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06-28-2016, 01:55 AM
The world reacts to Iceland's Euro 2016 win over England with joy, Brexit jokes, and Bjork
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The 2016 UEFA Euro soccer tournament has given the world plenty of memorable moments, but **thing will compare to Iceland's victory over England on Monday in the Round of 16.
For Iceland, it was a triumph. England ... **t so much. Commentators used words like*"embarrassing," "desolation," and "disaster" to describe the loss.*
SEE ALSO: Crying Messi becomes a meme after critical Copa miss (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/crying-messi-copa-miss-meme/)
The 2-1 win for Iceland was a David-beats-Goliath moment, the small, 34th-ranked island country (http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/)*beating one of the giants of the sport — just days*after England's "Brexit" vote. It was so crushing, England's coach stepped down (https://twitter.com/B**News/status/747538954245783555) after the match. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/england-iceland-euro-jokes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The 2016 UEFA Euro soccer tournament has given the world plenty of memorable moments, but **thing will compare to Iceland's victory over England on Monday in the Round of 16.
For Iceland, it was a triumph. England ... **t so much. Commentators used words like*"embarrassing," "desolation," and "disaster" to describe the loss.*
SEE ALSO: Crying Messi becomes a meme after critical Copa miss (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/crying-messi-copa-miss-meme/)
The 2-1 win for Iceland was a David-beats-Goliath moment, the small, 34th-ranked island country (http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/)*beating one of the giants of the sport — just days*after England's "Brexit" vote. It was so crushing, England's coach stepped down (https://twitter.com/B**News/status/747538954245783555) after the match. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/england-iceland-euro-jokes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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