No rest for the wicked as San Marino are playing again on
Tuesday in a home tie against Moldova.
On paper this represents San Marino’s best prospect of avoiding defeat
in this campaign, Moldova being significantly weaker than any of the other
countries in the group.
Weak they may be, but they are still vastly superior to San
Marino sadly, so when I say “best prospect” it needs to be taken with a pinch
of salt. It’s all relative. Moldova are currently 141st in the
world which makes them one of Europe’s weakest, but still quite a bit higher up
than San Marino.
So dare we hope for a Samarinese goal, or whisper it
quietly, even a draw? Everything is
crossed hoping for a big performance from the boys in blue.
This will be the fourth meeting between the two sides and
while the previous encounters have been relatively close, San Marino have yet
to breach the Moldovan goal. This will
be the third October in succession for the two to face each other, having
played in 2010 and 2011 during Euro 2012 qualification.
San Marino v. Moldova All-time record
26th April 2000 Serravalle Friendly Lost 0-1
12th October 2010 Serravalle Euro Qual Lost 0-2
11th October 2011 Chisinau Euro Qual Lost 0-4
Sad to say the results have been getting steadily worse for
San Marino, so at the very least an improvement on the 4-0 defeat of a year ago
would be good, or keeping it as close as the previous home matches would be
nice.
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