Iceland began the game with nothing to lose and confident of rattling England.
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“There has been much talk of progress, promise and a strong culture of responsibility, but under pressure, that all evaporated”.
“Iceland played with courage, skill and togetherness”, said the report “England, in stark contrast, dramatically lost their way once their lead had been wiped out”.
“We are a little bit colored by our love for the English football, so probably this game means a little bit more to us, who have been watching English football since we were born”, said Heimir Hallgrimsson, Iceland’s co-coach along with Lars Lagerback.
It kicks off at 20:00 BST on Sunday 3rd July at Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
“It would be impossible not to have the expectations that we had, to have a positive mindset to go into this tournament”, Hart said. France-Iceland! You can go home. A reported 30,000 fans, a 10th of the population, descended on France to cheer on their team.
Taylor says the players have no regrets over the video and suggested that the celebrations were more about supporting the underdog than revelling in England’s embarrassment.
“Italy went out there [against Spain] and they had a real game plan. I don’t know how big it is, but it’s damn big”.
“Iceland are playing like Leicester City played in the Premier League”.
But the match is causing divided loyalties within his own family as his football insane son, Omar, 17, was born in Iceland and will be supporting England’s opponents. There’s the same team spirit in both teams. They’ve come a long way and I can’t sit here and say they didn’t play well.
Two Wales-based players had key roles in the Icelanders’ victory – Swansea’s Gylfi Sigurdsson and Cardiff’s Aron Gunnarsson. “In individual quality you can see that they are superior”.
“We take pride in our defensive record but, if a team gives us the opportunity to attack, we’ll do so”.
The Guardian’s Daniel Taylor also compared Monday’s result to the 1950 loss in Belo Horizonte and suggested England’s allusions to being one of the powerhouses of world soccer now needed to be questioned. An actor can be as good as he likes but he still needs a really good director.
“They’ve not got the respect they deserved”. But I don’t care.
If you still don’t get all the Iceland love, here are seven very good reasons why you should now support them.
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Todd sees a deep-rooted problem within English football and feels changes need to be made.
