There is a good chance that Portugal will have the ball a little bit more.
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The North Atlantic island nation of 330,000 people is the smallest country by population ever to feature at a European Championship.
They next play Austria in Paris on Saturday while Iceland move on to play Hungary in Marseille.
Quaresma was given a rare start in the final warm-up match against Estonia on Wednesday and responded with a virtuoso performance, even overshadowing Cristiano Ronaldo, as Portugal hit seven goals without reply. Following Real Madrid’s latest Champions League triumph, he missed Portugal’s friendly defeat to England at Wembley and only joined his teammates after taking some time off on a yacht with friends.
“We had enough chances but we couldn’t score another one”. Playing in the centre of midfield, Baumgartlinger is most effective when sitting in the hole, breaking up play.
Then a 19-year-old, Ronaldo joined them, but instead of lifting the trophy as expected, Portugal ensured the tournament would become Ronaldo’s worst memory with their shock loss to unfancied Greece in the final. But its players showed resilience throughout, and took advantage of Portugal’s profligacy in front of goal.
Atletico Madrid and Leicester have proven this season that you don’t need to have the majority of possession, the very best players nor do you absolutely have to play Total Football to win.
The equalizer soon lifted Iceland’s morale and briefly unsettled Portugal.
Iceland almost went ahead inside the opening five minutes, but Rui Patricio produced a double save to deny Gylfi Sigurdsson in quick succession.
Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal open their Euro 2016 campaign on Tuesday eager to avoid slipping up against minnows Iceland, and aiming to emulate their run to the European Championship semi-finals four years ago.
Portugal continued to push forward in search of a victor.
“If you see Spain, France, they are the strongest teams in the tournament and had a hard time to win their games so for us it was tough but we are confident”.
When does Portugal v Iceland kick off?
“For instance, yesterday we had a team meeting, and [he said] the only thing we have to do is give 100 per cent. The main thing is we give 100 per cent and we can go home with pride”.
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Hungary, who were 12-1 to win the section, are at the head of affairs following their 2-0 victory over Austria and are 13-8 to finish top of the group.
