World Cup 2018: Argentina vs Iceland, 5 Talking Points

#3 The Vikings roar back

Supported by a bunch of religiously-loyal supporters, clapping in unison from the stands accompanied by the Viking roar, Iceland looked up for it from the first whistle; thanks to the tremendous atmosphere created by the travelling Icelandic support inside the Otkrytiye Arena.

This isn't the first time they've made a mark on the world stage; their trademark celebration going viral following their team's heroics at the Euros two years ago. Neither is it the first time that their team has sent shock-waves through the world of football. The giant-killing instincts of the Icelanders were well documented following England's ouster from France a couple of years ago, after managing to hold the eventual Champions, Portugal, in the group stages.

If that was impressive, the game against Argentina was even better. After going a goal down, in the manner that they did, it would've been totally normal for a team of their standing to wilt under the pressure of playing against last edition's finalists, on the biggest stage in the game. But that's not the Viking spirit. It simply isn't.

Instead, they roared back, almost straight away (a gap of just 4 minutes between the goals), to level the scoring, albeit in the patchy manner that they did, with some unwarranted assistance in the form of shoddy defending by the Argentine defence and its inability to clear its lines. Irrespectively, Iceland had the grit, and the determination, to hit back and that's exactly what they did. It was the sucker-punch that Argentina never really recovered from.