Monthly Archives: May 2016

Worst in the World Tales: The Purity of San Marino

San Marino

‘Defeat is our destiny,’ proclaimed Giampaolo Mazza, the former coach of San Marino’s national team. He knew what he was talking about. In sixteen years at the helm of the perennial losers of European football, Mazza had presided over eighty-five matches and his team lost all but three of them, often with a staggering number of goals conceded. Continue reading