Posted on 06/28/2016 12:29:13 AM PDT by Cronos
Edited on 06/28/2016 12:45:19 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
England slumped to its most embarrassing loss in a generation after taking the lead in the fourth minute through Wayne Rooney's penalty.
Ragnar Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson took advantage of defensive shortcomings by England to put Iceland ahead by the 18th minute, and the Icelanders defended superbly in the second half to earn the biggest victory in their history.
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What is incredible is that England was the country that formulated the rules for cricket, football (soccer), rugby league, rugby union, tennis and now its ranking in these is: cricket (#4 after Australia, India, Pakistan), soccer (#11), rugby (#3 and #2 respectively) and tennis (top player ranked at #2 (men’s) and #19 (women’s). What went wrong with this nation? They so dominated the world in the 1800s right up to the 1930s and the collapse of the gold standard.
I watched the entire game.
Most of the players on the Icelandic team are part-time soccer players, with full-time jobs. Some play out in the Danish or Dutch leagues, but are Icelandic citizens.
I’d say from the game....they were absolutely playing at top level, and I think they could take on the Germans as well. Defensively, they are probably one of the better teams in the series.
You have to be a citizen to play for your national team.
Visited Iceland last week and you wouldn’t believe the excitement about the games. What a lovely place and people. You can sense the struggle to survive in such a beautiful but foreboding place.
As living standards in third world countries rise, the odds start to grow in their favor when it comes to excelling in any industry or sport. All other things being equal, you're simply more likely to find dominant athletes among a billion people in China than among 65 million in Great Britain.
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Love the singing.
“What went wrong with this nation?”
They let women vote. And with that, their MANHOOD was fully stripped away. They dare not fight mass immigration of Muslims, because their (female) masters will jail them. They dare not fight for schools to be agenda-free, or their (female) masters will jail them. And worst of all, the men in Scotland now wear dresses. Pathetic.
That’s my take, at least.
Manager Roy Hodgson resigned after the abject embarrassment of losing to a nation ranked 34th in the world - and with a population of just 330,000 - despite taking the lead through Wayne Rooney's fourth-minute penalty.
Iceland equalised within a minute as England failed to deal with a trademark long throw and Ragnar Sigurdsson bundled home from close range.
England's shameful performance was summed up by Iceland's 18th-minute winner when goalkeeper Joe Hart was badly at fault - just as in the win over Wales - as he let Kolbeinn Sigthorsson's shot through his hand.
How can it be thought of any differently when the suffering came against a country with a population roughly the size of his home town of Croydon and absolutely no history of tournament football? What heroes Iceland were: brave, organised, superb.
With all the talk of reruns this one might do well....oh hang on...(pic via @BBCSporf) #ENGICE pic.twitter.com/wXhFjmELX6— BBC Newsbeat (@BBCNewsbeat) June 28, 2016
True. I think that also holds true economically as well — in the 1950s, the USA was the only real economic power around: Western europe and japan were devastated, Russia and its satellites were also devasted and under Stalinism, the rest of the world was recovering from colonialism
Iceland is defenitely punching above their weight.
Those were the clones working those jobs; these guys were hatched in a dormant volcano and have been playing soccer 24/7 for years. Only now has Iceland unleashed them on the soccer world...
If you look at these guys....they are all Thor-like individuals....about 30 pounds lighter than Thor himself. The Captain of the team is some real estate salesman and looks like some viking character with a full beard.
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