Czech It Out: Iceland Wins At Football!

Iceland sits at the top of group A in the qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2016 after a thrilling 2 – 1 win against The Czech Republic in Reykjavík tonight. After six games Iceland has 15 points and The Czech Republic is in second place with 13 points.

The Grapevine was at the game and did a little live tweeting:

Biggest moment of Icelandic football is here, Iceland vs The Czech Republic in the Euro Cup preliminaries! pic.twitter.com/yJbhjy2NN9

— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 12, 2015

It's 0 – 0 at halftime, @brainlove thinks it'll go 2 – 0 for Iceland, what do you think?

— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 12, 2015

Shortly after halftime The Czechs scored. We didn’t find this important enough to tweet about it.

Iceland gallop the ball in with the force of an Icelandic horse, making Cech look like he's had too many pylsur. 1-1 #neutralreporting

— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 12, 2015

Deep in the vaults of the stadium, a green light flicks on. Eiður Gudjohnsen's cryo-coffin has begun it's thawing process.

— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 12, 2015

Hafþor Julius couldn't have hit that one harder. Cech left looking glacial. 2-1 #neutralreporting

— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 12, 2015

It's 2-1 Iceland with 3 minutes of added time. "Oh my god, is this really happening?" – @jonbenediktsson

— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 12, 2015

2-1! Iceland victory! Euros here we come! #neutralreporting https://t.co/8kWFSr06zP

— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 12, 2015

Check out the goals:

https://youtu.be/ddOAMza4aVA

Looks like it’s time to book some tickets to France!