England at Iceland, in the Stadium at Nice: Live Blog

10:06 p.m. It is already the second half, and it is the first game of the day I have watched. At work I sometimes have a Guardian minute-by-minute report open on a Firefox browser tab, although I rarely get around to reading it. But since there was no game at 3 p.m. today, and there was important news to follow, I had a business liveblog about Brexit open on one tab instead. Once I realized that there was more minute-to-minute suspense in reports of something that affects millions of lives than in an intensive hour and a half of soccer, I was slightly sickened, and didn't read it much longer.

Who do I hope will win in this match? On the one hand, I think England is suffering enough. On the other hand, I do have a faible for Iceland's team. It is 1-2, so far.

10:12 p.m. I do enjoy a nice, glutinously gradual replay of an England player fouling by clutching an Icelandic player's shirt from behind, with the UEFA-mandated motto 'Respect' piously inscribed on the sleeve of his pulling arm. I say to use such mottos only if everyone/anyone actually intends to abide by them.

10:16 p.m. Heavy symbolism in the players' clothing here. England in white and red; Iceland in blue; rounding out the colours of the Union Jack and, at the same time, representing a partitioning.

10:19 p.m. Groan-worthy allusions to Vikings by the German commentator, which I think were about as in-depth as I myself could get on the strength of Bugs Bunny's versions of Wagnerian opera.

10:22 p.m. To indulge in unseemly nationalism, I think that yesterday Germany's team was a clear cut above Iceland's team, though. The difference in agility once they have the ball at their foot is very evident here. Edit: Not to mention Eden Hazard, of Belgium, in the game against Hungary. His goal, partly the result of the aforementioned agility, was delectable.

10:31 p.m. The German commentator, perhaps having dived into longwinded 19th-century prose beforehand, proffers this profound thought, 'Fühlt England schon jetzt den Druck — die Last — sich zum Spott zu machen, für immer und ewig?' 'Does England already feel the pressure — the burden — of making a joke of itself for the rest of eternity?"

10:36 p.m. Icelandic players fouling here, too. Pushing, holding onto people, etc.

10:40 p.m. I think this is the first time I have ever seen a goalie (England's) throw in a ball from the side himself. Here it was probably intended to give England more time to score the equalizing goal, since England did not then have to wait for more teammates to trot so far to the ball in order to throw it in.

10:51 p.m. Iceland wins! 2-1!

10:56 p.m. From the Guardian's liveblog:

It’s all over! England have been eliminated from Euro 2016 by Iceland. For the second time in a week, England suffer an ignominious exit from Europe. They’ve been awful tonight and thoroughly deserved to lose. Hats off to Iceland, though. They’re a limited team, but played to their own strengths and thoroughly deserved their win.