The 51-year-old guided Iceland to their first World Cup in Russia where they were eliminated in the group stage.
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“My players performed in line with instructions all the same, the fact that the result was not good does not mean they did not do well.
Iceland are buoyant after their shock result against Argentina where Lionel Messi saw a potentially match-winning penalty saved by Hannes Halldorsson.
Iceland will play Nigeria in Volgograd on Friday, with the temperatures exceeding 86 degrees Fahrenheit in the city.
“He is getting better every day. He is in good hands. I am not going to hide that it is very unlikely that he will play,’’ Hallgrimsson told reporters on Thursday.
When an Icelandic reporter asked if sex was banned for members of the squad, Iceland captain, Aron Gunnarsson, said, laughing: “For the time being, yes”.
On Saturday, the three-time African champions succumbed 2-0 to Croatia and will have to secure a win against Heimir Hallgrimsson’s men to brighten their chances of avoiding an early exit from the competition.
The Icelandic team became the cynosure of all eyes following their 1-1 draw with two-time world champions Argentina at the Spartak Moscow on Saturday.
England’s Euro 2016 conquerors are making their World Cup debut and boss Heimir Hallgrimsson has labelled the Group D opener against Messi and co as “the biggest game in the history of Icelandic football”
Midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson and captain Aron Gunnarsson have both been recovering from knee injuries, with Sigurdsson missing the last two months of the Premier League season with Everton and Gunnarsson working his way back from knee surgery in late April.
The match against Argentina at 11pm AEST will be Iceland’s first-ever World Cup match – and they don’t come much tougher than La Albiceleste, finalists in 2014.
What other national team coach, for instance, addresses the fans in a local bar before a home international, as Heimir Hallgrimsson did before Iceland’s recent game against Norway?
Coach Heimir Hallgrimsson recognised that they had been placed in a tough group alongside Argentina, Croatia and Nigeria, but refused to be deterred.