“The Little Country That Could”. The title that sits alongside a man with a viking helmet on the cover of the new issue of Time Magazine.

Excitement is definitely building up in Iceland for the Iceland- Argentina match in just over a week, and it seems the rest of the world is also taking notice to Iceland.

“The combination of Iceland’s national investment in soccer and its appeal as the ultimate underdog has sent expectations soaring ahead of its first World Cup match, in Moscow on June 16 against Argentina.”, writes Time magazine. “The hopes of an entire soccer-mad nation will soon be riding on the hands of Hannes Thór Halldórsson.”

read move over at Time.com