For Pete's Sake

For Pete’s Sake

Iceland announcer loses his mind while calling game-winning goal

By Pete Grathoff

pgrathoff@kcstar.com
Iceland’s team celebrated after the Euro 2016 soccer match between Iceland and Austria Saint-Denis, France.
Iceland’s team celebrated after the Euro 2016 soccer match between Iceland and Austria Saint-Denis, France. Martin Meissner The Associated Press

Iceland has a population of roughly 330,000, and it had never been in a major soccer tournament before qualifying for the European Championships in France.

Perhaps that can explain why the announcer who called this game-winning goal in the waning seconds of Iceland’s victory over Austria simply lost his mind.

Pete Grathoff: 816-234-4330, @pgrathoff

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