So, yeah, illusions of footballing grandeur in some micronation shattered [...] But then reality was we were all crap players and couldn't even represent our cities, let alone small countries HAHA.
It depends on what country you live in, because it seems to me that the football mentality plays a significant role .. if you were, say, a student, a native of a country where there is a cult of football, and received citizenship, got into the national team, then the difference in the score would not differ significantly from the results of yesterday's match
(chances are pretty decent considering that there are only 850 students in San-Marino).
Btw, once upon a time I studied at a huge international university within the walls of which there were 5 or 6 football teams
(each team represented their faculty). And as freshmen, we joined the ranks of one of the football teams, which ultimately won the championship
(having met in the final with a very strong team of players who were from South America and Africa). We had a significant age difference, we had only one professional footballer
[Dynamo Kiev 2nd squad] and the goalkeeper was a volleyball player ... but nevertheless, we won.