Euro 2016: Icelandic Magazine Hilariously Live-Tweets Games

June 16, 2016 2:35 AM EDT

Euro 2016 is in full swing. The quadrennial soccer tournament is probably the biggest and most followed international soccer event after the World Cup, and media from across the globe — particularly from the countries participating — are whipping up a frenzy with their coverage.

But few of them are doing so more hilariously than Reykjavik Grapevine magazine in Iceland — a tiny island nation of around 330,000 people. The country is understandably excited about its soccer team’s first major tournament, with over 8% of its citizens making the trip to France to attend.

The excitement was compounded by a 1-1 draw in Iceland’s opening game against heavily favored Portugal and its superstar midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Grapevine’s Twitter account was on it.

And now the unfortunate Portuguese will feel the mighty thunder of Þór's Icelandic warriors. #Euro16
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

You can see the fear on our puny opposition's faces. They know the Norse hellfire that awaits them. #Euro2016
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

There were Viking tweets.

Even the breath of one mighty viking is enough to fell that Portuguese attacker, who fell without being touched. #Euro2016
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

Ahem. If Twitter is inviting you to translate that goal tweet from Turkish, tell them it was a Viking battle roar. #ISL #Euro2016
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

There were also Norse God tweets.

Óðinn's breath propelled our heroic goalie to swat away that weak-ass header. #Euro2016
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

When will our secret bench weapon be unleashed? No, not the power of the god Týr—the volcanic force of Eiður Guðjohnsen. #Euro2016 #ISL
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

And, well, just … everything.

A weak shot from one of the wilting manboys of Portugal stopped with a flick of one mighty Icelandic hand. #Euro2016
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

STONEWALL PENALTY SEND HIM OFF BEFORE HE IS SMITED BY LIGHTNING, it's for HIS OWN SAFETY. #Euro2016 #ISL
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

Now that defending was made of solid Icelandic... birch saplings. We don't have any oak. #ISL #Euro2016
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

The magazine also used its own tweets to write an (ahem) official match report on its website, with the headline “As It Happened: #EuroSaga Begins as Iceland Inflict 1-1 Defeat on Portugal.” Maybe the Grapevine could teach Ronaldo — who drew ire for his criticism of Iceland’s “small mentality” — a thing or two about not taking oneself too seriously.

Lol. Ronaldo. Lol. The nerves are showing. He is scared of the mighty thrashing that is to come. #Euro2016
— The Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 14, 2016

Although the scoreline was a far cry from the 19-0 Icelandic victory the Grapevine had predicted in “ICELAND’S PATH TO CERTAIN VICTORY AT EURO 2016,” there’s still a “historic trouncing of the terrified Hungarians” to look forward to in the team’s next matchup on Saturday.

An Icelandic Magazine Is Hilariously Live-Tweeting Iceland’s Euro 2016 Matches

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