England fans storm London IKEA after World Cup win over Sweden
English sportsmanship: Assembly will definitely be required.
Rowdy (translation: terrible) fans celebrated England's 2-0 win over Sweden in the World Cup quarterfinal on Saturday by invading an IKEA in London.
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What in the name of a reasonably priced Billy bookcase is going on here?! Well, England's World Cup fans are notoriously ... enthusiastic about celebrating their team's victories. There's been beer flinging, the pummeling of a perfectly innocent bus, and that time a guy stripped completely down with only his hand covering his little soccer balls.
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Rather than being sore losers and curling up on a Klippan sofa to pout, the Swedish furniture store congratulated England on the win.
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Even after video of the IKEA invasion started spreading on Twitter, IKEA UK kept it classy with a deal on celebratory fish and chips.
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England next faces Croatia in the World Cup semifinals on Wednesday. Notably, the Croatian city of Dubrovnik is surrounded by massive stone walls, so keeping intoxicated English football fans out shouldn't be too difficult.
Annie Colbert* is the Executive Editor at Mashable.
