesandro Della Valle was aproached by polish fallen top flight team Polonia Warszawa, but after coming to Poland and having few trainings and interviews, he stated that is already too old for such career

Teams like San Marino are why I love competitions like the UEFA Nations League. It's fun to see them in world cup qualifying but something about a Liecthenstein-San Marino matchup is just awesome

Every single goal for San Marino seems like winning international championships

POV: *San Marino scores a goal* Everyone: 😭😭😭

The wait is over! 184 games 1 win 6 draws 177 losses

When I hear San Marino, the first thing I think of is "Hey didn't Flo Rida represent them in that yearly song contest for Europeans?"

Some of those island nations that lose to Australia with 20-0 or whatever are probably even worse. I mean if you can hold on with only 10-0 defeats against the best countries in Europe, you're probably better than a team that loses with 20-0 against Australia or New Zealand.

San Marino men's football team may be the worst but they have a mighty heart to keep playing football despite all the poor records over 35 years. It is passion for the sport in a different language. The upper echeleon of Football may never understand this.

Every nation has the right to play in the world cup, hence the world cup. Doesn't matter how big or small the club is, football is for the world not just select world clubs. Keep dreaming big guys.

San Marino is literally a story of a bunch of regular lads playing against the likes of Kane and Lewandowski. Also, will wait for your return in January.

16:09 damn,i respect these San Marino footballers after those losses and didnt quit,it made me cry

mate - you should do a video on America Samoa finally getting their first victory against Tonga after losing 31-0 to Australia. There's a great documentary about it, but that's another real tear-jerker story of hopeless team getting a result that meant the world to them...

I legit find minnows attempting to get as far as they can in qualification way more interesting than most international games to be honest

they should make a anime bout San Marino...being the underdog, slowly rising through the ranks...ahh it would be so goddamn cool

Phenomenal video essay as an international football lover!! For Canada, I really enjoyed my time when we beat 11-0 against Cayman Islands for example not just because we got a new win record, but because I really enjoy learning about the “minnow” Caribbean island nations/dependencies. What ultimately made me fall in love with football is my love to learn about the world. It’s a perfect marriage & you displayed that perfectly!

They almost drew against Denmark LMAOO

Another great video Maqwell! Possible video suggestion: How Latvia qualified for the 2004 Euro's? Would be great to see a video on my home country! x

I can understand the feeling as I'm an Egyptian and the feeling for the Egyptian team. After 2010, the golden generation slowly retired and began having new players like Mo Salah, El-Neny, Hegazi, El- Shenawy, Tarek Hamad, and many more. It was a hard time before 2017 as we didn't qualify to CAF cup of nations, lost 6-1 agg to Ghana in the qualifiers to World Cup 2014, and adding with corruption the country have since 2014. 2017 came and everything looked way better as we didn't just qualify to the CAF cup for the first time in 7 years, but reached the finals and lost to Cameron in one of the hardest moments in our history. At the same time, 2018 qualifiers was there and we went to Russia after Salah's famous penalty that made the country celebrate for a while. 2018 came and that time where Salah was on fire and destroying records and people got sick from the defensive play we had and the way of relaying Salah which led to him being the second best goal scorer and the best in terms of currently playing. Then, World Cup came and it wasn't very good as we became the 31st and nobody loved that. 2019 and new CAF tournament on the way and it got hosted in Egypt. Yeah, that crap went to shit after getting out in R16 from South Africa. Then nothing was good for a while as we qualified to the next CAF cup with the worst performance ever and went to the second round of the World Cup qualifying in much better performance and new manager as Carlos Querioz came and he's building a new generation while relaying on the best players like Salah and more. Now, they played the Arab Cup and lost to Qatar in 3RD position match in penalty which is burning right now. Let's hope we win the CAF cup this time.

As a proud Englishman I felt pretty embarrassed about beating San Marino 10-0 in the WC qualifiers. I wish them the best, but I'm right behind the idea of having a pre-qualifying tournament because no team can call a massive win competitive

Amazing video, I have a few suggestions for other topics I'd love to see you talk about: - Reviewing Maradona's golden age -The Darkest Chapter of German and Austrian Football (1982 World Cup) - Ballon d'or reviews

Everytime I see a country whether big or small lose by a large margin or just continuous losses i feel so sad for them. The anguish, sadness, and despair they must feel even though they are still supporting their beautiful team through thick and thin. I want them to feel the joy i feel when my team wins, when my team scores, when we win competitively. I just want to share my joy with them because it is such a beautiful feeling

The way they celebrated their goals is so wholesome that I want them to win so badly. PLEASE LET THEM WIN! 🥺

Fun fact: A Hong Kong band"dear jane"had make a song"heart of San Marino" 「聖馬利諾之心」to respect the the spirit of the team of never give up. Some of the sentence in it is actually thought provoking The translation of the song: Who can stage fright, loser in love Apathetic and self-abandoned will not be forgiven Despite the difficulties, I still managed to be strong Blood on the brow becomes a medal Obviously difficult to guarantee Infatuated participants will win if they lose enough but i want I'm leaning on crutches for that emptiness still dying I am a person who is afraid of losing and still plays brave Going forward is scary, but going backwards is even more embarrassing The group who often do cannon fodder is probably still attractive Tomorrow or when I turn over Victory will come one day, it doesn't matter if you lose wildly Please remember that someone chased so close The stubborn stone has never become gold, but I still wish to leave footprints on the field To guide the waste wood in the future Repeat the process, tenacious old genes Will not mutate to reverse fate and fate However, I believe in the sincerity of people Can melt the thickest ice I am a person who is afraid of losing and still plays brave Going forward is scary, but going backwards is even more embarrassing The group who often do cannon fodder is probably still attractive Tomorrow or when I turn over Victory will come one day, it doesn't matter if you lose wildly Please remember that someone chased so close The stubborn stone has never become gold, but I still wish to leave footprints on the field In the future, guide the waste wood woo Even if this noble ideal is unstable It's lucky to die from the cold Rather be seen as foolish and brave In the end, the person who is afraid of losing continues to fight To tell the world that I still have that anger People will definitely win every day, they will never be attracted by theorems Stay strong to hit your heart To be a better person and work hard every day Love does not come, life is not dark In fact, surviving in desperation is the life of a long life It may be hard for you guys to see the meaning of it as Google translate doesn't work well sometimes, but i also hope you gays to finish the song, thank you

I’d pay good money to see Maqwell vlog at a San Marino match day

The speech about, how the game captures the heart and the emotions you get playing and watching the game is funny, considering that I actually am not a fan of football nor do I know basically anything at all about it. Yet i'm still here watching this video about this team that I love which has never won a game in a tournament and it makes me want to learn about football, lmao. It's such a captivating story to see them "succeed" and be so proud of it when they score 1-7.

This is so much better than a San Marino career mode episode 2! Also Nicola Nanni was robbed for the ballon d'or...

This is so uplifting, maybe you are german, an english man or italien and not reaching the last of 16 in a World cup is a disaster, but San marino celebrate like they won the damn thing when they draw 2 times in a row. They have the mentality of -enjoy the little things. And thats beautiful.

Well I know damn well Muller isn’t talking anymore after what happened to him in the 2018 World Cup 😂😂😂🤡🤡

Still crazy how San Marino only scored a handful of goals in official matches, but one of them happens to be the fastest goal in wc qualifying history, can't imagine the shock that English fans felt after that, given the situation the team was in.

As a little boy I remember seeing the match report saying that Liechtenstein lost to Macedonia 11-1. Score was quite unique in itself, only 1s and double digit. I then discovered that country named Liechtenstein existed. When they later drew Portugal 2-2 I cheered for them. I find those little teams fascinating and special feat of European football. They have their special place. And I always cheer for them. One game you think you've missed was San Marino against Poland in some quallifying game. Poland was not able to score a goal for like 60 mins. Then San Marino had a penalty. Sadly for them Fabianski saved. Poland won 2-0 but damn, that was close.

We have all been waiting for this day.

Actually SM is way better if they compete in another confederation like OFC or the worst team in AFC, CAF and CONCACAF (ex: Laos, New Caledonia, Madagascar or British Virgin Islands) The reason that the SMNT at the bottom of the FIFA Ranking is they have to face to the giant of world football like Germany, Italy, England,... Another reason is the population of that country is too low to finding good players for their NT If they compete against Laos or Cambodia, it would be a win for San Marino NT

Just found your channel and I’m glad I did, great video!

I'm of the firm belief that San Marino would absolutely stomp any OFC team (aside from New Zealand obviously and maybe Tahiti) and teams like Guam and Sri Lanka or any small island nation if they played them. It's just tough in the division they play in where a team as bad as them have almost no chance of winning anything.

Naturalization of players should end. National teams are turning into clubs. Unless the father of the player has been born and raised in that country, you can't play there. The player obviously should have done so too

Update: Their record is now 1-7-184 with 27 goals for and 797 goals against

So glad i found your channel. Thanks for making great stuff!

Music choices and references on this channel are so good, like little trips down memory lane

I've been to San Marino watching Scotland win there. It was a great trip, the country is beautiful and the people are very kind. If you are one of those people thinking these countries shouldn't play football, go there one day and speak to locals. The Sammarinese people I spoke to are passionate and love their country at least as much as people from big countries do, if not more. The fact that their country is tiny, doesn't mean they don't have the right to support them and dream to play for their country. That was a trip with great experiences.

Wow this was amazing review I always have a soft spot for the underdogs and hearing this review touches my heart, I hope the best for San Marino 🇸🇲 and hope and look forward to seeing more reviews like this of other countries like Bhutan 🇧🇹 or Macau 🇲🇴 or Any others would be interesting 👍🏻 ps: I subscribed now 😊

One of my favorite parts of your videos is the choice of music. Always amazing and it goes well with the flow. Best Football content creator 👏

i like this kind of content, i find it quite interesting, keep it that way and congratulations!

Great content mate - respect to any internal football team especially for the minows

I've been watching your videos for few days now, and damn. Old millenial from Poland (old millenials are young boomers now I guess... ) listening to American gen Z talking about football and I like it a lot. Waiting for more to come, cheers.

been waiting for this one! love your content and approach to football man

You earn a new subscriber, the way you did this vid of a bad team was honorable. People forget about the love of the sport.

This reminds me wen I usted to play with my school friends in a football league and even if we lost most of the game we always had fun.

I think the Marani goal against Irland around 9:37 might be the ugliest goal I've ever seen. But pure determination to get the ball in, that's for sure!

i just clocked the anri shirt, and playing we finally landed. my man has elite taste in music

I started watching your videos recently, they're really good man. If only the algorithm supported good videos. This man deserves 100k subs.

San Marino is everyone's team. It is what football is all about.

I just found your channel a week ago through the San Marino CM video, been binging your channel since. Great timing and a great video 👏

Great video. Fun fact: In Euro 2010 qualifier San Marino - Poland, Lewandowski scored his debut goald for the national team :)

I know Malta have improved a lot in recent years, only lost once in 2020, but they only won once in 2021. So come June, San Marino could have a good chance at getting a smash and grab win when they host Malta in the Nations league. I really hope they do.

I like San Marino and I like how Nations League give them a chance to play more competitive games (even possible will be their first victory ever)

i am Peruvian and im happy we got 5 place we are a team that fights to the end and we never give up Vamos Peru

I love the fact that you used a lot of MKWii OST, bringed me back in nostalgia ♥ Nice video doe!

Dude. Your growth is super duper fast. whoaaaaaaaaa congrats

now i have a soft spot for the san marino's national team

San Marino will win euro 2024 and world cup 2026! Can't change my mind 😤😤😤

Heart warming and well made video. Keep up the good work.

i love the monogatari music. your music choice is amazing.

VID 83 of waiting for the san marino career mode.... tbh this is a san marino vid, but not the career mode. So I am still waiting, but this is the best video to ever exist.... Thank you

One of my favorite national team upsets involves another micro nation, when during the 2010 WC Qualifications Luxembourg, ranked 152nd in the world at the time, beat 43rd ranked Switzerland 2-1

Yo my guy, you are amazing, keep it up!

Hey Maqwell I’m finally off school so I can finally relax and watch ur videos lol

As a brazilian really fed up with our national team's arrogance, it's really refreshing to see such a humble and hard working team like San Marino. I really hope they join World Cup someday.

i havent watched the video yet but i hope he wont mention how they scored a goal against Poland in these qualifiers bc that was painful

Yakuza, Eva music, calcio you are a legend!

This is a great story. Excellent take on it.

San Marino should play against Oceania teams. Maybe they will have a chance to win.

13:15: im Norwegian, i was just waiting for this moment. I honestly find it extremely funny 🤣

Hahaha I was waiting for that Norwegian TV reaction! Iconic. Also got to respect their resilience!

As one of the biggest fan of San Marino in the world i am proud of seeing videos like this. The problem is that now we made history by scoring in 3 matches in a row. Thanks for doing that Andy Selva GOAT

Atleast san marino have been scoring recently, against Denmark, Kazakhstan and Finland and they were pretty good results.

I recommend reading Gasperoni's response to T.Müller, an absolute jewel !

I hope you will reach 30k soon Also congrats on 25k💪💪💪

Would be awesome to see this type of content but maybe for just a singular player and documenting their career. Editing on point