For those who are unaware and/or American, there's a whole lot of soccer (or "football") going on in Europe right now.
Specifically, the Euro 2016 tournament is going on and it's prompted some serious clashes between fans, a lot of nationalism, and some sports, I guess.
On Wednesday, Iceland beat out Austria 2-1 to advance into the round of 16. Iceland is the tiniest country in the competition so it was a big deal for them to advance!
But nobody — including Arnor Ingvi Traustason of Iceland, who scored the winning goal in the LAST SECONDS of the match — was excited as the Icelandic announcer.
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Just...watch this. And if you have headphones in, you probably want to turn them down a smidgen.
Here's a transcript and translation, provided by a very helpful reader with a degree in Icelandic in an email, of his frenzied screams:
3 á 2, Emmi, farðu inn á teyginn, farðu inn á teyginn, Emmi, já, já, já, já, já, já, við erum að vinna þetta, við erum komnir í 16 liða úrslit, við erum komnir í 16 liða úrslit, við erum að vinna Austurríki, röddin er farin, en það skiptir engu máli, við erum komnir áfram, Arnór Ingvi Traustason er að skora.
3 against 2, Emmi [Theodór Elmar Bjarnason] go into the box [penalty area], go into the box [penalty area], Emmi, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, we are winning, we have reached the 16 team final, we have reached the 16 team final, we are winning Austria, the voice is gone but that doesn't make a difference, we have advanced [into the next round], Arnór Ingvi Traustason scored!
If you were wondering what the announcer — Guðmundur Benediktsson, who we swear to the fjords is called Gummi Ben in Iceland — looked like as he was screaming, here you go.
And people think Latin American soccer announcers have the market cornered on victory cries.
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