Guðmundur Benediktsson Quotes

Guðmundur Benediktsson nicknamed Gummi Ben is an Icelandic TV personality, sports commentator and former footballer and manager. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. September 1974
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Guðmundur Benediktsson Quotes

“You can go home. You can go out of Europe. You can go wherever the hell you want.”

Original Icelandic quote: Þið getið farið heim. Þið getið farið úr Evrópu. Þið getið farið bara hvert sem þið viljið.
A reference to Brexit following Iceland's 2-1 win against England in the last-16 of the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship on 27 June 2016.
Source: [Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson, Verð að vera ég sjálfur, https://timarit.is/page/6731435, 4 July 2020, Fréttablaðið, 2 July 2016, 22, Icelandic]
Source: [Ed Aarons, ‘You can go out of Europe’: Iceland commentator savours win over England, https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/27/you-can-go-out-of-europe-iceland-commentator-england-euro-2016, 4 July 2020, The Guardian, 27 June 2016]
Source: [England Has Left Europe Twice in a Week and That Icelandic Commentator Is Ecstatic, https://time.com/4384954/iceland-england-euro-2016-brexit-soccer-football/, 4 July 2020, Time, 27 June 2016]
Source: [Mark Critchley, England vs Iceland: Icelandic commentator goes wild again after historic Euro 2016 win, https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/england-vs-iceland-icelandic-commentator-goes-wild-again-after-brilliant-win-a7106841.html, 4 July 2020, The Independent, 28 June 2016]

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