Iceland beat Austria 2-1 to reach the knockout stage of Euro 2016 and doom the group favorites to last place and elimination. In doing so, Iceland became the smallest nation to win a European Championship match and completed their conversion of everyone watching the tournament into fans of theirs.
What’s not to like? Their commentator sounded like he was being murdered and somehow happy about it as they scored the winning goal.
Their players have adorable babies with impossibly chubby cheeks.
Their magazines are invoking Viking history on their Twitter feeds.
Last time #ISL invaded Paris was 845. We got 2570kg of silver & gold not to sack the place. This time: no deal. pic.twitter.com/SrxraLQfM3
— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 22, 2016
Their fans know how to pull off a proper slow clap.
And their captain says things like this:
“This is what we stand for. We fight for our country, and this team of ours is just an incredible team. I don’t fully understand how we’ve managed to do this. Before the game four or five of us were unsure, but we continued. What’s just happened shows the character of Icelanders.”
Iceland will face England in the round of 16 and even English fans are a bit torn.
England against Iceland… pic.twitter.com/niw8Lf3aIO
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 22, 2016
In the Year of the Underdogs (Leicester, Cavs), I’m tipping for Iceland to win the whole thing.
CR7 will drop tha mic on them next time they will meet! hehe
Now we know what that commentator sounds like during sex. And the Iceland fans’ clap w/the chanting reminds somehow of the Haka before New Zealand rugby matches. But why does it have to be England next time???? How do I decide?
What happened to the picture of the chubby baby?
It’s back!