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.”
Back of the net, Nando’s.
Twitter users were loving it, with one tweeting: “ Poor researchers go to Iceland.”
Another added: “Nandos just s*** over Kerry Katona's 2nd home.”
A third added: “ that was bad.”
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.”
They tweeted: “Might wanna change ya google info then ...”
Last month we revealed that the popular chicken chain did, in fact, spring up in Johannesburg.
There is a connection to Portugal, as the famous Peri-Peri chicken was first served in a Portuguese restaurant by chef Fernando Duarte.
He invited his entrepreneur friend Robbie Brozin to try it and he declared it the best chicken he’d ever tasted.
As a result, Robbie set up Nando’s, named in honour of his mate Fernando.
The chicken chain wasn’t the only butt of Iceland’s Twitter trolling.
They also tweeted Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo, posting a picture of a packet of diced onions with the words: “No need for tears over last night, mate. Just get our frozen chopped onions on the job.”
Fans weren’t happy, with one saying simply: “ @Cristiano delete this.”
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.
