Another Brexit: England ousted by Iceland in Euro 2016

CBS ^ | 27 June 2016 | AP

[Cronos]

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.

[Cronos]

and they crash out to Iceland -- a team of not "premier league" players, but players with heart and determination

[Cronos]

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.

[pepsionice]

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.

[1rudeboy]

You have to be a citizen to play for your national team.

[Portcall24]

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.

[Alberta's Child]

I think it's more of a case where the rest of the world simply caught up. You're seeing the same thing here in the U.S. to a lesser extent.

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.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Oh. Our boring little thing that nobody cares about made news news. Wasn't a terror attack but Iceland knocking England out. Though the English fans might feel like they been terror attacked, by the sorry display of their team.

Group A

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
FRA	2	1	0	3	7
SWI	1	2	0	1	5
ALB	1	0	2	-2	3
ROM	0	1	2	-2	1

France 2-1 Romania
Albania 0-1 Switzerland
Romania 1-1 Switzerland
France 2-0 Albania
Switzerland 0-0 France
Romania 0-1 Albania

Group B

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
WAL	2	0	1	3	6
ENG	1	2	0	1	5
SVK	1	1	1	0	4
RUS	0	1	2	-4	1

Wales 2-1 Slovakia
England 1-1 Russia
Russia 1-2 Slovakia
England 2-1 Wales
Russia 0-3 Wales
Slovakia 0-0 England

Group C

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
GER	2	1	0	3	7
POL	2	1	0	2	7
NI	1	0	2	0	3
UKR	0	0	3	-5	0

Poland 1-0 N.Ireland
Germany 2-0 Ukraine
Ukraine 0-2 N.Ireland
Germany 0-0 Poland
N.Ireland 0-1 Germany
Ukraine 0-1 Poland

Group D

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
CRO	2	1	0	2	7
SPA	2	0	1	3	6
TUR	1	0	2	-2	3
CZE	0	1	2	-3	1

Turkey 0-1 Croatia
Spain 1-0 Czech Republic
Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia
Spain 3-0 Turkey
Czech Republic 0-2 Turkey
Croatia 2-1 Spain

Group E

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
ITA	2	0	1	2	6
BEL	2	0	1	2	6
IRE	1	1	1	-2	4
SWE	0	1	2	-2	1

Ireland 1-1 Sweden
Belgium 0-2 Italy
Italy 1-0 Sweden
Belgium 3-0 Ireland
Italy 0-1 Ireland

Group F

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
HUN	1	2	0	2	5
ICE	1	2	0	1	5
POR	0	3	0	0	3
AUT	0	1	2	-3	1

Austria 0-2 Hungary
Portugal 1-1 Iceland
Iceland 1-1 Hungary
Portugal 0-0 Austria
Iceland 2-1 Austria
Hungary 3-3 Portugal

Qualified for Round of 16: Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Wales

Best third placed teams to qualify: Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia

Eliminated: Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Round of 16

Saturday, June 25
Switzerland 1-1 (Poland wins 5-4 on penalties) Poland
Wales 1-0 (Own Goal) Northern Ireland
Croatia 0-1 (117th minute goal) Portugal

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Sunday, June 26
France 2-1 (Irish see red (card)) Ireland
Germany 3-0 (Tourney Team starts to peak at right time) Slovakia
Hungary 0-4 (Blow Out) Belgium

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Monday, June 27
Italy 2-0 (The rain in Spain falls mainly in Italy) Spain
England 1-2 ("Humiliated") Iceland

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Quarterfinals

Thursday, June 30 - Match 45
Poland vs. Portugal -- Marseille (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

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Friday, July 1 - Match 46
Wales vs. Belgium -- Lille (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

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Saturday, July 2 - Match 47
Germany vs. Italy -- Bordeaux (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

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Sunday, July 3 - Match 48
France vs. Iceland -- Saint-Denis (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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Semifinals

Wednesday, July 6
W45 vs. W46 -- Lyon (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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Thursday, July 7
W47 vs. W48 -- Marseille (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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Final

Sunday, July 10
W49 vs. W50 -- Saint-Denis (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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[Churchillspirit]

Go Wales !

Love the singing.

[BobL]

“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.

[Berlin_Freeper]

England suffered their worst humiliation since they were knocked out of the 1950 World Cup by USA in Brazil as Iceland shocked them in the last 16 of Euro 2016.

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.

[Berlin_Freeper]

For Roy Hodgson it was a desperate and ignominious way to end his four years as England manager. Whatever else happened in that time, his period in office will probably always be remembered for the full-on humiliation that accompanied this defeat and the knowledge it will rank among the more infamous results in the history of the national team.

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.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Iceland team celebrating with fans

[Berlin_Freeper]

ROY Hodgson immediately resigned after England were dealt a humiliating 2-1 defeat by minnows Iceland to crash out of Euro 2016 in one of the most stunning upsets in the history of the game.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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

[Berlin_Freeper]

#ENGICE

[Berlin_Freeper]

How did a nation of 330,000 people qualify for the Euro 2016 knockout stages? The secret behind the Iceland miracle

[Cronos]

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

[Cowboy Bob]

Iceland is defenitely punching above their weight.

[kearnyirish2]

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...

[pepsionice]

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.