The voice is gone, but that doesn’t matter, we have qualified!
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“I always believe we can win the football game and with these guys it’s quite possible, ” he said.
The fact that Traustason was only thrown on as a substitute 10 minutes from time made the moment all the more poignant and joint head coach delighted Heimir Hallgrimsson, whose side are still unbeaten after clinching second place in the group, was in no mood to downplay the significance. But what we do on the training pitch in the next few days is most important.
Midfielder Arnór Ingvi Traustason is the only member of Iceland’s national football team who is single. “Get into the penalty area, get into the penalty area!” he implored, before screaming joyously as Arnor Traustason fired home the decisive goal.
For those three matches people have needed to get hold of a free ticket before kick off to gain entry but the Academy have announced that for the Iceland game no tickets are required.
Sales of Iceland’s home shirt have risen by an astronomical 1800 per cent on the back of their remarkable Euro 2016 campaign, one online retailer has revealed. “We have never lost, notice that, we have never lost”. Thanks for coming Austria! We are now in last 16!
“But I think some of the nerves are away now because we reached our goal and I think we can play a little bit more freely”.
Benediktsson should be at the helm again on Monday when Iceland, the smallest country to grace the Euros, take on England after their 2-1 win over Austria.
“It’s special for us to still be in the tournament so they can celebrate and enjoy us being here”. “But if you look at England, if they were to lose to us there will he big headlines back in England”.
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“It will be form on the day that will count in the last 16”.
