Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Cristiano Ronaldo's mic throwing

Robbie Keane, Aron Gunnarsson, Cristiano Ronaldo cartoon
Cristiano Ronaldo put his mic-throwing antics behind him with two goals in Portugal's 3-3 draw with Hungary, while there will be celebrations in Iceland and Ireland as the two sides made it to the knock-out rounds


Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The Mountain from Game of Thrones to crush Ronaldo's heart

The Mountain from Game of Thrones to crush Ronaldo's heart

Cristiano Ronaldo may be known around the world for his muscles but that's nothing compared to The Mountain (Hafthor Julius Bjornsson) from Game of Thrones, who has promised the crush the Portugal attacker's heart if he impresses against the six foot nine brute's native Iceland at Euro 2016.


Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Dutch blown away by Icelandic volcano

Iceland pulled off one of the shocks of this week’s round of Euro 2016 qualifiers as a Gylfi Sigurdsson double inspired the Norse side to a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands.

The Swansea City playmaker opened the scoring from the spot on Monday night before doubling his tally midway through the first half with a brilliant, instinctive volley that the dour Dutch were unable to recover from.

The result leaves the Oranje in third place in Group A, behind both leaders Iceland and second-place Czech Republic, while the pressure is ramping up on Guus Hiddink, who has suffered defeat in three of his four matches since taking over from Louis van Gaal.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:00

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

France avoid big freeze against Iceland

A late turnaround for France on Sunday evening saw Laurent Blanc's side's blushes spared as they saw off Iceland 3-2 on hometurf.
Les Bleus trailed their Scandinavian opponents 2-0 at the break, with both Birkir Bjarnason and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson exposing the wayward Patrice Evra down the visitors' right flank.

Yet, second-half goals from Mathieu Debuchy, Franck Ribery and Adil Rami - the latter two coming in the final 10 minutes of the game - ensured that France stretched their unbeaten run to 19 games...