Thankfully, the second-best team in their group (Austria) lost today, so Portugal isn’t yet in any sort of trouble.
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Iceland nearly made the flawless start at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard as Swansea playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson cut inside Danilo down the left, but his attempts to beat Patricio at his near post were thwarted by the Sporting Lisbon stopper on three minutes.
“It’s always our goal, even if we play against Portugal or Netherlands”.
Tuesday’s goal at the Euro 2016 was the first for Iceland at a major tournament.
Having surrendered their lead, Portugal laid siege to the Iceland goal as Halldorsson was kept busy.
Iceland’s first goal at a major tournament came when Charlton Athletic’s Johan Gudmundsson’s towering cross found Bjarnason unmarked.
But the Portuguese were unable to push on, and they were pegged back when Birkir Bjarnason emphatically volleyed the Icelanders level five minutes after the interval.
Iceland’s strategy obviously worked, because they get a point for the draw.
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Iceland will be playing their first match at a major global finals against Portugal, and Lagerback called for retrospective action against players who try to dupe the referee, while naming Ronaldo and Pepe as serial offenders.
After a nervy start Portugal gradually imposed themselves and seemed to have done the hard part when Nani put them ahead just after the half hour.
Group F is undoubtedly the weakest group in the competition, but Portugal are favourites to win it, whilst Iceland have a chance of making it through to the knockout stages with a third place finish. Nani and Ronaldo may particularly rue aiming headers straight at goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson.
Portugal boss Fernando Santos, meanwhile, refused to be downcast after his side were pegged back. “The whole team won”, Szalai said.
After a sluggish start in the first-half with Portugal controlling every aspect of the match and leading 1-0 thanks to Nani’s opener, Iceland made history in the 50th minute.
“We’re frustrated, they didn’t try and play”.
Austria started the game the brighter side and nearly scored the fastest-ever goal at a European Championship finals as David Alaba’s shot after 28 seconds hit the post.
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Portugal next meet Austria in Paris on Saturday.
