Euro 2016: Meet the MASSIVE Icelandic weightlifters ready for England supporters

ENGLAND fans have been battered from head to toe by barbaric Russian Ultras at Euro 2016 but they won't want to mess with their next opponents – they're enormous.

By Tom Evans

GIANTS: Iceland's supporters are enormous

Iceland has long seen itself as a nation of giants.

And after surviving the Russian Ultras, English supporters will come up against the 40,000 giants with Viking blood cheering on the tournament's minnows – and they are not for messing with.

Despite its tiny population, the volcanic rock that sits alone in the Atlantic Ocean has a formidable lineage of strongmen.

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The country has won a whopping 17 World's Strongest Man medals – not bad when you consider its population is no bigger than the Wirral.

They've got some famous names among their titans too.

Game of Thrones fans will instantly recognise Hafthor Julius Bjornsson – otherwise known as "The Mountain".

He's quite big…

The monstrous fella is 6'9", weighs an incredible 396lbs and he can deadlift 990lbs after refusing to miss a workout for six years.

"We pull airplanes, we pull trucks, we run with cars on our shoulders," he said in an interview with GQ.

'We lift quite heavy stones, we do all kinds of crazy things."

Not only did he famously threaten to "crush Cristiano Ronaldo's heart" before Iceland's group stage draw with Portugal.

But when he was asked about a sparring session with UFC hardman Conor McGregor, he said: "He was trying to punch me.

"I didn't feel anything."

So he's hard, really hard.

But he's not even close to the humongous Benedikt Magnusson – who holds the world record for tyre deadlifting – a whopping 1102lbs.

Weightlifting and competitive strength competitions are the norm in Iceland.

The country plays host to three annual global competitions – the world's strongest man, IFSA's strongest man and the world's strongest viking.

There was violence between Icelandic and Hungarian supporters before their group game clash.

But Iceland's supporters seem to be more bothered by what happens on, rather than off the pitch for their last 16 game.

Anna Maria Evarsdottir, an Icelandic supporter, has even urged hooligans to "huddle up" before, during and after the encounter.

We've already seen how Euro 2016's smallest country is all about whale meat and WAGs.

But they'll be looking to make waves when they take on England this evening.

The winner will face hosts France in the quarter finals.