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#SmiteTheWorld Daily: Hero Hannes, Viral Rúrik, Iceland’s Prez & PM Watch At Home, & More
After Iceland’s notable entry the World Cup with a famous 1-1 draw with Argentina, interest on the team only intensified. If the world was watching before, they really are now: here’s what’s going on in the Iceland World Cup camp. Hero Hannes…
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#SmiteTheWorld: ARG 1-1 ISL—Full Report, Player Ratings, Man of the Match
WOW! HANNES HALLDÓRSSON SAVED A PENALTY FROM THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME, AND THEN DARED TO MAKE AN UNBELIEVABLE SAVE IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES TO SECURE A VALIANT DRAW. WHAT A FUCKING AMAZING PERFORMANCE FROM THIS TEAM WHICH NEVER CEASES…
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#SmiteTheWorld: Iceland World Cup News On The Day Of Reckoning
The day of reckoning is here. As Iceland prepare for their historic showdown with Messi’s Argentina, here’s the latest news from the camp. RUMOUR: #ISL used their training session at the Spartak to load the pitch with traps. There are spiked pits…
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Momentous Moments: Where To Watch The World Cup In Reykjavík
Iceland has already made history by becoming the smallest country (340,000 people) to participate in the World Cup, while big footballing names like Italy didn’t even qualify. You can imagine the anticipation of the country to go out and smite the entire…
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Smite Preview: Iceland Vs. Argentina Tactics, Team News, Lineups & More
88 years of hurt are over. World Cup fever has gripped the nation. Icelanders are driving in Lada Nivas to Russia. Cancelling their weddings to watch the game, “HÚH!” burger buns in hand. The viking horde are frothing at the mouth, and…
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Iceland Pre-Game Press Conference Reveals Captain Aron Set To Start
Well, well well. Following today’s press conference it seems almost certain that Aron Gunnarsson will be leading our boys out at the Spartak Stadium against Lionel Messi’s Argentina. Coach Heimir more or less said so in his opening monologue, asserting that “all…
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Smite News: Crazy #ISL Fans Drive To Russia, HÚH! Buns, Dog Predicts Iceland Win & More
World Cup fever is upon us, and with it come the usual psychic animals, crazy fans, and weird-ass occurrences phenomena such as a spate of cancelled weddings in Iceland. People indeed seem to have their priorities straight: the big game comes first.…
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Last Words: Lóa’s Hjálmtýsdóttir’s Football Infection
I have more than ninety-nine problems, but the worst one is a severe case of defiance disorder. It’s a common side-effect of having been a teenager in the nineties. This disorder makes it extremely difficult to enjoy popular things like sports, new…
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Meet The Smiters: Guardians Of The Bench
Football is war. So if one of Iceland’s perfect eleven should accidentally lose a leg or a head (other than Aron Einar, who would play on regardless), we might need some young reinforcements to send into the fray. Introducing: the stripling warlords…
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#SmiteTheWorld Interview: Aron Gunnarsson Leads Iceland Into The World Cup
Aron Einar Gunnarsson is, to many, the face of Icelandic football. The talismanic captain of the national team, he’s an imposing presence on the field; a bearded, tattooed midfielder with a hard-tackling style that Cristiano Ronaldo probably still remembers. His impact on…
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#SmiteTheWorld News: #ISL’s Latest Odds, Lanzini Out, Spain Cursed & More
The World Cup is here! The horde are camped out in a Russian forest practicing their long throws, shield walls and Óðinn-guided free kicks as their first game, against out-of-form Argentina, draws closer. Here’s the latest news from Camp Smite. “The Beautiful…
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Fifteen Minutes Of Horror: An Icelander’s Perspective On The World Cup
Icelanders are afraid of two things at some stage of their lives. First, it’s Grýla—the baby-eating mother of the Yule Lads, and owner the Christmas Cat (some weird-ass combination of a giant cat and a wolf), which will also eat you if…
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#SmiteTheWorld: Aron Einar Explains Epic Iceland Tattoo
After Euro 2016, an Instagram post by the team captain Aron Einar Gunnarsson got over 10,000 likes. It was a giant back tattoo featuring the national flag, and the country’s coat of arms, which shows the four guardians of Iceland. The bull…
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The #SmiteWagon Rolls On: Meet The Celebrities Supporting Iceland
Iceland’s World Cup run has drawn a lot of attention from the media, the worldwide football punditry, and international supporters alike. Here’s a run down of some notable new supporters who’ve hopped on the SmiteWagon for the World Cup. 1. The Gladiator…
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Iceland Goalkeeper Hannes Halldórsson Directs Rousing World Cup Ad
As you may have noted if you’ve been following our Meet The Smiters series, Hannes “Wild Claws” Halldórsson—Iceland’s number one goalkeeper—is also a film director. Hannes is currently in Russia, where his focus lies on preparing for Iceland’s opening game against Argentina…
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How We’ll Smite: Iceland’s Tactics, Selection Dilemmas & Predicted Starting Eleven
The unfriendlies have been fought, the team photos snapped, the axes honed, and the longboats landed. Our boys are in Russia, ready for their first ever World Cup appearance. They horde are more bloodthirsty than ever and intent on establishing a footballing…
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Iceland’s Men’s Football Team Bringing 2,900 Pairs Of Socks To Russia
In what is being criticised as excessive and wasteful, Iceland’s team is bringing an inexplicable 2,900 pairs of socks to the World Cup in Russia this year, strictly for personal use. Fréttablaðið reports that Vakandi, an organisation dedicated to, amongst other things,…
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The Beating Heart Of Brazil: A Brazilian Take On Iceland’s World Cup
When you mention football to someone here in Iceland, you will receive one of two reactions. The first is of the “HÚ! I love football, let’s go smite some non-viking ass! Skál!” variety. The second reaction is: “Football sucks.” I honestly completely…
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IT’S CALLED SOCCER: Iceland’s World Cup—An American Perspective
There’s an unfair accusation in Europe that Americans don’t know anything about football. Actually, we freakin’ love football. Not only did we invent football, but we’re the best in the world at it, thanks to the Brady brothers. C’mon, who doesn’t love…
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Ghana vs. Iceland: Gylfi Captaining, Aron Still Recuperating
Fótbolti.net reports that Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson will be Iceland’s team captain as they play a friendly match against Ghana at Laugardalsvöllur tonight. This will mark his first game since getting a knee injury in a match against Everton three months ago, with…
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A Blessing And A Curse: A German Perspective On Iceland’s World Cup
I was born and raised in Germany, in a little conservative town in the Northeast that once belonged to the Soviet Union. I was born four years after the Fall of the Wall which reunited Germany as a nation. Yet, differences remain…
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New Promo Video Of Icelandic National Team Accused Of Chauvinism
We all know of the smiting abilities of Iceland. By qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Iceland made history by becoming the smallest country to participate—ever. As we are sure that this is something to be proud of, the new promo video…
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The World Cup’s Group D Is The Group Of Death… For Everyone Else
When Iceland was pulled in Group D of the World Cup alongside Argentina, Nigeria and previous-smited weaklings Croatia, many called it the Group of Death. They’re right, it is… for everyone else. Here’s some opposition research on the first three teams Iceland…