Iceland's shocking upset of England, in 1 euphoric photo
Iceland defeated England in the European Championship on Monday, besting the Brits in their round of 16 match-up by a score of 2-1. As The Associated Press notes, Iceland was a considerable underdog in the fight, but the Icelandic players took advantage of England's porous defense to take the lead in the 18th minute before shoring up their own defenses to seal the win.
"This defeat will probably go down as England's most humiliating since losing 1-0 to the United States in the 1950 World Cup," AP writes. But it looks like Iceland and its fans are having quite the time celebrating:
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England's manager Roy Hodgson — who makes more than $4 million a year, while his Icelandic counterpart is a part-time dentist — resigned after the stunning loss. But as writer Karl Sharro pointed out back in February, maybe the scheduling of the whole thing was just too tempting for the fates to pass up. Iceland goes on to face France in the Euro quarter-finals Sunday.
