If it isn't obvious to you now, the English clearly can't play the game, ask Iceland.
the dutch changed the game in Iceland. It's taken almost 15 years to build it. The Dutch are responsible for Spain (Barcelona) and Icelands style of play
the dutch changed the game in Iceland. It's taken almost 15 years to build it. The Dutch are responsible for Spain (Barcelona) and Icelands style of play
The Dutch didn't last as long as the English - Iceland knocked holland out in qualifying.
When do the Icelandic coaches show up with the Viking Style?
Given that the weather and the latitude (65 degrees north, just one degree south of the Arctic Circle) makes outdoor sports problematic in the winter--one way Iceland has dealt with this is lots of indoor soccer--both small-sided indoor games (not sure if futsal or other indoor codes), and a large number of domes.
But the evil gummint is paying for a lot of this--Iceland decided it wanted to build a national soccer apparatus, and has spent lots of tax $$$ doing so.
Not sure we in the US can get political support for that. OTOH, more futsal, especially in the winter, is probably a good thing.
As an Englishman living and loving the game this is just one of the worst feelings I have ever felt.
You can blame the coach for some of his subs and tactics but those guys on the pitch are all to a man better then the Icelanders.
Difference is one was a team and the other a bunch of highly paid pretty boys.
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