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14th Oct 2018

Gibraltar make history with first ever competitive win

Simon Lloyd

See? It’s not all bad, this Nations League business.

Having only become a Uefa-affiliated team in 2013, Gibraltar had lost every single one of their qualifying matches for Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.

There only two victories – over Malta and Latvia – had come in friendlies.

However, taking on Armenia in Yerevan, they were able to record their first ever competitive victory courtesy of a second-half penalty from Joseph Chipolina.

Armenia, who had Arsenal’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan in their side, remain above Gibraltar in group D4 but only on goal difference.

The full-time whistle was greeted with scenes of celebration from the visiting players and coaching staff, as can be seen in the videos below.

https://twitter.com/Ditvi_Na/status/1051209226104778753

The Armenian FA also apologised to Gibraltar after the wrong national anthem was played instead of theirs before kick-off.

Instead, the anthem of Liechtenstein was mistakenly played in the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium.

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