Mexico 3-0 Iceland: 5 Talking Points

#2 Iceland looked down on luck

Iceland seemed to have hit the buffers here

Football can be a cruel game sometimes, and Iceland today were at the receiving end of this harsh unjust. Despite putting up a fight and subjecting Mexico to numerous problems, Heimir Hallgrimsson's side ended up on the wrong side of a 3-0 result; and a result which really should've been narrower than this.

Without talisman Gylfi Sigurdsson in the side, the Strakarnir okkar reverted to a more compact and composed 4-4-2 which did its trick for the most part of the first half. Mexico found life hard while drifting through this crowded set-up and had to settle for a goal-less half had it not been for the brilliantly taken free-kick.

Iceland refraining to go full throttle from the off did suggest their hesitance in the absence of the Everton star, but the counterattacks were as dangerous as it could get. And despite mustering 5 shots on target, which is as many as their opponents on the evening, none could find the back of the net, which pretty much explains the difference between the two sides today.

Iceland weren't necessarily poor; just that things didn't break for them.