World Qualifiers: 2-2 upset, the world’s No. 2 was tied by the World’s No. 74, France’s 3-game winning streak ended

The Icelandic team, ranked 74th in the world, ushered in the fourth round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries. Iceland will face the French team, ranked 2nd in the world, at its home court.

Iceland ranked third in Group D with 3 points before the game, 6 points behind the French team at the top. In theory, Iceland still has the possibility of winning the first place in the group, but it is extremely difficult. Iceland must win this game, otherwise there will be no chance at all. France is 5 points ahead of the second-placed Ukraine team. The French team won this game. If Ukraine fails to win, France will advance to the World Cup, so this game is a key game for France.

In the last 12 meetings between the two sides, Iceland has not defeated France, while France has won 9 games. Therefore, before the game, more fans were full of confidence in France defeating Iceland as a guest.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Parsson succeeded in a close shot in front of the goal to help Iceland take the lead.

In the 18th minute of the second half, Digne made a wonderful pass. The 27-year-old AC Milan star Nkunku got the ball on the left side of the front court, then dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and shot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal, helping France equalize the score.

Five minutes later, Akliusz made a wonderful pass, and Mateta succeeded in tackling the ball at close range in front of the goal, helping France take the lead.

In the 2-point battle, Gudmundsson made a wonderful pass. Herlingsson received the ball and entered the penalty area and then succeeded in pushing the ball to help Iceland equalize.

In the end, the French team was unexpectedly tied by the Icelandic team and missed the 4th consecutive victory in the World Cup preliminaries, while the Icelandic team ended its 2-game losing streak in the World Cup preliminaries. Immediately after the game, France continued to lead Group D with 10 points, while Iceland temporarily overtook Ukraine and moved into second place with 4 points.