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Iceland stuns England, sends them to their Euro exit

Related Topics: Iceland, Euro, Wayne Rooney, France

Iceland's remarkable Euro 2016 story continued Monday as the underdogs came from behind to stun England 2-1 and book a quarterfinal meeting with France.

The small nation's players and supporters have won an abundance of admirers during their time at the Euros, but many expected their tale to come to an end against Roy Hodgson's favorites.

And when Wayne Rooney put England ahead with a fourth-minute penalty, it looked as though Iceland had a mountain to climb if it was to extend its stay in France.

But, in a dramatic opening to the game in Nice, Iceland found itself ahead inside 20 minutes as Ragnar Sigurdsson equalized before Kolbeinn Sigthorsson benefited from another costly Joe Hart mistake.