Argentina are playing Iceland in the first match of Group D at Spartak Stadium.
“ICECOLD. ICECOOL. ICELAND!”
Beautiful moments in football are made more significant by those providing words to them. Adjectives on adjectives. Screams on top of the voice. Intense words. Words after words. Provide a sense of importance to the moments, giving an idea to how much it actually means to the players, the fans, the nation.
And Peter Drury, with those three words, complimented by mad celebrations of players and fans alike, provided that sense and idea to everyone behind the television sets.
When Iceland took to field this afternoon, almost ten percent of the nation’s population was seated inside the Spartak Stadium. The sound of the legendary Viking clap, which has almost assumed its mythical status today, reverberated the arena as Iceland made their debut at the FIFA World Cup.
From the first second, the legend of Messi was on show. A maximum of three players crowded the Argentine star whenever he had the ball on his foot.
Iceland soon went close, which was the first proper chance of the match. However, Aguero gives Argentina the lead. However, merely 10 minutes later, Iceland equalised in what was their first ever world cup goal, as Finbogason steered the ball from six yards into the net.
Argentina continued to dominate possession in the second half as well, and soon rewarded with a penalty when Aguero was fouled. However, in a major surprise, Messi missed the penalty.
Argentina continued to go close but couldn’t do much to go through as winners.
It was a fairytale ending for Iceland as they held Argentina to a 1-1 draw in what would be a historic day for the tiny nation.
Here are a few tweets from the match:
Ronaldo scoring against De gea while Messi missing one against a part time footballer. You can’t write this shit up
— 🇩🇪 (@Naitology) June 16, 2018
Cristiano scores against De Gea while Messi can’t even score a penalty vs an igloo merchant pic.twitter.com/VG7voZW5sg
— A | VivaPortugal (@binarybeast7) June 16, 2018
When you see Messi miss a penalty pic.twitter.com/okKzL74LHA
— Gooner Nick (@NickVann1987) June 16, 2018
Messi misses a penalty and somehow, somewhere, I think Ronaldo May be winking.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 16, 2018
Messi missed penalty. Ronaldo fan-boys assemble. #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/dgv0VAvFXe
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 16, 2018
30,000 Iceland fans have travelled to the World Cup. Which is 10% of the population. The burglars over there must be delighted. #FRAAUS
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 16, 2018
Does anyone outside Argentina want Argentina to win this?
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) June 16, 2018
Must have a cold or something 👃🌨 pic.twitter.com/K0NYDA9X6N
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 16, 2018
When you can’t blame Higuain for Argentina bottling pic.twitter.com/oicKmf3ji2
— P™ (@Cechque) June 16, 2018
😳😳😳🙄🙄🙄
— Kevin-Prince Boateng (@KPBofficial) June 16, 2018
We have finally made it. Thank you Ambani . pic.twitter.com/tRoPctkE57
— ESWCN (@SemperFiUtd) June 16, 2018
Nobody is paid to play or coach football in Iceland. It’s a completely amateur game. The manager in on the touchlines is Heimir Hallgrímsson. During the week he’s a dentist and he had to ask for time off work to go to Russia. #ARGISL #WC18
— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) June 16, 2018
Gurgaon has 3x more people than Iceland, yet check this small country holding Messi & Argentina. #ARGISL
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) June 16, 2018
Friday:
Cristiano Ronaldo scores a penalty and a hat-trick against the best goalkeeper in the world.
Saturday:
Lionel Messi misses from 12 yards against a 34-year-old film director. pic.twitter.com/UGd1sikoI6
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) June 16, 2018
Waiting for Messi to announce retirement from international football again.
— Azeem Banatwalla (@TheBanat) June 16, 2018
Smallest nation ever to qualify and first time qualifying and they go ahead and get 1 vs Argentina.
Also, Argentina have as many registered football players as Iceland has in population. Think about that. #WorldCup
— Zweniel🍟@McDonalds (@ZwebackHD) June 16, 2018
