Saturday, July 2, 2016

Euro 2016: Iceland thrives with unusual coaching partnership (The Associated Press)

Coaches Lars Lagerbaeck, right, and Haimir Hallgrimsson attend a training session of Iceland's national soccer team at their base camp in Annecy, France, Thursday, June 30, 2016. Iceland will face France in a Euro 2016 quarterfinal match in Paris on Sunday, July 3, 2016.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Trying to explain how Iceland has unexpectedly reached the European Championship quarterfinals, coach Lars Lagerback recalled some early managerial advice. ''Doing it simple is to be a genius,'' Lagerback was told by then-West Ham manager Ron Greenwood on a visit to London in the 1970s. Before Lagerback could continue his answer at a news conference on Saturday, the man sitting two seats to his left chipped in with a question of his own.


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