Everything was in place for El Salvador to have a red-hot crack at powerhouse Argentina in their friendly in Maryland, USA, on Saturday.

But things fell flat even before a ball had been kicked, when stadium staff played the wrong national anthem.

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The look on the players’ faces is priceless, as one by one hands falls from hearts and the national pride that had been swelling in their chests was replaced by disbelief.

Watch the video below:

Things didn’t get any better for El Salvador once the match started. They went down 2-0 to the World Cup runners-up.

Event company CMS Sports took “full responsibility for the honest mistake”.

Apparently the Manx name for the Isle of Man is ‘Ellan Vannin’, placing it right next to each other on the alphabetised anthem list. Oops.