Seine «Fakten» erreichten bis zu 6000 Retweets: Dagur Hjartarson nutze gestern während der Partie Island–England die Tatsache, dass kaum jemand wirklich etwas weiss über diese tapferen Isländer.
Dass der eine oder andere Spieler lange als Halb-Profi tätig war und einige Teilzeit-Jobs ausübten, ist weitgehend bekannt. Genau dieses Image nutzte Hjartarson und trieb es mit falschen Behauptungen auf die Spitze. Eine Sammlung seiner besten Tweets:
The striker Böðvarsson works at this gas station in the winter time but plays football in summer #engice #emísland pic.twitter.com/G6WPASqIfX
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
Midfielder Bjarnason usually doesn't play football in June/July to assist his father at his farm. #engice #emísland pic.twitter.com/JWPdWUFOt8
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
Seven of the Icelandic players are farmers. #icefact #engice #emísland
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
Eyjafjallajokull erupted in 2010. There was no football played in Iceland for the rest of the year because of ash clouds. #engice #emísland
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
There is a huge celebration going on in downtown Reykjavík right now! This nightclub is packed! #ENGICE #emÍsland pic.twitter.com/tshYaEQPgl
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
This is Ólafur Guðmundsson who coached the Icelandic team from 1950 until he died in 1996. #ENGICE #emísland pic.twitter.com/0iELKmkA7q
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson is born in 1969 and used to teach in this remote village in Iceland. #engice #emísland pic.twitter.com/CCKhrV554h
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
This is where Ragnar Sigurðsson, the Icelandic goalscorer, grew up. #engice #emísland pic.twitter.com/LTSXmafX3C
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
"Son" at the end of Icelandic names means elf. Eiður GuðjohnSEN does not believe in elves. "Sen" means farm dog. #icefact #engice #emísland
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
This is where it all started: Headquarters of KSÍ (the Football Association of Iceland) #icefact #engice #emísland pic.twitter.com/CH9EubM7hJ
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
The name of the Icelandic goalkeeper, Hannes, means “the one that owns five sheeps and a wife”. #icefact #engice #emísland
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016
Iceland is the only country in the world where the president (Álfur Jónsson) is a semi professional footballer. #icefact #engice #emísland
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) 27. Juni 2016