Mexico 3-0 Iceland: 5 Talking Points

#4 Sigurdsson's absence an opportunity for Iceland to experiment

Manager Hallgrimsson has a task at hand

Whenever he's in the side, Gylfi Sigurdsson naturally shoulders most of the attacking burden and also orchestrates the play. So Iceland had their tasks cut out here without him even though they did manage to show great attacking flair going forward.

However, this is also a chance for manager Hallgrimsson to find an able back-up till the time he's serving time out, as Iceland cannot afford to place all their eggs in a Sigurdsson-sized basket at the World Cup.

While teenager Albert Guomundsson had an off-day, the likes of Arnor Traustason, Kjartan Finnbogason and Viðar Örn Kjartansson are some of the youngsters who've shown promise in the past and should be handed more time than what they did today. And although it's hard to find a like-for-like replacement for a player of the stature of Sigurdsson per se, Iceland isn't short of attacking talents and the gaffer must discover a reinforcement before the tournament lurks around the corner.