There is no such fuss surrounding the Iceland squad, which makes its debut in the tournament against its Group F rivals on Tuesday in Saint-Etienne.
'We've got good players who can score goals and create goals but I think our great strength is how good we are defensively and how hard we work for each other,' Sigurdsson said in a TV documentary about the Iceland team's recent success.
With such a mindset, Iceland defied the odds in qualifying to become the smallest nation to reach a major final soccer tournament. With a population of 330,000, Iceland finished second in its group behind Czech Republic and above Turkey and the Netherlands, defeating the Dutch twice.
The team usually plays in a classic 4-4-2 formation in which every player works defensively to retrieve the ball quickly and launch counterattacks.
'Everyone is leading by example, it's fantastic to have players like that in a squad,' said Heimer Hallgrimsson, who is coaching the team alongside Swedish technician Lars Lagerback. 'We have had our best games against the best teams. And luckily there are only good teams in the finals.'
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