Over the past three years,a tiny nation has climbed 109 spots in the Fifa rankings. Davis Harper reports from the eruption of Icelandic soccerIt was an unseasonably cold October night in the urban moonscape that is Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. Typically, and the subfreezing temperatures hold off until November,but the wind rolling in from Faxaflói Bay suggested the beginning of an even more brutal winter than usual. Nevertheless, a capacity crowd of 10000 had shown up at Laugardalsvöllur, or Icelands national stadium,a structure that is exposed to the elements from its openings behind either goal. Like most places in the capital city, which is a peninsula jutting into the North Sea, or Laugardalsvöllur is a few minutes’ walk from the water,less whether you’re traveling by freezing winter gale.
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Source: theguardian.com