Thursday, 06.10.2016, starting at 21:45 will take place duel Iceland – Finland, in the 2nd round of qualifying groups for the 2018 CM.
Iceland is located on the 3rd position of the classification group I qualifying for the World Cup in Russia in 2018, with 1 point earned after the first game.
The hosts were lucky in the first duel of the group, draw on land in Ukraine, 1-1. After A. Finnbogason opened the scoring in the 5th minute, A. Yarmolenko equalized in 41 minutes, as Konoplyanka miss a shootout in 83 minutes.
Iceland was huge and beautiful surprise of the tournament in France this summer. The story of the little nation of tabloid headlines entire tournament after defeated England in the knockout round.
On the other side, Finland’s national ranks 5th of group D qualifying standings, having gained 1 point in the first stage.
The guests drew surprisingly in the first game, 1-1, in front of representativity Kosovo. P. Arajuuri managed to open the score in the 18th minute, while V. Berisha equalized for Kosov, a shootout in 60 minutes.
The two teams have met 2 times now in two friendly matches. In 2003, Finland was won by a score of 3-0, while in January, Iceland triumphed away, score 0-1.
