Iceland Deep Freezes England or Miracle On Iceland

[Lake Gator]

Great game. Iceland is technically sound on defense. They played inspired. The sun doesn't set until after midnight locally so I'm sure lots of folks will be absent from work tomorrow.

Work?! It'll be a national holiday!

 

[Lake Gator]

It's certainly a nice way to forget the butt whipping put on the USMNT by Argentina last week. Ouch.

This round of the European Championship is certainly one for the minnows. Wales and Iceland are both into the quarters. It'll still come down to France and Germany though.

And if Iceland were ever going to beat England, now would be the time. England's national team is a complete wreck and has been wallowing in one of its worst declines for years. It's the result of the Premier League importing tons of high paid stars from all over the world to play pro ball there. It's great for the pro league's branding, but it has been terrible for the development of home grown talent. Rooney is the only world class footballer they've had for awhile now and no one else has appeared to support him or eventually take over his role. As a result, lots of nations have caught up to England's level or passed them by. England no longer expects .....

UF has been going through something similar for reasons specific to the college football culture but the results have been the same. The legends of Tebow's era were not replaced with enough elite talent to keep us on top and now we have to hope that Mac can rebuild the machine through recruiting and good coaching.

Of course France must get by mighty Iceland first to face Germany and Wales has a shot at the finals since it comes out of the weaker bracket.:rolleyes:

 

[Lake Gator]

The problem is most of England's are three stars too. They have very little in the pipeline.

It seems to me England is the Tennessee of FIFA: Perennially over-hyped and always disappointing its delusional fanbase.

 

[Ray Finkle]

One of the announcers during the game said it quite well: England is the only country anymore that thinks England is elite. When it comes down to it, they are all overpaid and overhyped. In reality, what the world witnessed wasn't bad English football, it was just English football.

 

[MidwestChomp]

One of the announcers during the game said it quite well: England is the only country anymore that thinks England is elite. When it comes down to it, they are all overpaid and overhyped. In reality, what the world witnessed wasn't bad English football, it was just English football.

It seems to me England is the Tennessee of FIFA: Perennially over-hyped and always disappointing its delusional fanbase.

Ya'll forgot Portugal. The only way they ever win is vs terrible teams. See their draw in the knockout stage of the Euro Cup.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Ya'll forgot Portugal. The only way they ever win is vs terrible teams. See their draw in the knockout stage of the Euro Cup.

All their love comes from Ronaldo The only way they score is someone on their team flops in the box and Ronaldo scores on a PK.

 

[Lake Gator]

All their love comes from Ronaldo The only way they score is someone on their team flops in the box and Ronaldo scores on a PK.

He made two beautiful goals against Hungary to bring Portugal from behind and to earn a spot in the round of 16.

 

[biggator6]

All their love comes from Ronaldo The only way they score is someone on their team flops in the box and Ronaldo scores on a PK.

eeeehh..

 

[MidwestChomp]

eeeehh..

That was just lucky.

 

[LongTooth]

That was just lucky.