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San Marino vs Russia Prediction & Betting tips
In the concluding round in group I of the European Championship qualification, the already placed Russia will visit the already eliminated San Marino on Monday evening. A more unequal struggle is hardly conceivable.
San Marino:
The poodle prize is also this European Championship qualification series for San Marino, which, with no more than zero points and a goal balance of -45 (!), Can call itself the worst country of all 55 participants. Nevertheless, San Marino was finally able to cheer again last weekend, after Filippo Berardi scored the first San Marinese goal of this European Championship qualifying series. The southern Europeans still suffered 1-3 against Kazakhstan in front of their own public, but you will understand that the very first home goal was extensively celebrated in more than six years.
A second goal in the last European Championship qualifying match against Russia would of course be fantastic for San Marino, but that chance is very small. The mini state together with Anguilla occupies the 209th and last place on the FIFA world ranking. The number of San Marino goals in the past five years can literally be counted on one hand. The duel against Russia also promises to be an unequal battle again. About 143,000,000 people live in Russia, while San Marino has only 34,000. Every San Marinese who can hold a ball ten times high therefore immediately has a good chance of being invited to La Serenissima, the nickname of the national team.
Russia:
For Russia, the away match against San Marino is nothing more than a fun team outing. The national team coach Stanislav Cherchesov won no less than 21 points from her nine European Championship qualifiers, which was more than enough to keep Scotland number three away. EC participation was therefore never in danger.
Yet the Russian football fans will be somewhat worried, because they had to watch patiently how their heroes were trumped twice by Belgium. The 3-1 defeat in Brussels in the first round was fair, but the 1-4 defeat last weekend in St Petersburg was downright shameful. Both countries had of course been placed long ago, so this was actually a glorified exhibition game, but you can count on hard words falling into the Russian dressing room afterwards. “Our Red Devils have simply ridiculed the Russians in their own homes,” said former international Marc Degryse. So Russia has something to put right, although there is of course little honor to be gained in and against San Marino. That would only succeed if Russia managed to achieve double digits, something that Croatia succeeded for the last time in June 2016.
San Marino vs Russia head to head matches
08.06.19 EUR Russia San Marino 9 : 0
06.06.95 EUR San Marino Russia 0 : 7
11.10.94 EUR Russia San Marino 4 : 0