Player's followers surpass his nation's population in 2 days
Iceland footballer Rurik GÃ­slason, who had around 30,000 Instagram followers before his World Cup appearance, saw his following surpass his country's 330,000-strong population after being subbed in against Argentina on Saturday. Argentinian actress Gimena Accardi also noted to her audience that over 40,000 of her fans had followed GÃ­slason's account, which has now amassed over 621,000 followers.