Portugal 1-1 Iceland, Uefa Euro 2016 - Bjarnason equaliser secures historic point after Nani opener
- Iceland secure huge point in first ever European Championship game
- Bjarnason capitalised on woeful Portugal defending to equalise in second-half
- Nani put Portugal ahead after half an hour
- Hungary beat Austria 2-0 in Group F's other match
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Terrific stuff from Iceland. In their first appearance in a major international tournament, they have taken a point after a wonderfully resolute performance in Saint-Etienne. Portugal impressed in the first-half but wilted dramatically in the second with Cristiano Ronaldo failing to inspire on a frustrating evening for his side.
Hungary lead group F after their shock victory over Austria, with Iceland and Portugal sat second and third respectively.
Iceland are level! Woeful defending from Portugal, mind. The ball is knocked back to Bödvarsson who curls a neat cross in from the right to pick out Bjarnason, who has the freedom of the six yard area with Vieirinha nowhere to be found. He has the time to pick his spot and slot it under Patricio to net his country's first goal in a major international tournament.
Portugal drive forward on the counter attack with Mario and Nani exchanging passes on the break. Pepe is galloping forward to join Ronaldo in the box with Nani looking for his former Manchester United teammate in the box, but his effort is cleared. Pepe is in no mans land as Iceland look to string together a counter of their own, but Carvalho again puts a stop to that.
Close from Nani! Ronaldo pulls out to the left, sells his marker with a couple of step overs and swings a peach of a cross with zero backlift into the six yard area. Nani is in the six yard area and does well to pull away from his marker, leaning back to meet the cross with a header. He gets it on target, but it's well saved by the legs of Halldórsson.
After the first three days of Euro 2016 were marred by violence involving England and Russia fans, there is a nervous wait to see what will happen next. Russia take on Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday and already there have been scuffles, with England and Wales fans linking up against the Russian ultras.
Russia are again involved despite a warning from Uefa that their team could be thrown out of the tournament.
Iceland team to face Portugal: Halldórsson, Saevarsson, Sigurdsson, Arnason, Skúlason, Berg Gudmundsson, Gunnarsson, Sigurdsson, Bjarnason, Bödvarsson, Sigthorsson
Subs: Hauksson, Hermannsson, Ingason, Finnbogason, Kristinsson, Jónsson, Sigurjonsson, Bjarnason, Magnusson, Hallfredsson, Traustason, Gudjohnsen
Ronaldo's 2014 World Cup was a disappointment, largely thanks to a knee injury he carried into that competition. After a season where he struck 51 goals in 50 games for club and country, his body is again under strain after pushing it to its limits.
So will the 31-year-old struggle this time around? Not according to Portugal boss Fernando Santos.
Look, there is always talk about all the players having to arrive at 100 percent, but that is never the reality. In football, that is not what happens. There are always exceptions. Obviously, the ideal thing would be for him to be at his best, but I would never leave out a Cristiano at 80 percent.
"We have looked closely at the preparation so that he does not get more tired. It would be different if he had an injury.
"If we were not sure he would be able to last a game, we would not call him up. I know how he arrived after the Lisbon final [2014] and his problems.
There is one man who will be pulling the strings for Iceland in their attempts to escape group F. In a team of so many unknown quantities, everyone knows the Gylfi Sigurdsson can cause.
Hungary now lead 2-0! With Austria throwing everyone and their mum forward chasing an equaliser, Tamas Priskin can spring Zoltan Stieber clear one-one-one. With the goalkeeper rushing out needs to keep his composure and does so brilliantly, dinking a sublime chip Robert Almer to seal what will surely be the biggest shock of the opening round of group games.
Hungary, regarded as perhaps the weakest side in this competition are causing a stir in Bordeaux at the minute. They lead Austria, ranked 10th in the world by a goal to nil with just over five minutes of their match remaining. You can follow the conclusion to that game here.
Make no mistake; Iceland's participation at Euro 2016 is by some distance the biggest success story of the summer. The nation of approximately 330,000 inhabitants is out to shock the continent however after a stunning qualifying campaign that saw then finish ahead of Netherlands and Turkey. Having been drawn in perhaps the weakest group in France, qualification to the knockout stages is a real possibility.
Cristiano Ronaldo will begin his Euro 2016 campaign by equalling Luis Figo's record of 127 international caps when he walks out against Iceland tonight. For so many reasons, he is already an icon of Portuguese football. But having come so close in this competition in 2004 and reaching the semi-finals in Poland and Ukraine in 2012, the Real Madrid superstar is still to dominate international football like he has done so often at club level. At 31, there is the sense he is running out of time to do that.
Ronaldo's status as one of the game's all-time greats is already assured. He is a global icon on and off the football pitch, the all-time top goal scorer for perhaps the game's most successful side and has won every major honour at club level in England and Spain.
While he is already Portugal's record goal scorer, the lack of silverware for his country is the only notable omission on a staggering list of achievements. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, fitness concerns have prevented him from operating at the peak of his powers. Similar concerns have followed him into Euro 2016, but by his own admission, he is in perfect condition. Is this finally going to be his year?
He is really motivated," Portugal coach Fernando Santos said. "He was extremely motivated to win the Champions League and he is even more so now because the European title is his ambition. He is ready to take Portugal to such an important success."
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