#Team Liechtenstein

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Liechtenstein roster

Cycling

Romano Püntener (Vaduz)

[the-olympics-olympics]

Ahead of the 1984 Olympics, McDonald's handed out scratch-off cards that could be redeemed for a specific food item if the American Olympic Team won a medal at the event revealed. A gold medal was worth a Big Mac, silver an order of french fries, and bronze a Coca-Cola. McDonald's had made their cost estimates for the promotion based on the American medal count at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which was 94 medals, including 34 gold medals. However, the Soviet-led boycott soon made those estimates useless. With several of the Olympic powerhouse teams absent, the U.S. easily dominated the Olympic Games and walked away with 174 medals, 83 of them gold. As the Games started and the American teams conquered podiums, customers were enthusiastic about exchanging their cards for free food. More cards were being handed out with each new order, offering more giveaway opportunities. Some 6,600 outlets reportedly faced shortages of the promoted items, especially the Big Macs. Experts estimate that the promotion cost McDonald's millions of dollars.

Before the opening ceremony, the delegations of Haiti and Liechtenstein noticed that the civil flag of Haiti was identical to that of the flag of Liechtenstein. As a result, both nations agreed to carry different flags during the ceremony. Liechtenstein received approval from their government to carry the flag upside-down and add a "Prince's Hat" crown in the corner, while Haiti added the national crest in order to make it into the state flag instead. This directly led to Liechtenstein adding the crown to their flag. This modified design was adopted on 24 June 1937.

[unhetalia]

this is really weak of me but I really do have to headcanon the Nations as having nothing to do with their governments and at times actively working against them because otherwise the atrocities are Not Fictional...

and anyway these beings hundreds of years old absolutely know that governments do not always have the people's best interests in mind. Do not always take care of the land. Nations believe their role is to take care of their land and their people, and maybe the older Nations tried to work with those in power in the beginning, but quickly learn their lesson.

because of this headcanon, I imagine the Nations all have 'departments' they belong to that focus on a certain issue. It would be impossible to have one individual try to have intimate knowledge of every single issue a country faces, and I love the implications this has on how much the Nations rely on each other, and how much their relationships are not reflective of human politics, because their purpose is not to reflect their people but to protect them and the land they're on.

SO finally, to the point of this post.

Here's what I think certain Nations do:

England and Russia are in charge of information gathering AKA espionage, as both have infiltrated their own governments at a very high level. Arthur is in MI6, Ivan is in the KGB-turned-FSK-turned-FSB. They're valuable assets to the rest of the world because they tend to have information on what everyone's governments are doing. Some other Nations who work in this department are Hungary, Philippines (F), Canada, Cuba, Ukraine, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

A lot of Nations work on environmental issues - Sweden, Finland and Denmark focus on governance as a way to mitigate environmental issues, while Australia, New Zealand, South Africa are focused on conservation, Brazil, Colombia, Congo focus on deforestation and air pollution, the Pacific Islands on rising sea levels and ocean pollution.

China, France, Ireland and Turkey are focused on food security - each one focuses on a specific aspect of it. China on availability, Ireland on access, France on utilisation and Turkey on stability.

Social welfare is headed by Austria and Belgium, with Spain, the Italies, Greece and Portugal focused on it.

Internal security is handled by the Germany brothers and Switzerland - this is the protection of the Nations themselves. Arranging identities, extraction of Nations who land themselves in trouble, and also the keeper of their arsenal.

America heads the research and development department that connects everything together - they develop the gadgets used by Arthur and Ivan's team, help develop technologies and conduct research focused on the environment and food security, help trial new ideas on addressing poverty, hack databases in order to help create identities for Nations. This department includes Japan, South Korea, India (F), Taiwan, Tony (not a Nation but heavily involved), Liechtenstein, Hong Kong, Belarus, Netherlands, Estonia, Mexico (F).

EDIT: I have to re-think a lot of this because I keep thinking about how very little countries there are compared to shit happening in the world and it messes with this universe a little bit. SO. WILL BE RE-WORKED.

[shunin-gumis]

As Master Joe Wishes - Track 05

Seasonal Team Event - L4mps

Location: Tokyo Metropolis International Airport — Lobby

Chief: Thanks for seeing me off, Sakujiro-san.

Sakujiro: Of course. It is my duty as the young master’s butler. I wish you the best for your work in Liechtenstein. 

Chief: (A “butler”, huh… )

Sakujiro: Is something the matter? 

Chief: Oh, I was just thinking about the Night Team… I wonder if they’re doing alright? I don’t think there should be much trouble for them working as servants but… 

Sakujiro: … I’m certain they will be just fine. Daniel may have thrown out his back, but he’s still a very capable manager. And, not to mention, they’ve already overcome their first tour together.

Chief: …..

You’re right, I’m sure they’ll be fine! I should get going now.

Sakujiro: Indeed, please give it your all.

Chief: (Ryui-kun may look all rough and tough, but he’s actually a very responsible big brother. I’m sure he’ll manage to get along with their Master just fine!)

Location:  Manor

Joe: Ryui! Is Ryui present!?

Location: Manor - Large Parlor

Ryui: Oi, don’t call out to me so casually.

Joe: You must answer as soon as I call you! You are, after all, a valet of the Senba Family!

Ryui: A valet?

Joe: What it means is that you are my handmaid! 

Ryui: Your what? You little shit, don’t test my patien–

Joe: ! 

Joe: Toi~ Oh, Toi~! 

Toi: What is it, master?

Joe: *giggling*

Ryui: Dammit…

(The damn bear knows I can’t make a fuss in front of Toi–)

Joe: I shall permit you to carry me once more.

Toi: Okaay~♪

Ryui: …So? What d’ya want from me?

Joe: I need you to gather a hundred winning popsicle sticks of my beloved ice candy~*

Ryui: The fuck?

Joe: I will need precisely one hundred of them within the day, please and thank you! 

Ryui: There’s no fuckin’ way I could get all tha–

Toi: It’s a piece of cake for Ani-sama, right~

Ryui: Heh, yeah don’t make me laugh! I could do it in my sleep. 

Joe: ….. 

~~~

Ryui: Here, got ‘em for ya, exactly a hundred. 

Joe: … And how exactly did you manage to procure all this?

Ryui: Well, let’s just say I got a hold of some friendly fellas and got them to check for me… And I might’ve used my left eye too… 

Joe: ??

Ryui: Whatever, don’t worry about it.

Joe: I-I am not quite certain of how you accomplished it, but I see! You seem to be quite quick-witted! 

Ryui: Ah… And here, take this. 

Joe: And what might this be?

Ryui: I figured getting only the winning popsicle sticks might be boring so… I got you a candy-themed pin badge from the same place. It’s just somethin’ cheap though.

Joe: …..! 

Ryui: (I went ahead and got it like how I usually do for Toi… )

Toi: As expected of Ani-sama… Not only did you get what Joe-sama asked for, but you also got a little present on top of that too! 

Ryui: ! Didn’t see you there, Toi.

Toi: Isn’t this great, Joe-sama? I’m sure it’d look perfect on your ear! 

Joe: I… I do not require something like this! I only requested the winning popsicle sticks, that’s all! 

Toi: Oh, Joe-sama left… 

Ryui: (What a handful… )

~~~

Location: Manor

Joe: Now, onto my next request! 

Ryui: What? This still goin’ on?

Joe: I would like to sunbathe, but that cloud is blocking all the warm rays. Be a dear and get rid of it for me.

Ryui: Oi, aren’t you just pulling my leg at this point with all these impossible tasks?

Joe: My, I have no idea what you are talking about~♪

Toi: M-Maybe asking Ani-sama to control the weather is a bit much… 

Joe: Oh my, do you think so?

Toi: No, Ani-sama is the coolest brother in the whole world…! I’m sure he could control the weather if he wanted to! 

Ryui: … Don’t worry, Toi. I could blow away those clouds any day.

Joe: …..

Those clouds… they are truly gone! How in the world did you manage to do it while I was taking my afternoon nap…?

Ryui: They’re cirrocumulous clouds. 

Toi: ? What’s so special about them?

Ryui: Those kinda clouds disappear in minutes. So all I had to do was have the bear sleep for a bit and wake her up again after they were gone.

Toi: I see! As expected of Ani-sama~

Ryui: Well yeah. … Take a look over there too.

Joe: Oh!

Toi: Wow, a rainbow! It’s so pretty!!

Ryui: It tends to show up with the cirrocumulous clouds, but looks like it was a little later this time.

Toi: Clearing away the clouds, and even showing us a rainbow… You’re such a romantic, Ani-sama! At this rate I’ll be playing your “route” forever and ever! 

Joe: Hmph…! 

Ryui: (Seriously… Why the hell do I have to listen to anyone who’s not Toi?)

(Not to mention, the little shit only gives me the hardest tasks like it’s got something against me… The more I think about it, the more it pisses me off…!)

Joe: H-Hmph! I suppose I must commend you! You may take your leave now. But do keep in mind that I will have many more orders for you tomorrow as well~

Ryui: *sigh*

~~~

Location: Manor - Bedroom 

Toi: Good work today, Ani-sama. I was already amazed at how you got all those winning popsicle sticks, but you really surprised me with the clouds today! Not only are you super handsome, but you’re so smart too! 

Ryui: I thought about borrowing one of Yowa’s inventions, but that damn cook disappeared on me.

Toi: You’re right, I haven’t seen Netaro-san around much lately… I did spot a robot that looked just like him, walking right up against the wall of the manor without stopping… I wonder if that’s another one of his inventions? 

Ryui: He probably fucked off to god knows where and left that robot to work in his place. 

(I could use one of those myself, honestly)

~~~

Location: Manor - Large Parlor

Samejima: Joe-san, and the rest of you, thank you for gathering here in the middle of your work. Has everything been going well?

Yodaka: Though we did go through some minor issues at first due to our inexperience, I think overall, the mission has been going quite smoothly.

Nagi: Thank you for helping me with my mistakes before they got out of hand… 

Ryui: We’ve got other problems. For one, this bear is way too bossy.

Joe: Hmph!

Netarobot: Yes indeedy~ I’m Netaro indeed~

Nagi: This robot is really well-made… Do you think it’s true that it can shoot missiles from its fingers?

Toi: Netaro-san hasn’t been doing his job lately… Is that really okay…? 

Samejima: Ahh, you don’t have to worry about that. We can set him aside for now. There’s something else we must discuss.

Samejima: I’ll get straight to the point. This may seem sudden, but it’s been decided that Joe-san will be leaving for Germany 12 hours from now. 

Note:

Joe is asking for a 100 winning popsicle sticks/ice candy like Gari Gari-kun where the sticks are seared with either "winner" or "loser", and getting a winning stick leads to either another free ice cream or other small prizes.

[aphfanficwriters]

Monthly Members' Fics — Jul 2024

Life for a Life by dysphoriahighschool (America/Canada) Matthew travels to Scarlet Hollow, North Carolina for his aunt's funeral and to comfort the cousin he'd never met. Matthew's mom had left the town years ago and hated the place as much as she missed it. As he gets closer to uncovering the town's secrets, Matthew thinks he's understanding why, but a deal with a ghost might end up putting a stop to his investigation.

The Next Me by Anonymous (Germany & Prussia) This is important, listen, listen now—I don't care about how late it is.

Witch of the Wood by Skoati (Ketzexi) (nyo!America/England) Amelia gets accused of witchcraft.

Don't think twice it's alright by Mossy_man (America/Canada/Russia) Meet your nemesis and fuck? Sounds like good idea.

Take me in your mind, love by Mossy_man (Russia/Turkey) Ivan follows a beautiful stranger home.

Making Up for Lost Time by Delgumo (nyo!America/Canada) After being separated as small children, Matthew and Amelia reconnect.

Breaking the Dragon Head — Chapter 4 by NashTea (Fishandnear) (China/Russia) Set against the backdrop of illegal and deprave scientific advancement, where debauchery runs rampant; Ivan Braginsky, inner circle member of a secret criminal organisation dubbed as "World Meeting" have finally made his move onto the founder, Wang Yao. Ivan seeks to crack apart everything Wang Yao strive to hide and destroy in his past, haunting him as the ghost he have forgotten. Disgruntled associates forcibly recruited under Ivan's team have started stirring too, waiting for just the right time to bring Ivan down. Mafia AU - Rochu

fly a diamond night by Tentaculiferous (France/Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein/Switzerland, one-sided France/Switzerland) In the Kingdom of Diamonds, everyone's role, whether a lowly two or the highest King, is set in stone by fate immutable. So is one's innate nature as a submissive, dominant, or switch. Basch, with his prickly personality and dislike of following others' orders, is a poor choice for a sub. The fates must have been drunk when they assigned his nature. But when his hoarder tendencies get to be too much, his submissive nature may prove useful for once.

And the crown tumbles down by Tentaculiferous (America/England) Political power lost, shackled to an obnoxious and despicable king, Arthur spirals a bit. But a mind can be a terribly fun thing to lose.

Up there came a flower by Tentaculiferous (America/England, Canada/England) One of a Queen's most sacred duties is to provide their kingdom with little princes and princesses. But Arthur has passed year after year without managing to conceive a child. He's sick of the gossip and snickers and sneers, and of his flat belly. He's had enough: his barren years are ending now. If King Alfred can't provide an heir, maybe his brother can.

[jointhearumanati]

HETALIA HEADCANNONS

🇺🇲 Alfred is a not the best in the kitchen but on the Grill he makes the best BBQ I'm talking southern style meat smoked for 12 hours, Brisket, bacon, ribs, steak, burgers, hot dogs, chicken, pork, his cookout parties are the best he can bake casserole in the oven though

🇮🇹 🇩🇪Romano and Germany are best friends when black out drunk much to Romano's horror once he sobers up

🇨🇳 China cross dresses in secret the only one who knows is Poland and are secret besties

🇫🇷 France is the best cosmetologist around you need your hair or nails done he's your guy some nations even pay him and make appointments on the regular

��🇧 🇨🇳England and China dated once upon a time it didn't end well but England still has a small crush on him though he won't admit it China moved on

🇵🇹 🇨🇳Portugal and China had a one night stand once

🇷🇺 🇨🇳Russia has had a crush on China since he was a kid under Mongolian rule he was the only one who was kind to him he thought he was a woman even when he found out he was a man it didn't change his opinion of him

🇻🇦🇨🇳 Rome and China were in a romantic long distance relationship once upon a time it took so long to visit but Rome always made the journey when he had time China didn't find out about his death until years after he died

🇬🇧 England can play the electric guitar 🎸 and writes music notes and songs it helps him relax he lies on the floor of his room and plays for hours

🇷🇺 Russia went to therapy and came out a lot more stable he even went on a apology tour to apologize to those he wronged if he unnerves anyone it's just teasing now

🇩🇪🇧🇪🇨🇭🇱🇮 Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein are the best bakers around they make the best sweets

🇮🇹 Italy and Romano have an Vegetable and Herb garden so they always have the freshes ingredients

🌍🌎🌏All Nations have a big food party after world meeting everyone brings food from around the globe so everyone can try any food they want

🇨🇳 China is actually the best in bed he knows ancient tricks that leave his partners staring at the ceiling contemplating their existence

🇬🇷 Greece is second best in bed it's like he puts every bit of energy into pleasing his partners he falls asleep immediately after

🇬🇷 Greece is the best at giving advice though few nations actually know that

🇪🇸🇮🇹🇺🇲🇱🇹🇰🇷🇰🇵🇭🇰🇷🇺🇬🇷🇹🇷S pain, Romano, America, Lithuania, the Korea twins, Russia, Greece, and Turkey are the best dancers around Spain and Romano are good at Salsa, Flamenco, Tango, Argentine tango, and Tarantella. America and Lithuania are the best at Swing. The Korea twins are good at more modern dancing freestyle even throwing some break dancing and acrobatics into their routine. Hong Kong is the best break dancer even throws acrobatics into his routine often dances with the twins. Russia is the best ballet dancer and does traditional Russian dances it's impressive with his size. Greece and Turkey are the best belly dancers.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 The Korea twins meet once a year at China's place they make up for lost time with a bit of bickering, speaking at the same time, and finishing each other's sentences

🇭🇰 Hong Kong is the best clothing and jewelry designer you'll ever meet he makes all his clothes and even has his siblings model his designs he even has either Japan or Taiwan take pictures for him with lights props and everything and puts it on Instagram he sometimes gets commissions from other nations they pay him and make appointments sometimes even modeling his designs he even teams up with France for hair nails and makeup he has a whole studio he's also a great DJ

🇨🇳 China is the best babysitter around he gets payed by the hour and China adores children he missed the pitter patter of tiny feet on his floor the kids always come back full of good food and toys and presents to take home they aren't his kids so he can spoil them rotten even snacks for the road because growing children need to eat

🇨🇳 China always brings tons of snacks to world meetings he even gives America and Germany extra because they are the youngest

[adolin]

A primer on the UEFA Champions League for the Ted Lasso fandom

In the finale, we’re told several times that Richmond have qualified for the Champions League. If you have only a very vague idea of what that means, this is the post for you.

WHAT IS IT?

The Champions League (UCL) is a club competition among top-league European clubs. It draws clubs from the top leagues of ALL* countries members of UEFA, the governing body of football associations in Europe. (*All countries except Liechtenstein and, currently, Russia)

WHEN IS IT?

The UCL runs alongside the regular season, from September to June. This means that clubs who compete in it play UCL matches on top of regular Premier League matches. Richmond weren’t “promoted” to the Champions League — they remain first and foremost a Premier League club. They also get to play with the rest of Europe’s cool kids.

UCL matches would be mid-week (Tuesday or Wednesday) every 3-ish weeks, and domestic league matches would usually be on weekends. YES this will mean that Richmond will be very busy next season.

WHICH CLUBS ARE IN IT?

The top 4 clubs in the Premier League automatically make it to the main competition for the NEXT round of the UCL. The path is a bit more complicated for most other countries but luckily it doesn’t apply here so we don’t need to go into that.

Richmond finished in second place in the League for the year 21/22 (season 3) so they’d play in the UCL for the 22/23 season. This doesn’t mean they are guranteed to still play in the UCL in the 23/24 season if they can’t end the 22/23 Prem in the Top 4. They need to REMAIN a top national club to qualify again for the Champions League.

HOW DOES IT WORK? 

GROUP STAGE: a round-robin round where 32 teams are divided in 8 groups of 4. Each team in each group plays the other teams in the group twice, once at home (hosting) once away (being hosted) for a total of SIX matches. The top TWO sides in each group advance to the knockout round. This stage takes place from August to December. Richmond would enter directly from this round.

KNOCKOUT ROUND: this round is in double-legged format—this means that each paired sides play each other TWICE, once at home and once away. The round winner is decided by goal difference, so a side can advance to the next round if they lose one of the two matches, provide they win the other by a larger goal difference. If both legs are a draw, there can be extra time and/or a penalty shootout.

In the round of 16 sides from the same country CAN’T play against each other, so for example Richmond couldn’t play Arsenal in that round. In the quarter-final (8 teams) and a semifinal (4 teams) rounds teams from the same country CAN draw each other, so that could happen.

For example, in the current season, AC Milan played Napoli in the quarter-final and then Inter Milan in the semifinals; all three teams are from Italy. The double-legged knockout round takes place from February to May.

FINAL: It’s in June. The two teams who remain standing after the semifinals only play each other ONCE. The location is appointed beforehand and it’s often neutral ground to both teams. The next UCL final will actually be this Saturday (June 10) Man City v. Inter Milan will play in Istanbul.

how many matches in a UCL season?

If you make it to the semifinals, it’s 6 in group stage + 6 in the 3 successive knockout rounds. This is 12 matches, of which 6 are away (and usually abroad) The final is the 13th match.

What does it mean to win the Champions League?

The UCL is considered the most prestigious club competition in the world. We see in in the show; Roy having won the UCL with Chelsea in 2012 comes up several times in S1, even though Chelsea also won the Premier League multiple times while Roy was there — but the Champions League is the one people bring up.

Winning the domestic league is obviously a big fucking deal, but winning the UCL is huge. Only a handful of top-league clubs have won it multiple times, and many big clubs have NEVER won it (including Man City, PSG, Arsenal and AS Roma) Then there’s Real Madrid who’ve won it FOURTEEN TIMES

EDIT: Man City have since won their first UCL trophy

[hwsfemmephenomenon]

Check out our preemptive FAQ here!

Without further ado, here are the answers to your questions from the interest check:

☆ I would like to apply to be an art mod, but my Hetalia fanwork is a bit old and not up to date with my current skill level? Can I submit some non-Hetalia fanwork for my mod portfolio?

If this is the case, submit any work you're proud of, regardless of its relevancy to Hetalia!

☆ What does "spread" and "page" mean?

☆ Where do I sign up?

Contributor applications will be opening July 1, 2024. We’ll make a post with the link to the contributor apps at 3PM EST on July 1, but you’ll also be able to find a link to the apps on our Carrd when the time comes! Right now the button on our Carrd is a placeholder, but if you press it now, you’ll be rewarded with a cool and funky video :]

☆ Will page size/formatting guidelines be given?

Yes! At the moment, there are placeholder measurements in our info-doc. Proper formatting will be finalized before contributor apps open once we’ve onboarded our formatting mods and discussed what sizes are best!

☆ Can my contribution include multiple HetaGirls?

YES!!! Let them interact!

☆ Are ships allowed?

Yes! As of right now, our only restrictions are no Belarus x Ukraine and no NSFW content.

☆ How many contributors will you accept to the zine?

At the moment, we’re a bit unsure! This is both Soph and Arson’s first time hosting a zine so we don’t want to bite off more than we can chew. As of right now, we may accept up to ~30 visual contributors and ~10 writing contributors, but those are estimates. We’ve gotten a ton of support for this zine, but we need to find our footing first! Ultimately, the final number of contributors will depend on what the mod team feels they can handle and how many applications we get!

☆ Why are you putting limits onto how Nyotalia characters can appear in the zine?

This zine originally came to be with the canon women in mind. We want the zine to focus on Ancient Egypt, Belarus, Belgium, Czechia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Seychelles, Taiwan, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Wy, as much of their canon material treats them as supporting roles to the male characters. We additionally would love to see submissions for Ancient Greece, Kenya, and Zimbabwe!

The Nyotalia characters are understandably very popular because they're a different take on the main cast. While we also love Nyotalia, we worry that very popular characters, like the main 8, will overshadow the characters we created this zine for in the first place. Nyotalia women are allowed in supporting roles because it would understandably be a little difficult for the writers if they were only limited to a specific set of 12-17 characters.

Some examples of work featuring Nyotalia characters would be:

A frying pangle fic where Hungary interacts with Nyo!Austria and/or Nyo!Prussia

A group illustration centering Vietnam’s interactions with Nyotalia ASEAN

An AmeBela illustration where Belarus interacts with Nyo!America

Some exceptions may be allowed on a case by case basis.

TLDR: You can draw Nyotalia women so long as they play a supporting role to one of the canon ladies.

☆ How many OCs will be allowed?

It depends on how many applications we receive! So long as they're a nation & aren't already canon to Hetalia, it's fair game. We want to see ladies from all over the globe!

☆ Why do you want more than one pitch?

We don't want to force people to make work they're disinterested in, but we also don't want there to be a disproportionate amount of material for one girl over another. As of right now, Hungary is in the most demand with 69.2% of responses, but Wy (34.6%) and Monaco (42.3%) have the least amount! We want to encourage more work for the more neglected ladies!

☆ Can I make more than one submission?

As of right now, yes! So long as everyone isn't doing more than one piece and if the contributor thinks they can handle two pieces during the time frame, we wanna see those HetaGirls!

More on this to come when acceptances roll out and we start working on pitches...

Got more questions? Submit them to our inbox!

Thank you all for the love and support you've shown the zine thus far!

[kohntarkosz1899]

THEY'VE DONE IT, THE MAD LADS HAVE DONE IT

After a 20-year winless streak, that finished last September 5th after a 1-0 victory against Liechtenstein at home in the town of Serravalle, it seemed that it was the biggest joy the San Marino national team, known as the "worst national team in the world of football" could get.

But today, they wrote the biggest page of their footballing history, that goes back to their first official match in 1990 against Switzerland and was constantly filled with harsh defeats, mainly because of the fact that, having a population of around 30.000 inhabitants, the resources are limited, and they mostly can only count with amateur or semi-pro footballers.

Until this edition of the UEFA Nations League, they had only ever won one friendly match, 1-0 against Liechtenstein on April 28th, 2004.

After the before mentioned second win in the Matchday 1 of the Group D1 of the Nations League, they suffered a defeat by a narrow margin of 1-0 against Gibraltar on Matchday 2, but they overcame it by achieving a last-minute 1-1 draw last Friday, in their third game of the group stage, reaching the last matchday against Liechtenstein in the capital Vaduz with chances of being promoted to League C. That would be, undoubtedly, the biggest feat in Sammarinese footballing history.

And indeed, it was. After a stunning middle distance shot from the Liechtensteinian midfielder Aron Dele during the first half, the hopes for the Sammarinese seemed to be waning.

But right after the beginning of the second half, a great play left the midfielder Lorenzo Lazzari in front of the box, and he didn't hesitate to put the ball in the net to put things back even and get his first goal ever with the Nazionale shirt. In the 66th minute, a penalty was awarded to San Marino and the striker Nicola Nanni safely exchanged it for a goal.

It was the first ever time in history that San Marino was coming back from a defeat, and that historical comeback was sealed by one of the Sammarinese legends, Alessandro Golinucci, to put the final result of 3-1 in favor of the Titani.

After the final whistle, the feat was celebrated with the always faithful Brigata Mai 1 Gioia (San Marino's tireless supporters group) as if they had been champions of the world, and rightfully so.

Aside from the historic promotion to League C, they achieved:

-their FIRST EVER away win

-their FIRST EVER comeback

-their FIRST EVER TIME scoring three goals in the same match

-their FIRST EVER TIME winning two matches in a UEFA competition

-(still not confirmed, but very likely) escaping the dead last spot of the FIFA ranking

Closing this with a personal note. As a supporter myself, for the last 10 years, this feels truly like winning the World Cup. The almost unsurmountable level difference between these guys and the big European teams might make most people think "is it even worth it? It's a team of clerks and accountants, which are clearly inferior in virtually every aspect of the game, playing against professional footballers playing in the top leagues".

But once you start noticing the sacrifice, the struggles they make to represent their home country, no matter how small, always with dignity and honor despite the adverse results, you realize this means the world to them. And to everyone of us who can feel identified with their struggles. And tournaments like the Nations League give the opportunity to these teams to play against similarly ranked teams, and achieve more feasible and positive results. It just makes it all worth it.

And after all these years of waiting, I can assure you all, it was worth all the wait to enjoy this feat, for everyone. For the players, for the managers, for the federation, and for the fans, who felt touched by their story and took the decision to support them from everywhere in the world, no matter the uncountable defeats, the infinite frustrations and the incommensurable helplessness.

TODAY, SAN MARINO WON, WAS PROMOTED, AND MADE HISTORY. Today, the world of football is a better place.

FORZA SAN MARINO 🇸🇲🇸🇲🇸🇲

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[superbeans89]

I’m not much of a football fan, but this deserves some recognition.

San Marino, FIFA’s lowest ranked team, achieved their first victory in twenty years - and their first competitive victory ever - with a 1-0 win over Liechtenstein.

Nicko Sensoli’s 53rd minute effort was all they needed to secure victory, but it’s a historic win for the infamous minnows.

[the-olympics-olympics]

Weird Olympic Moments Tournament

To celebrate (?) the Paris 2024 Olympic Games starting in a few weeks, I thought I'd run another Olympic-themed poll tournament. This time, we're diving into history and getting to know some of the stranger, lesser-known stories of the Games.

Polls will run for a week, and the tournament should last until around early September if I'm doing my math right. The first polls will begin Monday, July 15th.

At the end, we'll award a gold, silver, and bronze to the top three.

After many hours on Wikipedia and the IOC website, here's the list of moments I came up with:

Horse vaulting

Pigeon racing

Sarajevo venues damaged in war

Mayor of Montreal says "The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby," then proceeds to host one of the most financially disastrous Games in history

George Eyser wins six medals after being run over by a train

Solo synchronized swimming

Crowd gets pooped on by 25,000 pigeons

Flame is taken to top of Mount Everest

Margaret Abbot dies without knowing she made history as the first US woman to win gold

Brazilian team has to sell coffee to afford the trip to Los Angeles

A teenager's "dumb idea" becomes Olympic tradition (athletes marching together in closing ceremony)

St. Louis experiments with "purposeful dehydration", denies water to marathon runners

Kanakuri Shizō takes 54 years to finish his race

Mt. Vesuvius moves the Olympics to London

They stop doing the Olympic salute for some reason

IOC President compares a terrorist attack to a vote to ban a racist country

The Olympics goes 88 years without letting women run marathons

Olympic flame transmitted via satellite

Northern Rhodesia declares independence during Olympics, changes name to Zambia

Vancouver 2010 cauldron malfunction

Montreal 1976 stadium is finally paid off in 2006

The curse of the Beijing 2008 mascots

Everest climbers get gold medals

Sochi snowflake malfunction

They hold the Olympics in 1906, then later say it doesn't count

Colorado kicks the Olympics out

Flame hidden from view after anti-gay law

Summer Olympics held during Winter

Haiti and Liechtenstein discover they had the same flag

Riot at the 1924 rugby match

McDonald's gives out more Big Macs than they expected

Chamonix 1924 retroactively named the Winter Olympics

Doves burned during cauldron lighting

Torchbearer takes olympic flame down a ski jump

Medals made of e-waste

Shooter aims for wrong target, loses gold

Olympic torch passed on International Space Station

Alien addresses crowd

Figure skating debuts at Summer Olympics

Olympics held on two different continents

Rio organizers lose key to stadium gate

Baron de Coubertin wins a gold medal under false identity

1960 winter games held in city named for an ethnic slur

Obstacle Swimming

North Korea considered to co-host 1988

Housing complex for American soldiers during the occupation of Japan becomes the Olympic village

Torch design changed mid-relay

Cauldron lit by flaming arrow

Last three seconds of basketball final replayed three times until results changed

St. Louis threatens to hold their own Olympics if they don't get named host city

Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat

Balloon racing

Delirious man carried over finish line by coaches, wins marathon

Summer Olympics held in November and December

Olympics postponed for COVID

Blue screen of death appears during opening ceremony

Marathon runner attacked by priest

Guy kicks referee in the face and (maybe) ends up on a stamp

Jet pack flies over stadium

Centennial games not awarded to a very confident Athens

LA 84 gets in trouble for commercializing the torch relay

Olympic flame relit with cigarette lighter

Rower stops for ducks

Nazi propaganda becomes Olympic tradition (torch relay)

Did I miss a great weird moment? Send it to me in an ask and I might do a round 2 or something!

I chose the moments based on my own personal bias (lol)

Heads up that there is one that involves the death of animals, but I will tag any polls with that #tw animal death

Please don't hesitate to let me know if you need anything else tagged, and how to tag it!

Also, a disclaimer that I'm tired and scatterbrained and I work full time, so if this gets a little disorganized I apologize. Shouldn't be too bad though.

Let the games begin, and whatnot

@tournament-announcer :)

[paikothecateater]

Who do you think are Icelands besties and how do you think they react to the whole good with kids thing? And maybe how mental his family is?

Oh also on a scale of 1 to 10 how much does sealand enjoy being around his uncle Denmark

Iceland's best friends are Liechtenstein, Raivis and Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is a lot like Iceland when it comes to kids. He's super cool and playful, so it's not a surprise to him that Iceland is really good with kids. The perfect day according to the micronations is a day they get babysat by both Iceland and Hong Kong. Hong Kong also has a pretty unhinged family, so he's super chill and friendly with them too. Denmark was actually quite surprised when Hong Kong just waltzed into their house and started talking. Needless to say, he's the Nordics' favourite friend of Iceland's.

Raivis is pretty surprised at how well Iceland deals with kids, but it's a pleasant surprise. He thinks Iceland's family is pretty cool. He prefers hanging out at Iceland's place because of that.

Liechtenstein thinks it's super endearing. She'll just be talking to one of her best friends and there'll be an overexcited Sealand trying to drag him away.

All four of them make a great babysitting team and occasionally set up fun events for the kids.

As for the second question?

11

Sealand loves uncle Denmark so much. Where do you think Iceland gets his fun ways? Denmark is, in Sealand's eyes, the absolute coolest.

[cinelestial]

Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, and Luxembourg Olympic teams at the Paris 2024 Olympics

[saberqueen]

What do you know about Prince Constantin and Princess Tatjana's children?

Prince Constantin's children are pretty private. All I know is that Prince Moritz attended American International School in Vienna for his secondary school. I believe he's into equestrian as well and represented Liechtenstein in a European competition. Meanwhile all of Princess Tatjana's children attended Vienna International School with 2 of them already graduated college. One of them I believe is playing for the Liechtenstein football team.