--- description: "They know the Norse hellfire that awaits them" and other gems from Reykjavik Grapevine magazine. title: Icelandic Magazine Hilariously Live-Tweets Euro 2016 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Soccer](/tag/soccer/) ## Soccer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # An Icelandic Magazine Is Hilariously Live-Tweeting Iceland's Euro 2016 Matches by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2016 6:35 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2016 6:35 AM CUT 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_](https://grapevine.is/ "undefined") 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%](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/more-8-percent-icelands-population-euro-2016-230338756--sow.html "undefined") 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. > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742793665039454208) > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742794527040278528) There were Viking tweets. > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742797142272684033) > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742811350947254272) There were also Norse God tweets. > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742799492420907008) > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742801388204359680) And, well, just … everything. > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742798519933763584) > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742803191880941568) > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742812770488451072) 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](https://grapevine.is/culture/2016/06/15/as-it-happened-iceland-inflict-1-1-defeat-on-portugal/ "undefined").” Maybe the _Grapevine_ could teach Ronaldo — who [drew ire](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/06/15/cristiano-ronaldo-ripped-for-small-mentality-comments-about-iceland/ "undefined") for his criticism of Iceland’s “small mentality” — a thing or two about not taking oneself too seriously. > [](https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/status/742796641044992000) 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](https://grapevine.is/culture/2016/06/10/icelands-path-to-certain-victory-at-euro-2016/ "undefined"),” there’s still a “historic trouncing of the terrified Hungarians” to look forward to in the team’s next matchup on Saturday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4371015/iceland-twitter-euro-2016-reykjavik-grapevine-soccer-football/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4371015/iceland-twitter-euro-2016-reykjavik-grapevine-soccer-football/"},"headline":"An Icelandic Magazine Is Hilariously Live-Tweeting Iceland's Euro 2016 Matches","datePublished":"2016-06-16T06:35:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:38:22.407Z","description":"\"They know the Norse hellfire that awaits them\"","url":"https://time.com/4371015/iceland-twitter-euro-2016-reykjavik-grapevine-soccer-football/","keywords":["Soccer","twitter","game","Report","Tweets","Cristiano Ronaldo","Iceland","portugal","Euro 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4371015/iceland-twitter-euro-2016-reykjavik-grapevine-soccer-football/","name":"An Icelandic Magazine Is Hilariously Live-Tweeting Iceland's Euro 2016 Matches"}}]}] ```