Friday, 29 June 2018

THEY FINISHED 22nd: ICELAND

In Euro 2016 they were an unknown quantity with a thunderous chant that cast a spell across a tournament and sealed a famous win over England. Two years later, the mystique had gone, though that chant remained (and was adopted by a couple of other nations to less effect). It didn’t really happen for Iceland, but what the hell, they made their first World Cup and were never disgraced at any stage and were perhaps unlucky to be drawn in what was one of the toughest groups.

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