The BBC actually managed to spend half an hour talking about the game they were about to show with absolutely no mention of England. Well, hardly any. Almost enough to make you forgive the cringe-making Dan Walker spy pastiche at the start. Almost.
It’s the smallest nation ever to qualify for the tournament against one of the biggest, not that I’ve ever understood the relevance of that. After all, you would expect China or India to regularly reach the final stages if that had a bearing. Nigeria wearing their spiffy new shirts this time.
Iceland’s long-ball game once again putting everybody to sleep, add in an uninspired Nigeria and we have a snooze-fest.
It looked like it would be a game of two separate forty-five minute periods though as Nigeria thrillingly broke and Musa brilliantly controlled and half-volleyed home early in the second. The game opened up a bit after this with both sides actually trying to create chances. Musa hit the bar then scored another great solo goal to seal the win. Although Iceland did have a chance to get back in it with a VARPEN (a term which I am hereby copyrighting all right?) but Sigurdsson blazed over. Keown actually came out with “He had to score” after it. Please, enough with the truisms.
The result means that Argentina are still alive if they beat Nigeria in their last game depending on Iceland’s result with Croatia. Iceland not out of it though.
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