With Icelandic rising star Tre Istasson scoring a dead end, Iceland sent itself into the "death zone" of the European Championship knockout rounds. Maybe strategically, it wasn't a wise move, but their next opponent became their "teacher" in football, England. Icelandic footballers obviously prefer to meet this opponent than Croatia, and for England, although there are several Premier League and Championship players in Iceland, the Three Lions international are generally unfamiliar with this team.
In 2009, several young Icelandic coaches went to England to participate in UEFA coaching training, and they took Reading in between, but the focus was not on The second star of Iceland at the time, The main back of the Reading team, Brinya Gunnarsson, but another Icelander in the team, a piece of jade under 20 years old - Gilvey Sigurzsson. The youngster left Icelandic powerhouse Bright Palace club three years ago for England and is about to shine on the professional football scene in England.
However, according to One of the young coaches who studied at that time, Dardi Lafensson, who is now in the Academy of Lights academy, revealed that the young Sigurzsson also experienced a change in position on the pitch: "When we arrived in Reading, the then manager Koper asked him to play center-back, and the reason was that his speed was insufficient, which was ridiculous. But with Koper out of class and Rogers taking over, he was fixed in the middle of the midfield and commanded the entire team's attack, which led to his big kills and take-off at Hoffenheim.
In the "golden generation" that led Icelandic football to complete the leap this year, the young man who went to England was far from West Ursson. Winger Gervaiz menson trained in Chelsea and Fulham's youth team, midfielder Aaron Gunnarsson started as a pro in Coventry, Nuremberg Flying Wing Gieslasson, who was not shortlisted for the European Cup, spent two years in Charlton U21, while the older Halfretzsson travelled from Tottenham Hotspur to Europe that year.
Looking at Iceland's Europa League squad, there are also three Iceland internationals currently playing in the English League, all of whom happen to have been here before they were 20 years old, and they are Gwitzson of Charlton, Swansea core Gilvey Siyurzsson and Cardiff City's mainstay Aaron Gunnarsson. They grew up in England and have returned to england after a long journey, and the English league has become the league system that contributes the most to this Icelandic team outside the Nordic football world.
Aaron Gunnarsson is also a "Made in England" boutique
Iceland and England have a long history of football. They have long followed the path of football, and countless young icelander coaches have come here to train as Dady Lafensson, and in an interview, Gudjohnsen even revealed: "For generations, every Icelander has had an England home team. ”
In the middle of the last century, more of Iceland's top players chose to go to the German, Belgian and Scottish leagues, and it was not until the 1980s and 1990s that Tottenham defender Bergson became the first regular candidate from the English league in the Icelandic national team. But since entering the new millennium, England has become the preferred destination for Iceland's top players. In the days when Iceland's FIFA rankings were at the bottom, it was Guedjohnsen, along with the "old drivers" of the English league such as Brenja Gunnarsson, Herdasson and Hergusson, who supported Icelandic football and became the leader of the West Urssonsonsonsons. The second oldest in Iceland's European Cup list, Odernarsson, who recently shelled Ronaldo, also has the names of two English teams, Plymouth and Rotherham, on his resume.
In addition to England, which has left a deep mark on Icelandic football, and several Nordic big brothers connected to the European continent, the Netherlands is also one of the cradles of this generation of Icelandic players. Iceland's two strikers, Sigsölssund and Finboassson, as well as the main left-back Skourazsson, have made a breakthrough with the Dutch First Division as a springboard for their careers, with the main goalkeeper Haldosson and the youngest of the team, Hermansson, also playing in the Dutch League, while in the European Cup qualifiers, they helped Iceland defeat the Netherlands twice. And in this historic European Championship quarter-final, in the face of the team that most Icelanders have supported the most in previous competitions, and one of the most important "teachers" of Icelandic football, who can guarantee that several "Made in England" in Iceland will not stage a counterattack?