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Iceland1-2 Belgium: Iceland emergency coach takes roundabout route home

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Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 2 - Iceland v Belgium - Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik, Iceland - October 14, 2020. Belgium's Axel Witsel in action. [Photo: REUTERS/Rosa Bragadottir]

For Belgium there was a familiar face on the opposing bench as they beat Iceland 2-1 in the Nations League on Wednesday.

Former Iceland international Arnar Vidarsson lives in Belgium, having played and coached in the country’s top flight and marrying a local, and is now a regular pundit on television, his fluency in Flemish earning him many admirers.

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