Iceland played their frozen balls off that game. Putting up 2 on France like that, even with the defensive miscues, and going hard for all 92', was impressive. Talk about an honorable defeat - how many sides outside the world top 10 can do that kind of damage to France's defense? Pretty Boy also didn't take kindly to some flopping and exaggeration by (Payet?), which I appreciated.
So here are the ranks of our semifinalists:
Germany - #2 Elo, #2 FIFA
France - #4, #17
Portugal - #13, #8
Wales - #21, #26
Eliminated:
Italy - #7, #12
Spain - #8, #6
England - #10, #11
Belgium - #14, #2 (?!)
Croatia - #16, #27 (tie)
Poland - #18, #27 (tie)
(and DNQ - Netherlands #9 #14)
Really disappointed about Aaron Ramsey. Against that class of competition, we deserve to see what a full-strength Wales could really bring.