Needing victory to guarantee top spot in European qualifying Group I, goals from Everton star Gylfi Sigurdsson and Johann Gudmundsson ensured Iceland would be on the plane to Russia 2018. "I thought after Euro 2016 that the hardest thing would be to motivate ourselves again," admitted Iceland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson. "And what's more in a group contested between Croatia, Turkey, Ukraine and Finland, who are much better than their position in the group would have you believe. "Congratulations to the whole Iceland team and to Icelanders," said Bunjaki, whose country's population is around six times larger than Iceland's. The result left Iceland ahead of Croatia, Ukraine and Turkey after yet another impressive qualifying campaign.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 09, 2017 22:41 UTC