We are going to the World Cup!" At the American Bar, the biggest sports bar in downtown Reykjavík, the cry was: "Iceland to the World Cup". "The smallest country to get to the World Cup by far, this is surreal," supporter Gunnar Atli Thorodssen said on a busy Monday night. Gunnarsson has no doubt that the World Cup is where Iceland, ranked 22nd in last month's world rankings, belong. "After we lost against Croatia (in the 2014 World Cup playoffs) we aimed at qualifying next time.

Source: The Star October 09, 2017 22:41 UTC