The UEFA Euro 2016 tournament- Iceland NEWS FROM RVTON FLOATING SEAL

2016-07-04 17:11:35

International soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal said the Iceland soccer team at the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament was "not going to do anything "

His comments came after Iceland tied Ronaldo's Portuguese team 1-1 in the first week of the tournament.

Then Iceland tied Hungary.

Then,it beat Austria.And Iceland advanced to the elimination rounds of the tournament .

Few expected Iceland to make it that Far.

American comedian and television show host Stephen Colbert enjoyed the Icelandic announcer as he reacted to the game-winning goal against Austria.

The announcer screamed ,as if he could not believe what had happened.

Colbert talked about the announcer's excitement on his late-night television show .

He joked that his show's TV network,CBS,might want to consider hiring that announcer to add excitement to its sports programs.

Iceland faced mighty England on Monday .

No one gave the team from Iceland a chance to beat England .

After all,only a few players on the team are well-known outside of Iceland .

England has playeers from famous teams like Liverpool,Manchester United ,Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City .

But on Monday ,Iceland continued its unbelievable journey .

Icelannd's team manager said"now ...every obstacle in their way is going to look smaller"