After watching the match between Argentina and Iceland at Spartak Stadium in Moscow, it was already past 9 pm when I returned to the hotel. I simply washed my hair and went to sleep. When I wake up, I feel that the whole world has been conquered by Iceland, and they have become the protagonists in a lot of chicken soup stories and inspirational articles.
I took a casual look, and everyone can feel the style of painting: they were originally composed of MV directors who painted Argentina and real estate company owners, but the Icelandic goalkeeper who saved Messi's penalty was actually an advertising director, and so on, so I won't show them one by one. From these headlines and words, you will suddenly realize that Iceland is an amateur team.
▲ Messi missed a penalty and Argentina drew with Iceland.
Don't suddenly realize that you will lose.
Although I am not an Icelandic fan for 30 years, as a fan who has been paying attention to them since the 20 16 European Cup qualifiers and was shocked by them in the 20 16 European Cup, I can tell you responsibly that Iceland is not as amateur as you think, and they are not an amateur team. Although they are facing Argentina led by Messi, they are not so-called "dogs".
I won't go into details here about how Icelandic football developed. I've reported it many times before. I believe that people who like chicken soup with the wind will pretend to turn a blind eye. Iceland did not become famous overnight. 20 16 European Cup qualifiers, beating Holland in group stage. In the 20 16 European Cup, Portugal won the final championship in the group stage, and they beat England in the knockout stage. 20 18 Russia World Cup qualifiers, first in the group, forced Croatia to qualify directly.
▲ Icelandic goalkeeper Haldorsen, who took Messi's penalty.
These achievements are enough to show that Iceland is not a small team, which is why Argentina was said to have fallen into the death group after the World Cup group draw results came out.
It is even more impossible to say that Iceland is an amateur team. Before the game, the volunteers gave us a starting lineup in the press box. In Iceland's starting lineup, there are several experts from Premier League, Championship, Serie A and Bundesliga. Last summer, when Icelandic midfielder Sigdsson moved to Everton, it was reported that his worth reached 40 million pounds, still calculated in pounds. And his transfer fee has an additional clause of 5 million, which is still pounds. The head coach (called dentist) has a UEFA A-level coaching certificate.
It seems that people are really not amateurs, but generalists.
Source: Netease News