Iceland at Euro2016

Published on January 8, 2021Updated on January 15, 2025

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The Icelandic sports commentator Gummi Ben became an international hit after the game Iceland played against Austria. Not only was he featured in so many medias all around the world, he was even offered a job at CBC according the the grapevine.

It’s not only Gummi Ben who people talk about. People all over Europe are talking about Iceland, the little mouse that roared. There are comments coming from all directions and so many are actively taking part of the whole thing. The official Icelandic supporter team (their name is “the 12th player) created a very special chant for Euro2016. It’s very Viking..ish and brings images to this author of a imaginary war between Vikings and the Saxons, it’s the chant before the Vikings attack. We read in newspapers different descriptions of the chant. This was found in Independent:

Perfectly synchronized chanting from supporters of the smallest nation competing at the tournament caused a reaction on social media that was as impressed as it was scared.

“The chant thing that Iceland are doing is terrifying like a Viking horde or something”