After the point secured on penalties, the whole team ran off to the big heel, talk of 5,000 Faroese in attendance, to celebrate as if they had won the whole tournament.
– We were eight against seven today and I can’t thank them enough, says Hansen and praises the enormous crowd support the team felt.
With 22 seconds left, Norway still led 26-24, but with a goalie selected, the Faroe Islands reduced the score and with four seconds left, they were awarded a penalty after a ball steal that Kiel’s Elias Ellefsen a Skipagötu, formerly of Sävehof, safely scored.
– What kind of match is this? asks Viaplay’s expert Ola Lindgren in astonishment.
In the Faroe Islands’ heels during the match against Norway were the Swedish European Championship gold heroes Valter Chrintz and Felix Möller, who were not selected for Sweden’s squad this year, Expressen says.