#icelandic nt

[kraeki]

So I know most of you are only thinking about friendlies this international break but my national team Iceland is actually being forced to play Euro playoffs against Israel in a few days. Israel is the “home” nation for the match but Iceland refused to go there so Hungary will host on behalf of Israel. Unfortunately the Icelandic team has kind of sucked recently, but I really hope they have a rare moment of brilliance on Thursday, Israel has absolutely no business going to the Euros this summer!!

Iceland’s manager enraged Israeli media and sports personalities with this:

“UEFA takes care of all the rules in this and we are part of UEFA. If we don’t play we will be banned and risk further punishment by not playing another member nation. But if you ask me personally, I would hesitate to play Israel, as it stands now. Because of what is going on in Gaza, and because of what they have done to women, children and other innocent citizens. It shouldn’t be done, and we shouldn’t be playing this game if you ask me. But we have to play because the consequences would be so great for Iceland if we didn’t.”

I thank him for not staying silent and wish him and his team the best of luck on Thursday 🙏

[gomezgal]

[chelscait]

god only knows how they’re gonna survive the next coming month.

i’m not apart of this anymore until they play actual football x

[carebearcody]

english punditry is so lazy and full of bad takes it makes me hate this country even more

[ardans]

[bigblazecoffee]

On the one hand I would love to watch Italy humiliate Israhell but on the other hand why would I waste my time on them when I can watch a delightful Iceland vs Turkiye.

[ceruleanharley]

not croatia and morocco playing their opening match together and now playing their last match together we've come full circle. sounds like soulmates to me

[getting-messi]

Messi really went from this

To this💃🏾🤩🙏🏾

[anytimebitchess]

So so proud of him 👏🏼💖

[kraeki]

He’s glowing

[stuckinakillingjar]

aktürkoğlu hattrick i'm calling it

[ipswichtowns]

still in denial about iceland missing out on the euros again :(

[ardans]

thinking back on the match yesterday and how much i enjoyed it. the sheer Flavour that was the turkish nt playing at laugardalsvöllur, the grainy stream, the view of the track. the long sleeves under their shirts, them huffing and puffing in the cold, rubbing their arms, sweater paws and black gloves. the frustration, the chill, the turn-around, the Warming Up, the redemption

[bigblazecoffee]

Despite the ugly pitch, Turkiye managed to serve in the end 💅

[zibaldone-di-pensieri]

Let's go Vikings! 🥳💙❤️

[7yearsofdele]

Seems Curtis Jones has left the camp as well, I wonder if Gareth did the same thing to him that he did to Madders?