Football Soccer - England v Iceland - EURO 2016 - Round of 16 - Stade de Nice, Nice, France - 27/6/16Iceland's Ragnar Sigurdsson celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Yves HermanLivepic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
NICE, France (Reuters) - England's 2-1 defeat by Iceland at Euro 2016 may have looked like one of the worst reverses in their history yet in many was it was a perfectly logical result.
For England, the last-16 defeat was the culmination in a series of embarrassing performances, including their failure to reach Euro 2008 and a first-round exit at the 2014 World Cup after losses to Italy and Uruguay and a draw with Costa Rica.
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