Icelandic Announcer After England Loss: 'You Can Leave Europe! You Can Go Wherever The Hell You Want!'
NICE, France (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Iceland's soccer announcer has gone viral again.
After losing his mind when Iceland scored a last-second goal against Austria to move on from the group stage, Gudmundur Benediktsson stepped up his game after Iceland stunned England 2-1 to move on to the European Championship's quarterfinals.
"You can leave Europe! You can go wherever the hell you want!" he said about England, referencing the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union.
Icelandic commentary King at full time. "You can leave Europe! You can go wherever the hell you want!"pic.twitter.com/i8Dj2dFeeZ
— CJ Deeley (@ThatChris1209) June 27, 2016
Obviously, Benediktsson became a hit on social media after the call.
Someone apparently attacked and began to torture this announcer as he was calling Iceland's win over England https://t.co/2MwMVUtV3G
— Par Boora (@parboora) June 28, 2016
Find a dog that greets you with the same excitement of an Icelandic announcer witnessing a goal
— Luke Beck (@LMBeck10) June 28, 2016
Did the Icelandic announcer guy just have a cardiac?
— total Barça (@totalBarca) June 27, 2016
They're going to have to pry that Icelandic announcer off the ceiling.
— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) June 27, 2016
As for England, the defeat meant more humiliation on the big stage and surely another inquest into why a team of supposedly talented players failed again.
David Cameron stepped down as British Prime Minister after the result of last week's referendum that unsettled the country and the whole of Europe. England coach Roy Hodgson did the same after overseeing yet another humiliating campaign in a major tournament.
"Now is the time for someone else to oversee the progress of this young, hungry and extremely talented group of players," Hodgson said. "They have been fantastic."
For English player and current BBC Sport's analyst Gary Lineker called it the "worst defeat in our history."
"England beaten by a country with more volcanoes than professional footballers. Well played Iceland," Lineker tweeted.
The worst defeat in our history. England beaten by a country with more volcanoes than professional footballers. Well played Iceland.
— Gary Lineker ???? (@GaryLineker) June 27, 2016
The English have still never won a knockout-stage game abroad in the European Championship in eight attempts and haven't won a match beyond the group stage of a major tournament since 2006.
This defeat will probably go down as England's biggest humiliation since losing 1-0 to the United States in 1950 World Cup.
Iceland will face France in the quarterfinals on Sunday.
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