Iceland have so far scored 6 times in the Euros and have only conceded 4 goals in their 4 games, despite some of their fixtures coming up against European heavyweights such as Portugal and England.
Now to be scoring an average of 1.5 goals a game despite only averaging less than 8 shots a game is impressive enough, especially of a nation with a population 10% larger than that of Newcastle is staggering.
Yet they've faced an average of just under 20 shots per game and only conceded once each time out. Why is this?
Iceland's defence is not full of household names in the slightest with Kari Arnason being arguably their most famous defender in this country despite his most famous stints in England coming at Plymouth Argyle and Rotherham.
The current Malmo captain Arnason may have played in the Champions League last season, but he is by no means a world class defender.
Centre Back Kari Arnason already has two assists as EURO 2016.
It all comes down to tactical game play from Iceland's joint managers who have prepared their back four to be bombarded by chances and pressure for 90 minutes whilst still being able to turn defence into attack at a drop of a hat. Arnason has the joint highest rate of blocking shots in the entire competition out of everyone who has played all 4 possible games in the competition so far alongside Poland's Michal Pazdan and Slovakia's Martin Skrtel.
The likes of Swansea's Gylfi Sigurdsson have just applied pressure, made important tackles and been able to feed in the likes of Kolbeinn Sigthorsson whose able to cause problems for defences with his speed and strength similar to how Jamie Vardy's constant threat for Leicester City. You can probably start to see where this is going.
I've already spoke a lot about how solid defences and counter attacking football has worked for Iceland, but another man joint with Arnason for his blocking duties is Poland's Michal Pazdan.
Pazdan and his Polish Compatriots have only conceded once their four games at EURO 2016, and even that took arguably the goal of the tournament by Xherdan Shaqiri.
Despite only scoring three times so far, the Polish have done enough to get through each round. Star striker Robert Lewandowski may have been a flop so far in France but young Ajax forward Arkadiusz Milik has been doing his bit with his vital goal against Northern Ireland.
I mentioned earlier that Iceland had their answer to Jamie Vardy and Poland have their own Riyad Mahrez. Okay he may not be as much of a hidden gem as Mahrez but Jakub Blaszcykowski's two goals and one assist has made him Poland's star man. He has been statically ranked as the ninth best player in the championships to have played all four possible matches. His raw pace and desire to turn defence into attack has shown how easily it can be to turn a game onto its head.
Jakub Blaszcykowski has been directly involved in all of Poland's goals in France so far.
Well a lot of you are probably thinking it's great to see the underdogs doing well but what's your point. It's very simple, football is changing, how to win matches is changing it goes back to the origin of the likes of the Crazy Gang, you don't have to be the best team with the best players to win football matches. The 1988 FA Cup winning side of Wimbledon had a simple philosophy of get rid and attack. Dave Bassett famously said 'why take 25 passes to get there' meaning that the games to short to be playing the tika taka style of the modern day Barcelona. Teams like Leicester City, Iceland and Poland have won games and grinded out results by playing direct with a high pressure counter attacking style.
Is this the answer to England's problems? Do the Spanish need to employ such a system to stop their demise of the past two tournaments? Is this the sign of a new era in football?
