Subject: Mini World cup

grt :)

Ísland - Honduras

Against Honduras we play with first team players.

Lineup against Honduras =>

1. Knútur Þorbergsson
2. Patrekur Bjartsson
3. Jóhannes Jökulsson
4. Gústaf Sæmundsson
5. Snorri Bergmannsson
6. Björn Friðbjörnsson
7. Christopher Valdimarsson
8. Ásbjörn Haraldsson
9. Henrik Eysteinnsson
10. Sigurður Helgi Traustason
11. Sigurvin Yngvarsson

12. Thomas Bjartmannsson
13. Gunnleifur Haraldsson
14. Elvar Örn Arnbergsson
15. Unnsteinn Elísson
16. Kolbeinn Baldursson


62' Unnsteinn Elísson replaces 8
70' Kolbeinn Baldursson replaces 9

Next match will be played with U24 players!

Ísland - Singapore

U24 match against Singapore (ranking 64.). After this match we have still 2 games left - Prathet Thai and Suomi.

Lineup =>

1. Magnús Hjaltson
2. Máni Hjörvarsson
3. Guðgeir Sigurðsson
4. Sigurgeir Birgisson
5. Runólfur Pálmason
6. Jón Haukur Sigurbjörnsson
7. Elmar Sigmundsson
8. Kristján Ingi Hróarsson
9. Stefán Alexandersson
10. Kolbeinn Baldursson
11. Henrik Eysteinnsson

12. Knútur Þorbergsson
13. Orlygur Gestsson
14. Sverrir Konráðsson
15. Freybjörn Yngvarsson
16. Jón Heiðar Fjölnisson

66' Sverrir Konráðsson replaces 8
75' Orlygur Gestsson replaces 6

Prathet Thai - Ísland 0:3

Against Prathet Thai we played with somekind of mixed lineup. Basically there were players who has good chances to play in Wolrd cup qualifyings. I ruled out all 30 yo and over that. Our best players are still 30 year old players (at least).

27 to 29 we have very good players, but after that Iceland players quality level and amounts drops dramatically. There is still good players coming (Iceland manager amount is low, but they are doing very good job!), but for NT matches it will be very challenging to get good enough lineups.

Our game looked nice, but wasn't very efficient. We didn't left any chances for our opponent. I saw also that Nonni Johannson is very violent player who is now suspended from league matches and NT matches! :=)

Here is our coming WCQ group C



Other countries are much bigger if you look at their user amounts.

Interesting is that Indonesia is biggest sokker country (over 500 users), but their ranking is weaker than ours.

9 poinsts are sure for island

Last match this season is against Suomi.

Here is our lineup =>

1. Knútur Þorbergsson
2. Gunnleifur Haraldsson
3. Runólfur Pálmason
4. Jóhannes Jökulsson
5. Ólafur Örn Bergsteinnsson
6. Freyr Friðbjörnsson
7. Elvar Örn Arnbergsson
8. Björn Þór Edvínsson
9. Vífill Daníelsson
10. Ólafur Jónmundarson
11. Henrik Eysteinnsson

12. Magnús Hjaltson
13. Máni Hjörvarsson
14. Ólafur Helgi Karlsson
15. Markús Númason
16. Kolbeinn Baldursson

Iceland's fixtures coming WCQ season:

week 04: Israel U25
week 08: Denmark
week 12: Bolivia U25
week 15: Österreich U25
week 00: Kypros U26
week 01: Venezuela

New NT-season starts - and it is again Mini World Cup season for Ísland!

First friendly match is against tough opponent - France. France is practising for World cup. We are playing with younger players and some reserves. I am resting first team players, because MWC starts next week.

Lineup against France:

1. Vífill Ingþórsson
2. Freyr Friðbjörnsson
3. Jóhannes Jökulsson
4. Knútur Fannason
5. Patrekur Bjartsson
6. Jón Haukur Sigurbjörnsson
7. Stefán Alexandersson
8. Björn Þór Edvínsson
9. Máni Hjörvarsson
10. Elmar Sigmundsson
11. Kolbeinn Baldursson

12. Magnús Hjaltson
13. Gunnleifur Haraldsson
14. Ólafur Helgi Karlsson
15. Ólafur Jónmundarson
16. Henrik Eysteinnsson

0-0 draw against ranking 16 was nice result.

Group B
1. Bosna i Hercegovina (ranking 30)
2. Ísland (ranking 58)
3. Malta (ranking 52)
4. Canada (ranking 43)

First match is against Malta. We have quite even group where our ranking is lowest, but that don't mean that we are automatically out from playoffs.

We must win Malta! So we are playing with our first team in these MWC games.

Well done!

Malta - Ísland 0-2 (0-2)



Eysteinsson scored twice. Our tactic worked perfectly (allmost) and after Malta's first minutes pressure we started our engine. Our midfield played nice combinations. Defence line was tough.

Good start in Mini World cup!

hop hop for einstein! :)

Ísland - Canada 1 - 0 (1 - 0)

Great win against Canada in mini world cup. Eysteinsson scored again the winning goal.