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Don't patronise Iceland with your fairy-tale talk - their success is logical

The island nation with the tiny population have just dumped one of the most esteemed football countries out of Euro 2016 but their feat is no upset - it's planned

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Look at the way Aron Gunnarsson – the Iceland captain – led his team and his nation through the famous “Hu!” slow-clap chant at the end of the England game which saw the windswept and rugged North Atlantic island nation reach the last eight of the European Championship. Feel the goose pimples rise. This was not a celebration merely in response to a football match.