Iceland trolls Nando’s over Portugal’s Euro 2016 score… but the chicken chain is actually South African
Frozen food brand attempts some football banter but it goes badly wrong
THE Euro 2016 clash between Iceland and Portugal led to an awkward Twitter moment for the folk at a well-known freezer firm.
An attempt at patriotic brand banter from the team at Iceland – the company not the country – got frozen out by Nando’s in a pretty spectacular way.
After Iceland's Birkir Bjarnason scored an equaliser in the match they tweeted: “ Unlucky lads...”
The only problem is that Nando’s is not Portuguese as the company hails from South Africa.
Nando’s were quick to response to the trolling.
They tweeted: “We're South African... this is awkward.”
Another added: “Nandos just s*** over Kerry Katona's 2nd home.”
They weren’t on top for long though – as restaurant chain Burger & Lobster waded in and equalised.
They tweeted Nando’s Google description, which reads “Home of the legendary Portuguese flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken.”
Another added: “@IcelandFoods do you think @Cristiano ever shop's at Iceland.”
But Iceland weren’t giving up easily.
They fired back: “Rumour has it he was a regular at our Old Trafford store during his time in England.”
Final score – one all.