Gylfi Þór was selected for the national team by Arnar Þór Viðarsson for matches against Germany, Armenia and Lichtenstein. However, the KSÍ announcement states that Gylfi Þór will not take part in them for personal reasons.
There is no doubt that this is a major inconvenience for the Icelandic national team, now playing in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, which will be held in Qatar.
In addition, Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson left the band earlier. Arnar Þór has picked the 25 players who were introduced last week and no longer plans to replenish the team for Thursday’s game against Germany at the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg.
Gylfi Þór He was Iceland’s best player in the last decade and scored 25 goals in 78 national games. All he needs is one goal to even the goal record of Eiður Smari Guðjohnsen and Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, who plays for the national team in Germany.
All Iceland matches played as part of the World Cup qualifiers will be broadcast live on RÚV TV. The Iceland group includes Germany, Romania, Armenia, Liechtenstein and North Macedonia. The best team in the group will go straight to the Qatar World Cup, while the team that takes second place will go to the playoffs.
Group match dates:
- Germany – Iceland – Thursday, March 25 at 19:45
- Armenia – Iceland – Sunday, March 28 at 4:00 p.m.
- Liechtenstein – Iceland – Wednesday, March 31 at 18:45
Source: Yle