Well, since I’ve mentioned Beijing, the magnitude of England’s loss in soccer to Iceland can perhaps match a proverbial loss by a Chinese player to an Icelander in ping pong.
See, that’s how great the loss was to England.
Or how great a victory it was to Iceland, because we’ve got to tip our collective hat to all Icelanders for this remarkable victory.
But, the loss feels much greater in magnitude and effect. Frankly speaking, I, yours truly, is still living in shock more than one week after the fact.
I, a fan of English football for long, am still unable to fully reconcile with the fact that it actually happened. Final score, England 1, Iceland 2.
I missed watching the match because it was scheduled at 3am here and, looking back, I don’t even know if it was a good thing or bad that I missed it.
You see, on the one hand, I missed an opportunity to witness victory, I mean history but on the other hand I think I would have been really devastated to see England lose in that way first hand, I mean, kick by kick, play by play.
Suffice it to say, I am still in shock and have yet to recover. I stagger even to think about it.
Now imagine how the situation is for England players and their die-hard supporters, who by the way have compared this defeat to their 1950 loss to America as the greatest upset in all soccer history, and quite correctly too.
I may add that in the American case, in which the Americans won 1-0, some copy editors back in England automatically changed the score line to 10-0 in England’s favor, believing some scribe had simply made a typing mistake.
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