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The National (Scotland)
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Mark Walker

Iceland boss explains what he wants 'more than any result' vs Scotland

Iceland boss Arnar Gunnlaugsson has insisted he's not bothered about the result in tomorrow's friendly against Scotland...he just wants to see an improvement from his team.

Scotland face Iceland in a Hampden challenge match as they prepare for the start of the World Cup qualifiers in September.


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But Iceland are a long way from their glory days when they defeated England on their way to reaching the Euro 2016 quarter finals and then became the smallest ever country to qualify for the World Cup two years later.

They lost their last two games home and away to Kosovo and have won just one of their last seven matches.

They are now managed by Gunnlaugsson, who once had an underwhelming spell at Dundee United before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent despite having 18 months left of his deal at Tannadice 22 years ago.

He took charge of Iceland in January and will have to do without injured captain Orri Steinn Oskarsson for the trip to Glasgow.

Gunnlaugsson said: "I want to see progress in terms of players understanding our system better.

"We have this international camp now to perfect people's understanding of this system.

"There are only a few sessions and meetings and the players need to be focused.

"Of course we want to achieve a result in Scotland and get confidence into the group.

"But more than any result and most of all, I want to see improvement."

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