July Update
Europa League Qualifying Round One:
Vikingur 1 Slovan Bratislava 2 (Tufegdzic)
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What a tough defeat to take! In all honesty i was expecting the worse when the draw was made. I really thought that Slovan would be able to turn us over with relative ease. But all credit to my boys they sat in and defended magnificently as a unit. Conceding in the 84th minute is always hard to take but when it stops us from having a famous away draw its even harder.
Icelandic Cup Quarter Final:
Vikingur 1 Grindavik 3 (Steingrimsson)
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Whats with us scoring own goals! Conceding two in two games means we really have shot ourselves in the foot! in a game in which we created so few chances its no real shock that we crashed out of the cup. I'm very dissapointed to be knocked out as we saw the cup as a backdoor way into the Europa league However it gives us a chance to concentrate on our league form.
Europa League First Qualifying Round:
Vikingur 0 Slovan Bratislava 1
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We gave it our all. Iv'e honestly never been prouder of this team, over the two legs we gave everything and just fell ever so slightly short. To be honest on another night we could have won this game 2-0, we unluckily had a goal dissalowed for offside and we squandered a couple of chances. Ultimately Slovan Bratislava took their chances on the night but i saw some encouraging things from the boys and hopefully we can preform like that in the future.
Icelandic Premier Division:
Vikingur 1 Breidablik 1 ( Baldvinsson)
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Today we got lucky. We wern't at our best today away at Breidablik, but somewhat fortunately we come away with a point. Baldvinsson scored a total fluke as he somehow scored from a cross! Today is most definitely a point earned, sometimes in football the performance is irrelevant and the only thing that matters is the points on the board.
Icelandic Premier Division:
Vikingur 1 IA 1 (Toft)
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Yet again against a team we expect to beat we turn in a totally horrendous performance!! drawing 1-1 away from home, on paper, always seems like a good result. But when your playing bottom of the league who have won twice all season, and to be totally dominated by them from start to finish is a sore one to take. We lost everybattle on the pitch today and the 1-1 scoreline flatters us somewhat.
Icelandic Premier Division:
Vikingur 2 KR 4 (Toft 2)
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Oh dear! To concede four at home is bad enough, but to do it against your biggest rivals is even worse. but today defensively we where a no show. We simply couldn't handle Martin who managed to grab a first half hatrick. Starting to think that we need to strengthen defensively in the near future if were going to be able to compete with the better teams in the league.
Icelandic Premier Division:
Vikingur 3 Fjolnir 2 (Baldvinsson, Steingrimmson 2)
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Our first win in a month! Today we really were a one man show, Steingrimmson had the performance of the season! anything we done well it came through him and he deserved his brace today. yet again defensively we were poor but we had the firepower to out score Fjolnir on the day. Its good to get a win and get three points on the board again.
Although we are sitting 8th in the table we've managed to pull away from relegation and are now only four points from fourth with a game in hand. I really believe if we can go on a run we could potentially just squeak into the European places but we'll need to tighten up at the back if we have any hope in doing that.
What a month from the wide man, with three goals in five games Steingrimsson has really preformed at a level above the majority of his team mates the only player who came close to his level was Toft however this month belongs to Steingrimsson who really was our best player.
Transfers
Transfers in
Salami (CDM)
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What a coup this is for our club! we've managed to bring in a versatile player who should help solidify our leaky defense. I plan on deploying him as a Defensive midfielder and hopefully he can better protect our centrebacks.
Mendiola (AMR, AMC, AML)
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I'm very excited to be able to add some south American flair to the Icelandic League, Mendiola looks to be the perfect fit to our club as we're looking to add a bit of a killer instinct and he looks as if he can score and assist. Overall im delighted with our business this window and hopefully we can push on.