--- title: Euro 2016: Icelandic Commentator Ecstatic Over England Loss description: Listen as soccer commentating sensation Gudmundur Benediktsson squeals in triumph after Iceland's 2-1 win over England. canonical: https://time.com/4384954/iceland-england-euro-2016-brexit-soccer-football/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-28T02:19:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:53:33.960Z article:section: Sports og:title: Iceland Soccer Commentator Bids England a Hysterical Goodbye og:description: "You can leave Europe! You can go wherever the hell you want!" og:url: https://time.com/4384954/iceland-england-euro-2016-brexit-soccer-football/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48ad931e2324e947/698899aa656a3f35fdbcc121/rtx2ikw5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: England v Iceland - EURO 2016 - Round of 16 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Iceland Soccer Commentator Bids England a Hysterical Goodbye twitter:description: "You can leave Europe! You can go wherever the hell you want!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48ad931e2324e947/698899aa656a3f35fdbcc121/rtx2ikw5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # England Has Left Europe Twice in a Week and That Icelandic Commentator Is Ecstatic by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 28, 2016 2:19 AM UTC  Iceland's Aron Gunnarsson celebrates after Iceland defeat England 2-1 in the Stade de Nice, Nice, France, at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament on June 27, 2016 Iceland's Aron Gunnarsson celebrates after Iceland defeat England 2-1 in the Stade de Nice, Nice, France, at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament on June 27, 2016Reuters Staff—REUTERS by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 28, 2016 2:19 AM UTC Gudmundur Benediktsson, a soccer commentator for Icelandic television, has become a global sensation for his [overjoyed if not hysterical narrations](https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2016/jun/23/commentator-gumundur-benediktssong-iceland-austria-euro-2016-video) of Iceland’s unlikely victories in the Euro 2016 tournament so far. The tiny Nordic nation of 330,000 people is through to the quarter finals of the high-profile quadrennial soccer tournament, which is being held in France, after qualifying for the first time ever — and Benediktsson’s delight at Iceland’s performance in the tournament’s went to the next level Monday when, in true David versus Goliath fashion, Iceland beat England 2-1, sending the English home. “You can leave Europe!” yells Benediktsson, in a reference to the U.K.’s decision last Thursday to [vote itself out of the E.U.](http://time.com/4381275/brexit-vote-biggest-impacts-referendum/) “You can go wherever the hell you want!” > [](https://twitter.com/GissiSim/status/747539889940475906) Icelandic Twitter user Simonarson also offered a translation of Benediktsson’s delighted ravings: > [](https://twitter.com/GissiSim/status/747550001249804288) Iceland now face hosts France on Monday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4384954/iceland-england-euro-2016-brexit-soccer-football/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4384954/iceland-england-euro-2016-brexit-soccer-football/"},"headline":"England Has Left Europe Twice in a Week and That Icelandic Commentator Is Ecstatic","datePublished":"2016-06-28T02:19:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:53:33.960Z","description":"\"You can leave Europe! 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