The fourth edition of the League of Nations, Iceland's first victory ever - even though it played two editions of the youngest UEFA competition in League A, and the next two in League B, thanks to this competition it came within a step of the European Championship...
The "Vikings" lost their first ten matches in the League of Nations, after that they played four draws to reach their first triumph against Montenegro - last night in Reykjavik when they won 2:0.
"The last thing I said to my teammates in the dressing room before kick-off was that it's time to celebrate in this competition and maybe we need to have more respect for the Nations League, which has given us two chances to reach the big competition," he said after the match. for Icelandic media captain Johan Gudmundsson.
Although Iceland lost all matches in the premier edition of the League of Nations, it did not fall out of League A because UEFA decided to expand the highest quality league. And such a performance then brought him a barrage for Euro 2020, where he was immediately eliminated by Romania.
In the next edition, relegation to League B followed, so that the team from the north managed to survive in that rank with four tied results... And that's not all, as those four draws in the end were enough for the Icelanders to once again finish in the lower league. playoff for the European Championship, which was organized by Germany this summer.
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And, there, Age Hareide's boys were even close to finishing in the championship of the Old Continent, after they eliminated Israel, and against Ukraine in the final they led...
All this is another confirmation for selections like Montenegro how seriously this competition must be taken - which was not the case in earlier editions.
Iceland won 2:0 against the "Sokol" at the start of League B - goals after corners by Ori Oskarson and Jon Torsteirson.
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