The match was close, we scored quite early and defended our lead.
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“Reluctantly, Iceland’s adventure is over”, public broadcaster RUV summarised after the end of an awesome run at the championship.
“It’s two great nations and we feel like changing this trend”. Griezmann tucked away France’s fourth on the stroke of the interval, running onto Giroud’s pass and lifting the ball over Halldorsson. It’s magnificent, we must make the most of this moment.
“It will be a completely different match, they’re the world champions and often in the last four of major tournaments”, said Giroud.
“The players did a marvellous job”.
“Iceland’s future looks good”. It is a privilege and fantastic.
“I’m not really thinking about Karim”.
“Hopefully they’re not throwing eggs at us after this performance”. It is something special for a small team.
“We were lacking a bit of power, a bit of energy during the first half”.
Iceland may have been knocked out Sunday after a heroic effort at the 2016 Euro soccer competition, but it’s the team’s viking clap that will live on in our memories. They were introduced one by one, with Iceland prime minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson and outgoing co-manager Lars Lagerback addressing the crowd.
But Iceland’s cool blue replica shirts had already sold out before the France defeat. “But we’d like to write another chapter in French football history”.
Didier Deschamps’ men will take on Germany in Marseille on Thursday for a place in the final, while Iceland will return home as heroes after a remarkable run in their first appearance at a major tournament.
“It’s been a lot of hard of work and the supporters have been fantastic. Sadly it ended tonight”.
“Antoine had a tricky start to the tournament”.
The nations last met in a friendly in November past year, with France winning 2-0 in Paris in a clash marred by terrorist attacks in the city. “The more we can force Germany to defend, the better”.
“Now we have gotten a taste of being at the big stage, we love it and we belong here”.
Low continued: “I don’t like to talk too much about favourites for a particular game… maybe France because they are at home, but after 90 or 120 minutes this sort of thing no longer matters”.
And Sigurdsson believes this generation of Icelandic players can now reach the country’s first ever World Cup in Russian Federation despite the limits of their tiny 330 000 population.
He said: “He has the same chances as the other players”.
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“He’s a good guy and a fantastic goalkeeper”.
