WHILE IRELAND MAY have had the best fans of the Euros, Iceland became the unlikely heroes of the championship.
The team defied the odds to reach the quarter finals in Paris, where they were defeated by France on Sunday.
They were greeted by thousands of people in Reykjavik yesterday with the ‘Viking’ thunder clap, which the team performed with their fans during the Euros.
RÚV Íþróttir / Twitter
RÚV Íþróttir / Twitter / Twitter
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The homecoming has gone viral across social media and everyone can agree that it’s absolutely epic:
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Herrera Fan / Twitter / Twitter
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Jayjay Robertson / Twitter / Twitter
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Written by Valerie Loftus and originally published on DailyEdge.ie
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I hope the Iceland fans will be getting a medal.
They went better and got the hearts of people….
Dunno bout that, but they were more reserved certainly and less needy
As opposed to the England players who went partying and came home with the clap.
Very cool, made me do a bit of reading, it’s kinda nuts to think there are only people settled there since the 9th or 10th centuries
Many of whom were Irish.
As thralls or slaves
That’d give you goosebumps! Must have been the whole population out.