Rude awakening for Iceland fans. After a dream group and the heroic victory against England in the round of 2016, the dreams of the small northern European national team shattered in the quarterfinals on the wall of France. The hosts of these 5 European Championships have no qualms and overwhelm their opponents 2-XNUMX, detaching in the easiest way the ticket for the semifinal against Germany.
The match lasts less than 20 minutes, enough time for the French to take the lead through Giroud (who enters centrally taking advantage of a wrong offside by the opponents) and double with an imperious header from Pogba following a corner kick . Surprised by the departure of the blues, the Icelanders unbalanced, exposing themselves to the goleada. What a punctual arrival: Payet and Griezmann score before the referee blows his whistle for the end of the first half. At half-time the result is 4-0.
Lagerback tries to shake his team and at the start of the second half puts in Finnbogason and Ingason for Bodvarsson and Arnason. The move at least had the merit of revitalizing his players and so did the goal of the flag with a nice split by Sigthorrsson from a cross by Sigurdsson.
But less than five minutes pass and the distances return to those of the first half: again with Giroud who, thanks to the opposing goalkeeper, makes the most of a cross from Payet and scores twice before leaving room for Gignac.
However, the Vikings want to leave the European Championship making a good impression and so here is Bjarnason's second goal, which once again makes the 30 compatriots scream with joy in the stands. The fairy tale is over, but it won't be easy to forget.
