Iceland World Cup 2018 team guide: tactics, key players and expert predictions
Heimir HallgrÃmsson has adapted the team’s shape but a tight-knit unit will depend on key players returning from injury
This article is part of the Guardian’s 2018 World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 32 countries who have qualified for Russia. theguardian.com is running previews from two countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 14 June.
Even though this will be Iceland’s first World Cup, the squad have plenty of experience in terms of years and international caps won together. The smallest nation to play in the finals found their form in stunning fashion shortly after Lars Lagerbäck and Heimir HallgrÃmsson took charge at the end of 2011, and the team has been largely based on the same group of players, formation and strategy since. These players aim to surprise the world this summer, just as they did by reaching the quarter-finals at Euro 2016.
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