Iceland joint-coach Heimir Hallgrimsson admits he would not want to be Roy Hodgson if England lose to the Euro 2016 minnows on Monday.
Hodgson has faced serious criticism in the wake of England's failure to top Group B, with several newspapers reporting earlier this week that senior Football Association figures were dismayed by his decision to make six changes to his starting XI for the goalless draw against Slovakia.
Iceland, in contrast, have been the surprise success story of the tournament, qualifying second from Group F after going unbeaten in matches against Hungary, Portugal and Austria.
They will be heavy underdogs again in Nice on Monday, but Hallgrimsson and joint-coach Lars Lagerback both acknowledge that any continuation of the Iceland fairytale will likely see Hodgson -- whose contract as England boss runs out after this tournament -- lose his job.
"I wouldn't want to be Roy Hodgson if he lost to Iceland," Hallgrimsson said.
Lagerback, who has known Hodgson for 40 years and considers him a close friend, added: "That's reality in football today. If you lose and you're not playing well enough there's always a risk you'll get the sack, especially if there are high expectations -- and in England you always have big expectations for the national team. Maybe sometimes too high.
"But it's not difficult for me to think that Roy could be sacked if we win. You go into a game and even if you know the other coach, or you had 10 years together in another team, you always want to win."
Former Iceland international and Bolton Wanderers defender Gudni Bergsson says facing England will be a surreal prospect for many in his country.
"For many people of Iceland it will be strange to play against England because for many years we have been supporting them at major tournaments," he wrote in The Times.
"In all the recent finals we have been watching and cheering on England -- and so disappointed that they haven't done that well. Now all of a sudden Iceland are up against them and we are hoping to beat them.
"There is no doubt that everyone in the team will respect England and know they are a big football nation but, to be honest, we quietly fancy our chances of winning the match.
"You might argue that England have the better players, but it's a team game, and we have been performing as a team and working well together and, hopefully, we can pull a big surprise out of the hat.
"We are certainly the minnows in terms of population, but everyone likes to see it in football when the minnows beat the big guys, and anything is possible.
"Everyone in Reykjavik was partying all through the night when Iceland qualified for the last 16. There is barely one person in the capital who is not talking about the Euros. It's everywhere," He said.
"It is the top of the news agenda on every channel. People are trying to book tickets to go over. Everyone from the country wants to be at that game and who can blame them?"