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Welcome to St Etienne as Portugal and Iceland become the last two | :01:04. | :01:13. | |
teams to get their Euro 2016 underway. | :01:14. | :01:24. | |
So, the last two teams to get their Euros under | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
It has been raining again here today, but the sunshine has | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
come out in the early evening, just as it did yesterday in Lyon. | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
So, Portugal, who have actually lost at home to Albania | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
and the Cape Verde Islands in the last two years, | :01:47. | :01:48. | |
are without Ricardo Quaresma, who is injured. | :01:49. | :01:50. | |
Ricardo Carvalho and Pepe are hardly the youngest central defensive | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
On their bench, 18-year-old Renato Sanches, who has just signed | :01:56. | :02:03. | |
for Bayern Munich for a fee which could rise to ?61 million. | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
Cuneyt Cakir, from Turkey, is the referee. | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
Although not without the odd blemish on his record, | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
as Manchester United fans might tell you. | :02:22. | :02:30. | |
The captain on the right, Aron Gunnarsson. | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
Don't forget that Iceland almost qualified for | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
the last World Cup, only losing in the play-off to Croatia. | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
The team plays for clubs scattered across northern Europe. | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
Gudmundsson, Gunnarsson, Sigurdsson play in the English leagues. | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
Of course, strikers Sigthorsson and Bodvarsson play for Nantes | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
Sigthorsson, 20 goals in 39 internationals. | :02:57. | :03:05. | |
At the back, Kari Arnason captained Malmo in a Uefa Champions League | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
match against Real Madrid, where they lost 8-0. | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
And when you come to watch Cristiano Ronaldo play, | :03:12. | :03:25. | |
you are expecting big things to happen tonight. | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
Hopefully he can light up this tournament with a big performance. | :03:29. | :03:37. | |
Iceland, a big occasion for them, can they nullify the threat? | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
and Iceland are introduced the referee blows his whistle | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
to international football at its peak. | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
All in white against Portugal, who are predominantly in red. | :03:57. | :04:04. | |
Ronaldo is immediately knocked off the ball and gets a glare. | :04:05. | :04:06. | |
It was a strong challenge from Aron Gunnarsson, | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
who dispossessed Cristiano Ronaldo and then glared at him. | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
Through to the goalkeeper, Halldorsson, who will be happy | :04:17. | :04:35. | |
Did well, Iceland, getting bodies back | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
Ronaldo running at the opposition, getting a bit of freedom. | :04:40. | :04:51. | |
It's not all about Ronaldo, obviously it's mostly about Ronaldo, | :04:52. | :05:14. | |
but when you look around and see Pepe, Danilo, | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
Joao Moutinho and Joao Mario, they have some other good players. | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
I was particularly impressed when Danilo played | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
He looks like another one that has come off the Portuguese | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
I'm sure he will be looking to secure a move at some stage, | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
Inside to Joao Moutinho, away to Pepe. | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
That is a good ball from Mario into the box, but straight | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
into the comfortable grasp of Hannes Halldorsson. | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
Fernando Santos in charge of Portugal. | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
We talk about Iceland being debutants, and they are. | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
There on the right, Heimir Hallgrimsson, | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
but the very familiar Lars Lagerback, | :06:06. | :06:07. | |
this is his seventh major tournament final. | :06:08. | :06:09. | |
Six with Sweden and one with Nigeria. | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
He is no debutant, he's been around the block. | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
Gylfi Sigurdsson cuts inside, Sigurdsson! | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
That was nearly the story of the first week in the Euros | :06:23. | :06:31. | |
Excellent work down the left-hand side. | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
He has to clean the ball out, put it in the stand if necessary. | :06:37. | :06:50. | |
If you are Iceland you want Sigurdsson with those big chances. | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
As he steps inside, Danilo, you expect him to bend it | :06:54. | :07:20. | |
beyond Patricio in goal, past his left hand side, | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
He went for power and it was a comfortable save in the end. | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
Trying to give him the eyes, trying to go near post. | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
Eidur Gudjohnsen in the middle of your shot there. | :07:31. | :07:39. | |
Still going, 37 years young, Eidur Gudjohnsen. | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
He will retire from international football for the second time | :07:45. | :07:46. | |
The free kick does go Portugal's way. | :07:47. | :08:06. | |
Nani is edging towards 100 caps, after tonight, 97 for Nani. | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
Another one who has the talent but hasn't always consistent enough. | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
Pepe has come forward, so has Ricardo Carvalho. | :08:21. | :08:29. | |
He has had two or three good touches. | :08:30. | :08:42. | |
Not the greatest free kick from Joao Moutinho. | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
Been caught out a few times in possession, Iceland. | :08:49. | :09:04. | |
A lot of experience in Iceland's back four. | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
Three of the back four started every game in qualification. | :09:11. | :09:21. | |
Flicked on, deflected, another corner. | :09:22. | :09:29. | |
Danilo just trying to get the direction on it, | :09:30. | :09:44. | |
not able to get the power coming away from goal. | :09:45. | :09:46. | |
Joao Moutinho with the second corner. | :09:47. | :09:48. | |
the referee having a word with Aron Gunnarsson. | :09:49. | :10:05. | |
The temptation is to see Iceland as rank outsiders | :10:06. | :10:07. | |
and total underdogs, but they came into this | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
tournament coming second in the qualification group, | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
Three teams from that group made the finals, because Turkey | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
came through a play-off, and the Netherlands | :10:20. | :10:20. | |
Just missed out on the last World Cup to an excellent Croatian | :10:21. | :10:30. | |
It has been a work in progress in the last ten years. | :10:31. | :10:38. | |
The blue-shirted hordes from Iceland reacted rather late | :10:39. | :10:50. | |
It was a long time up before they realised it. | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
Bjarnason arrives on the scene, the decision has gone Portugal's way. | :10:56. | :11:22. | |
He will stand down at the end of this tournament. | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
And the man alongside, Heimir Hallgrimsson, | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
We talked about Iceland having a population the size of Leicester, | :11:32. | :11:41. | |
I did put a call into the Icelandic Embassy this morning | :11:42. | :11:51. | |
to ask how many Icelandic men that are between the age of 20-40 | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
who could conceivably be picked for the squad. | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
That means if you are an Icelandic man in that age group you have | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
a one in 2000 chance of being in the squad. | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
For someone whose name ends in -son, I'm a bit disappointed | :12:09. | :12:11. | |
That was a poor ball from Sigurdsson from the back. | :12:12. | :12:31. | |
Joao Moutinho loves the feel of the ball at his feet. | :12:32. | :13:07. | |
Guerreiro with the throw-in for Portugal. | :13:08. | :13:30. | |
Gudmundsson inside to Gylfi Sigurdsson. | :13:31. | :13:40. | |
Danilo immediately in on Gylfi Sigurdsson. | :13:41. | :13:41. | |
That is exactly what he does, that is why he plays in the side. | :13:42. | :13:54. | |
Allows the likes of Moutinho and Mario ahead of him | :13:55. | :13:56. | |
Ten minutes in and the best chance was for Iceland. | :13:57. | :14:25. | |
They have not been great in possession, Iceland, | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
when they have had it, a few overhit passes. | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
But when you get those chances, those big chances, those big | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
moments, you want them to fall to Sigurdsson | :14:40. | :14:41. | |
and you expect him to do better with the chance he had. | :14:42. | :14:44. | |
Danilo, to the feet of Joao Moutinho. | :14:45. | :15:21. | |
Bjarnason made the challenge and the referee saw | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
Referee said he won the ball and not sure there was much contact. | :15:27. | :15:48. | |
Skulason will take the throw-in. | :15:49. | :16:20. | |
Hand raised, as soon he released the ball he knew | :16:21. | :16:47. | |
In a good position, the full-back, but the referee has | :16:48. | :17:20. | |
You want the game to flow, in a good position going forward. | :17:21. | :17:33. | |
Awareness from Moutinho to spot the run. | :17:34. | :17:35. | |
A good-looking ball, just didn't quite find Joao Mario. | :17:36. | :18:20. | |
Just a bit scrappy at the moment, isn't it? | :18:21. | :18:56. | |
They're not able to string a few passes together. | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
Carvalho, the ageing Portuguese defender, now at Monaco. | :19:05. | :19:13. | |
Danilo. Vierinha. | :19:14. | :19:36. | |
We have seen that challenge from Ricardo Carvalho a lot. | :19:37. | :19:54. | |
He knows what he is doing, just leaving his foot | :19:55. | :19:56. | |
Keeping a very good shape, Iceland. | :19:57. | :20:57. | |
The goalkeeper just wanted a second look at that. | :20:58. | :21:12. | |
Just a very good attacking full-back, Vieirinha. | :21:13. | :21:20. | |
Strikes it well enough, just did not have the direction. | :21:21. | :21:22. | |
He is a little bit off-balance, although he struck it well enough. | :21:23. | :22:02. | |
Gylfi Sigurdsson is down at the moment for Iceland. | :22:03. | :22:34. | |
Portugal are about to put the ball out of play. | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
Ronaldo gave it to Gudmundsson so that he could do so. | :22:42. | :22:43. | |
The referee is coming over to have a look at Sigurdsson. | :22:44. | :22:54. | |
He has just trodden on the top of his left foot. | :22:55. | :23:04. | |
One of the most historic stadiums in France, home to Saint-Etienne, | :23:05. | :23:22. | |
of course, who had that great team in the 1970s, | :23:23. | :23:36. | |
with Jacques Santini, who managed Spurs, who is here today. | :23:37. | :23:39. | |
As is the star of the team which reached the European | :23:40. | :23:48. | |
Cup Final in 1976, Dominique Rocheteau. | :23:49. | :23:49. | |
Danilo for Portugal, who have not really troubled Halldorsson yet - | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
certainly not with anything which would unduly worry him. | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
That was a brilliant ball in from Ronaldo, | :24:05. | :24:11. | |
and Nani's header hit the goalkeeper. | :24:12. | :24:12. | |
Shifting it onto his right foot, great ball in. | :24:13. | :24:21. | |
It is actually a really good save from Halldorsson, | :24:22. | :24:30. | |
Provided a bit of room, actually and Nani's header | :24:31. | :25:05. | |
will loop over the top of Halldorsson's crossbar. | :25:06. | :25:08. | |
It was the way Ronaldo got the cross in, the change of feet, | :25:09. | :25:11. | |
Good movement from Nani to recognise it. | :25:12. | :25:28. | |
And that is a really, really good save. | :25:29. | :25:30. | |
Getting across his line, Halldorsson. | :25:31. | :25:31. | |
Iceland couldn't really profit from that. | :25:32. | :25:55. | |
Gomes now for Portugal with a powerful surge. | :25:56. | :26:02. | |
Pulling away onto the shoulder of the defender, getting across him, | :26:03. | :26:20. | |
just couldn't quite get the direction. | :26:21. | :26:26. | |
If he has a good tournament, Ronaldo, he could become the | :26:27. | :26:36. | |
highest-scoring player of all time in European Championship finals. | :26:37. | :26:40. | |
Michel Platini, on nine, Alan Shearer on seven. | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
Ronaldo currently on six in his three previous tournaments. | :26:45. | :27:01. | |
As you said earlier, Kevin, you can throw any figure | :27:02. | :27:07. | |
in the air and you'll find an achievement that matches him. | :27:08. | :27:10. | |
More than 50 goals again, just amazing. | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
Six seasons running now, 50 goals plus. | :27:18. | :27:41. | |
Iceland will be quite happy with the way it has gone. | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
Gudmundsson felt that, and has got the free kick. | :27:49. | :28:10. | |
Someone needs to wake up, because Bjarnason is there. | :28:11. | :28:17. | |
Pepe goes to ground and gets the free kick, | :28:18. | :28:19. | |
but there was certainly hesitation there. | :28:20. | :28:31. | |
When you let it bounce you are under pressure. | :28:32. | :28:33. | |
We know, they are uncomfortable at times, Pepe and Carvalho. | :28:34. | :28:38. | |
Alan Shearer spoke about set pieces for Iceland, | :28:39. | :28:40. | |
The quality hasn't always been great in this first half up to now. | :28:41. | :28:45. | |
Patted away by goalkeeper Halldorsson. | :28:46. | :28:52. | |
Lovely ball from Pepe towards Ronaldo, | :28:53. | :28:53. | |
Well, you have got to compete, but the referee | :28:54. | :29:11. | |
What a chance that was, brilliant ball from Pepe. | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
Almost like the goal for Italy last night, the same movement. | :29:17. | :29:20. | |
Here comes the free kick for that Bjarnason challenge. | :29:21. | :29:38. | |
Halldorsson again with a comfortable take. | :29:39. | :29:43. | |
That has happened two or three times now. | :29:44. | :29:53. | |
Free kick given in his favour this time. | :29:54. | :30:21. | |
Danilo, that is asking rather a lot of Nani. | :30:22. | :30:25. | |
Just that final ball at the moment, Kevin, for Portugal, | :30:26. | :31:04. | |
No, it's not, apart from that ball from Pepe to set up Ronaldo. | :31:05. | :31:14. | |
Great movement from Ronaldo, and he has got to be scoring. | :31:15. | :31:22. | |
Gomes could not make the most of that error. | :31:23. | :31:52. | |
Joao Mario was beaten, but Ricardo Carvalho wasn't. | :31:53. | :31:55. | |
38 now, but brilliantly-timed challenge. | :31:56. | :32:36. | |
Joao Mario, that was a very good ball. | :32:37. | :32:38. | |
It was just a little bit too high for Joao Moutinho. | :32:39. | :32:43. | |
Bodies behind him as well - he knew he had to deal with it. | :32:44. | :32:54. | |
That looked to me like it had gone out of play. | :32:55. | :33:08. | |
You can see the set-up from Iceland every time - | :33:09. | :33:12. | |
allow Portugal to get over the halfway line, then put them | :33:13. | :33:17. | |
under more pressure, going into a rigid 4-4-2. | :33:18. | :33:29. | |
That's good reading for Iceland, 0-0 after half an hour. | :33:30. | :34:13. | |
I still think Gylfi Sigurdsson's chance was every bit as good | :34:14. | :34:18. | |
Switch off for a second and Portugal make you pay. | :34:19. | :34:38. | |
Nani with the goal, Gomes with a pass. | :34:39. | :34:45. | |
A great bonus from Andre Gomes, when he gets in he gets his head up. | :34:46. | :35:07. | |
A brilliant run from Nani near post and it's a simple task at the end | :35:08. | :35:12. | |
But I have to say, it has been coming. | :35:13. | :35:18. | |
They've been a bit slack in possession, Iceland. | :35:19. | :35:21. | |
Sigurdsson had that early chance in the third minute to put the cat | :35:22. | :35:53. | |
amongst the Portuguese pigeons but didn't take it. | :35:54. | :35:55. | |
When you get those big moments, you have to take them. | :35:56. | :36:20. | |
A great ball, Joao Moutinho hasn't always produced with free kicks | :36:21. | :36:45. | |
in wide areas in this game but that was a super ball. | :36:46. | :36:48. | |
Another corner, didn't quite reach Ricardo Carvalho. | :36:49. | :37:07. | |
Got to try and see this spell through at the moment, Iceland. | :37:08. | :37:21. | |
They are struggling and need to get out of their own half. | :37:22. | :37:25. | |
If Portugal get a second in the next couple of minutes, you wouldn't | :37:26. | :37:28. | |
It just has that feel at the moment a third before half-time. | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
that this is an important 10-12 minutes up to half-time for Iceland. | :37:34. | :37:36. | |
with his fingertips rather than his palms, but it stuck. | :37:37. | :38:07. | |
Nani knocked over by Gylfi Sigurdsson. | :38:08. | :38:10. | |
It's interesting, I saw some very good stuff in the paper | :38:11. | :38:21. | |
the long-standing international Icelandic player. | :38:22. | :38:32. | |
He said when he moved to England he was 23, but in mental terms | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
he was still like a teenager because the Icelandic | :38:37. | :38:38. | |
system was so far behind, and that is no longer the case. | :38:39. | :39:03. | |
A lovely turn away from Gylfi Sigurdsson. | :39:04. | :39:17. | |
Joao Mario has gone down for Portugal. | :39:18. | :39:18. | |
Bjarnason here charging forward for Iceland, | :39:19. | :39:23. | |
trying to curl it off the outside of his boot around Pepe. | :39:24. | :39:25. | |
It almost fell for Gudmundsson at the back post. | :39:26. | :39:58. | |
It is a better ball from back to front. | :39:59. | :40:09. | |
Just a little floater, to give them a chance | :40:10. | :40:11. | |
But a vital touch at the far post to deny a good chance for Iceland. | :40:12. | :40:18. | |
A few hoots from behind the goal from the Icelandic fans, | :40:19. | :40:25. | |
thinking they might have a penalty shout. | :40:26. | :40:31. | |
Not a good set play from Iceland again. | :40:32. | :40:33. | |
Aron Gunnarsson to take this for Iceland. | :40:34. | :40:46. | |
The Portuguese right-back said it didn't come off him, | :40:47. | :40:58. | |
but the Turkish referee says, yes it did. | :40:59. | :41:00. | |
Hardly a long throw, but certainly made the most of it. | :41:01. | :41:09. | |
Gylfi Sigurdsson to take this for Iceland. | :41:10. | :41:14. | |
A goal down but on the front foot again now. | :41:15. | :41:16. | |
Now Gudmundsson, caught in possession by Joao Mario, | :41:17. | :41:24. | |
Just taking an opportunity to have a word with Aron Gunnarsson. | :41:25. | :42:08. | |
Pepe has charged forward from the back. | :42:09. | :42:16. | |
Joao Mario for Portugal, back to Nani. | :42:17. | :42:21. | |
Well taken, Halldorsson did well and delivers it quickly. | :42:22. | :42:25. | |
Pepe is not going to get back as quickly as he got | :42:26. | :42:28. | |
Nani seems to have decided to hold the right touchline at the moment. | :42:29. | :43:32. | |
Good ball, Andre Gomes feigning to shoot with his right. | :43:33. | :44:02. | |
Halldorsson would have seen that quite late, Arnason | :44:03. | :44:04. | |
Make it hard to find any space for Portugal. | :44:05. | :44:12. | |
Joao Mario and Danilo for Portugal enjoying | :44:13. | :44:28. | |
Ricardo Carvalho, one of the players, like Cristiano Ronaldo | :44:29. | :44:57. | |
who will have memories of being beaten by underdogs | :44:58. | :45:00. | |
Losing the opening game of Euro 2004 to Greece | :45:01. | :45:06. | |
and then again in the final, on home turf. | :45:07. | :45:12. | |
Wise enough and experienced enough to know | :45:13. | :45:14. | |
not to take anything for granted. | :45:15. | :45:28. | |
They will be happy going in at half-time if it stays | :45:29. | :45:30. | |
a big chance early on, little going forward, | :45:31. | :45:36. | |
but you expect better from them from set plays. | :45:37. | :45:39. | |
They haven't provided any telling balls into the area. | :45:40. | :45:44. | |
Nice jinking run, but blocked in the end, a Portuguese throw. | :45:45. | :46:19. | |
Taken away from Nani by the flying figure of Saevarsson. | :46:20. | :46:27. | |
Got to try and see this spell through, | :46:28. | :46:48. | |
There has to come a time in the game when they will throw bodies forward. | :46:49. | :46:54. | |
Vieirinha, a good ball, but too high for Cristiano Ronaldo, | :46:55. | :47:00. | |
who had Sigurdsson jumping just in front of him. | :47:01. | :47:08. | |
He has picked up a couple of good positions, Cristiano Ronaldo, | :47:09. | :47:11. | |
Just can't quite get it on target again. | :47:12. | :47:18. | |
That was the chance, excellent awareness from Nani, | :47:19. | :47:22. | |
He's going to have a word with Danilo. | :47:23. | :48:01. | |
Who presumably had something to say for himself. | :48:02. | :48:07. | |
Might have a chance here to try and get something right at the end | :48:08. | :48:19. | |
This throw from Aron Gunnarsson will be launched in, I expect. | :48:20. | :48:40. | |
Nani taken out, and the referee has decided that that will do | :48:41. | :49:00. | |
There has been a few of those throughout this first half. | :49:01. | :49:15. | |
Great early chance, though, for Gylfi Sigurdsson, | :49:16. | :49:20. | |
which would have been a dream start for Iceland. | :49:21. | :49:26. | |
But in the end, Nani getting the goal after some | :49:27. | :49:28. | |
At half-time, it is Portugal 1-0 Iceland. | :49:29. | :49:58. | |
10-macro to Portugal and Nani, the goal-scorer. | :49:59. | :50:08. | |
but sometimes the Portuguese, they leave you wanting more. | :50:09. | :50:13. | |
Difficult to play through the Icelandic side, we know that. | :50:14. | :50:17. | |
But I think there is a lot more to come. | :50:18. | :50:20. | |
As the tournament progresses that is when the likes of Ronaldo | :50:21. | :50:22. | |
step up to the plate and put in big performances in big games. | :50:23. | :50:25. | |
It has been a low-key start for them. | :50:26. | :50:27. | |
Portugal from left to right in the second half, no substitutions | :50:28. | :50:30. | |
No yellow cards in the game either, and just the one chance for Iceland, | :50:31. | :50:42. | |
but it was that big one early on the Gylfi Sigurdsson. | :50:43. | :50:47. | |
A chance we have become accustomed to see him take. | :50:48. | :50:50. | |
I think that was the disappointing thing in the first half for Iceland, | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
how disappointing they were from set plays. | :50:55. | :50:56. | |
It might be a set play that gets them into this game, | :50:57. | :51:00. | |
Joao Mario has ghosted forward on the edge of the penalty area. | :51:01. | :51:24. | |
Looking to see where Ronaldo is, there he is. | :51:25. | :51:31. | |
Sigurdsson got in the way, the defensive Sigurdsson, | :51:32. | :51:39. | |
Even on his left foot, comfortable and confident enough | :51:40. | :51:52. | |
Didn't have a lot to talk about at half-time, fairly quiet, | :51:53. | :52:05. | |
But he had a few big moments in the first half, | :52:06. | :52:09. | |
Saevarsson forward for Iceland, towards Jon Dadi Bodvarsson. | :52:10. | :52:27. | |
Guerreiro, a good little run that, it has resulted in a corner. | :52:28. | :53:09. | |
It probably shouldn't have done, Halldorsson was a bit slow to react. | :53:10. | :53:12. | |
He could have freed the wide man up, Guerreiro. | :53:13. | :53:18. | |
That was poor, poor goalkeeping at the end. | :53:19. | :53:39. | |
Not exactly sure what Vieirinha thought he was doing with that. | :53:40. | :53:54. | |
Group F started with a surprise earlier today, with Austria, | :53:55. | :53:57. | |
many people's fancy to maybe overachieve in this tournament, | :53:58. | :54:01. | |
Hungary are Iceland's next opponents. | :54:02. | :54:13. | |
Off the grateful heel of Aron Gunnarsson. | :54:14. | :54:29. | |
He has been impressive, Andre Gomes, looking to get forward. | :54:30. | :54:50. | |
It was a foul, a clear block from Saevarsson. | :54:51. | :54:52. | |
The referee in a really good position there, as well. | :54:53. | :55:07. | |
Bjarnason in the middle, Sigthorsson as well. | :55:08. | :55:09. | |
The cross coming in from Gudmundsson. | :55:10. | :55:13. | |
Terrible defending, Bjarnason with the finish! | :55:14. | :55:14. | |
Absolute bedlam among the Icelandic supporters. | :55:15. | :55:38. | |
Bjarnason comes in well and finishes it. | :55:39. | :55:48. | |
Gets himself in all sorts of trouble, he doesn't need to. | :55:49. | :55:56. | |
First off they missed a big chance, but Bjarnason comes in. | :55:57. | :56:02. | |
Such bad defending from Portugal, really bad goal to concede. | :56:03. | :56:09. | |
But brilliant moment for the Icelandic fans. | :56:10. | :56:16. | |
Into the history books for Bjarnason. | :56:17. | :56:20. | |
Two goals in ten games in qualifying for these finals and has just tucked | :56:21. | :56:30. | |
away their first-ever goal in a tournament final. | :56:31. | :56:38. | |
He will be absolutely pumped after that. | :56:39. | :57:00. | |
He has just won the Swiss title, so he's having a good | :57:01. | :57:03. | |
Gunnarson with this throw, flicked | :57:04. | :57:32. | |
Very little possession for Iceland in this game, | :57:33. | :57:58. | |
not really able to get any momentum going forward. | :57:59. | :58:01. | |
Guerreiro to take this corner kick for the Portuguese, | :58:02. | :58:32. | |
Joao Moutinho wanted to take it quickly, but no one | :58:33. | :58:58. | |
The goal for Iceland has put a bit of extra pace in Portugal's play. | :58:59. | :59:11. | |
As I say that, Carvalho puts it out of play. | :59:12. | :59:14. | |
A bit more urgency from Moutinho, Ronaldo and Nani. | :59:15. | :59:19. | |
Looking for it to be a lot brighter in the final third. | :59:20. | :59:26. | |
Move the ball quickly, try and take the Icelandic players | :59:27. | :59:32. | |
And the first yellow card of the game comes out | :59:33. | :59:49. | |
Could be another yellow card in front of us, | :59:50. | :00:08. | |
More than a touch on the late side. | :00:09. | :00:13. | |
He doesn't need to make the challenge. | :00:14. | :00:31. | |
But allows Iceland to kill the game, set the play up, condense it. | :00:32. | :00:42. | |
Long ball forward, that's how they've played this game. | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
Tempted to do the words from the old song... | :00:48. | :01:31. | |
"Fools to the left of me, jokers to the right, | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
He must feel like that a lot of the time. | :01:35. | :01:43. | |
He is better than a lot of the players around him. | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
But his record over the last seven or eight years at international | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
Aron Gunnarsson, whose brother is an Icelandic handball champion. | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
A nice double for the Gunnarson family. | :01:56. | :02:06. | |
Four flying at the Icelandic penalty area. | :02:07. | :02:16. | |
Andre Gomes to his left hand side, don't think it crossed his mind | :02:17. | :02:23. | |
A lovely break, lovely touch from Ronaldo to set Joao Mario away. | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
Gudmundsson was not mucking about there. | :02:30. | :03:20. | |
Wouldn't be so happy if it finishes 1-1. | :03:21. | :03:22. | |
It is getting a little more physical. | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
A really good ball in the first half played by Guerreiro, | :03:32. | :03:48. | |
Four in the middle for Portugal, everybody back for Iceland. | :03:49. | :04:00. | |
Looking a little penned in at this moment. | :04:01. | :04:02. | |
Very good header clear, defensive header clear by Kari Arnason. | :04:03. | :04:10. | |
A bit of movement ahead of him from Sigthorsson. | :04:11. | :04:28. | |
The full-back Vieirinha has to do better, he has to adjust his body | :04:29. | :04:37. | |
Given away to Gylfi Sigurdsson, just couldn't take it in his stride. | :04:38. | :04:47. | |
The goalkeeper somehow got it around the post. | :04:48. | :05:14. | |
For all their physicality, Iceland, they have not conceded one | :05:15. | :06:20. | |
That obviously would have been one of their priorities. | :06:21. | :06:31. | |
I think they have defended dead balls very well. | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
It is their own quality which has been lacking at times. | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
Pepe, that is going to reach Joao Mario. | :06:45. | :07:15. | |
They have got to have some white shirts up the field at some point, | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
They can't keep just giving it back to Portugal, | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
That is a long time to sit around your penalty area. | :07:25. | :07:46. | |
That ended up in the gloves of the Icelandic goalkeeper. | :07:47. | :08:00. | |
It is a good ball from Vieirinha, slight deflection on it. | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
Has not always been great with his deliveries from wide areas. | :08:06. | :08:17. | |
Nani has made a good run, and that is well | :08:18. | :08:34. | |
That has been taken extremely quickly by Joao Mario. | :08:35. | :08:42. | |
There's urgency from Cristiano Ronaldo, who is looking | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
Fernando Santos, the Portuguese coach, | :08:47. | :09:07. | |
Portugal's quality has let them down at times. | :09:08. | :09:21. | |
Arnason working really hard to get there first. | :09:22. | :09:39. | |
The Portuguese full-back Vieirinha is not having the best of times | :09:40. | :09:58. | |
No, with Cedric Soares sitting on the bench, he will be thinking, | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
Vieirinha with this throw for Portugal. | :10:04. | :10:29. | |
Substitutes warming up all over the place | :10:30. | :10:59. | |
Ronaldo was a little bit on his heels there. | :11:00. | :11:18. | |
The white shirts just struggling to find a way out at the moment. | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
They just cannot keep hold of the ball. | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
As I said at the start, Portugal are not immune to embarrassment. | :11:27. | :11:53. | |
Albania won in Portugal in qualifying. | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
Cape Verde also beat them in a friendly. | :12:00. | :12:16. | |
I do not mean that disrespectfully to Iceland, to suggest it | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
would be embarrassing for them to beat Portugal, | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
because they are a very good side, but it would | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
And Pepe has knocked down Bodvarsson, and I think he knew | :12:26. | :12:42. | |
He has had a little kick out as well, Pepe on the floor. | :12:43. | :13:03. | |
I wonder what Cuneyt Cakir will make of this. | :13:04. | :13:05. | |
It is a foul from Bodvarsson, but just when he goes down... | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
The legs come up and there's absolutely no need for that. | :13:09. | :13:29. | |
Coming on shortly for Portugal will be Renato Sanches. | :13:30. | :13:31. | |
Bayern Munich got in quickly to sign him from Benfica this summer | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
That was easy, really, for Saevarsson. | :13:35. | :14:39. | |
It is following the same pattern, Steve, isn't it? | :14:40. | :14:46. | |
Attack after attack, but just breaking down. | :14:47. | :14:56. | |
Nani - the referee's whistle has gone for the earlier | :14:57. | :14:58. | |
Here is the change, and Moutinho is coming off for Portugal. | :14:59. | :15:18. | |
On comes Renato Sanches, who is joining Bayern Munich | :15:19. | :15:20. | |
from Benfica, costing them ?27 million, rising | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
The youngest Portuguese player ever to be kicked for a major tournament, | :15:25. | :15:33. | |
beating the record set by Cristiano Ronaldo. | :15:34. | :15:48. | |
Six inches wide, I would say - no more than that. | :15:49. | :16:17. | |
Iceland free kick - that's good news for them, | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
just gives them the chance to settle themselves down. | :16:25. | :16:50. | |
Sigthorsson coming back from an of side position. | :16:51. | :17:00. | |
Sigthorsson coming back from an offside position. | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
Gylfi Sigurdsson was very keen to ask the question. | :17:07. | :17:34. | |
Ronaldo - plenty of power, but rising too much. | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
Sigurdsson is still asking the question of the referee. | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
20 years ago, Eidur Gudjohnsen on the Icelandic bench came | :17:45. | :18:02. | |
And the player who went off was his dad. | :18:03. | :18:58. | |
Dangerous leave, right across the face of Patricio's goal. | :18:59. | :19:08. | |
Dangerous, right across the face of Patricio's goal. | :19:09. | :19:10. | |
Really good delivery from the throw and towards Bodvarsson. | :19:11. | :19:17. | |
That is where they will get their chances. | :19:18. | :19:34. | |
Long ball back wins the initial throw in. | :19:35. | :19:36. | |
Renato Sanches with the clearance downfield. | :19:37. | :19:57. | |
Quaresma will be on shortly for Portugal, their second change. | :19:58. | :20:06. | |
Goalkick to Iceland, and Portugal take off Joao Mario. | :20:07. | :20:20. | |
They bring on Ricardo Quaresma, who is 32 now. | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
Left out of the World Cup squad two years later. | :20:29. | :20:50. | |
Went to Euro 2012, but sat on the bench the whole tournament. | :20:51. | :20:59. | |
He has been around a long time but only his third ever appearance | :21:00. | :21:02. | |
Positive substitution, they needed to change things up. | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
Quaresma probably wasn't quite fit to start the game. | :21:06. | :21:08. | |
An unpredictable player, a real talent. | :21:09. | :21:09. | |
A poor header from Pepe, it really was. | :21:10. | :21:12. | |
Towards Bodvarsson, and Pepe makes amends. | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
He knew if he headed it clear, Cristiano Ronaldo was lurking. | :21:16. | :21:41. | |
It is fair to say that I think those in blue are enjoying it | :21:42. | :21:44. | |
rather more than those in red at the moment. | :21:45. | :22:02. | |
It sounds like the Icelandic fans are singing, | :22:03. | :22:04. | |
"Come On You Spurs" but I'm sure they're not! | :22:05. | :22:14. | |
Gomes to his left, Nani in the middle and Ronaldo as well, | :22:15. | :22:25. | |
Came to Gomes rather fortunately. | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
That's what they want to do, Portugal, | :22:32. | :22:45. | |
get Quaresma into the game as quickly as possible. | :22:46. | :23:00. | |
It takes a lot to get them sticking together through those difficult | :23:01. | :23:16. | |
times, to get big results in big tournaments. | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
Iceland are going to make a substitution | :23:21. | :23:29. | |
They are defending first, with this corner kick | :23:30. | :23:37. | |
Halldorsson in the Icelandic goal hasn't had to do anything brilliant | :23:38. | :24:20. | |
to keep Portugal out since they equalised. | :24:21. | :24:22. | |
Good bit of control from Aron Gunnarsson. | :24:23. | :24:36. | |
They can't get out but they are content to sit in, and sit deep. | :24:37. | :24:44. | |
They clear and then get back into shape for the next attack. | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
We might see Iceland make that change now. | :24:50. | :24:57. | |
This was the deflected shot from Quaresma | :24:58. | :25:06. | |
He read it well, the goalkicker part had to get himself into position. | :25:07. | :25:27. | |
Alfred Finnbogason is the man coming on. | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
Finnbogason scored against Arsenal in the Champions League | :25:33. | :25:34. | |
this season when he was on loan from Real Sociedad to Olympiakos. | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
Finished the season on loan in Germany. | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
I'm not saying the referee was going to give it | :25:44. | :25:56. | |
I'm not saying the referee wasn't going to give it | :25:57. | :25:59. | |
When he senses the Portuguese players breaking, | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
just clips the heels or drags the shirt back. | :26:05. | :26:19. | |
First time we've seen the familiar statuesque stance | :26:20. | :26:21. | |
of Cristiano Ronaldo over a free kick. | :26:22. | :26:22. | |
Whipped in and deflected over the top by Gunnarson. | :26:23. | :26:25. | |
One day I'm pretty certain there will be a statue | :26:26. | :26:36. | |
Who knows? There might be one already in Madeira! | :26:37. | :26:43. | |
A better ball, a better delivery from Quaresma. | :26:44. | :26:53. | |
Good movement from Pepe across the near post. | :26:54. | :26:55. | |
Not so sure it would have gone in anyhow, but had to deal with it. | :26:56. | :27:15. | |
The question is, can Iceland keep them out? | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
It is very hard to imagine Iceland scoring again | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
You said it before about Halldorsson in goal - | :27:26. | :27:36. | |
he hasn't had much to do, not tested enough by Portugal. | :27:37. | :27:43. | |
The guys in front of him have been excellent. | :27:44. | :27:45. | |
They have been very well organised, disciplined as well. | :27:46. | :28:00. | |
Again, Aron Gunnarsson with another interception. | :28:01. | :28:06. | |
Not even looking to make passes, just clearances. | :28:07. | :28:09. | |
Keep yourself set up, offer to throw any bodies forward. | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
Swansea's player, Eder, about to come on. | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
He has been on loan to Lyon here in France. | :28:20. | :28:27. | |
Pepe has dealt with Finnbogason and it is a goalkick to Portugal. | :28:28. | :28:49. | |
I think he recognised he made a poor decision, | :28:50. | :28:56. | |
He wanted to get the strike away early. | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
Andre Gomes comes off, Eder comes on. | :29:01. | :29:06. | |
Didn't score in his 15 games for Swansea. | :29:07. | :29:09. | |
Did better when he went on loan, | :29:10. | :29:13. | |
the French club taking up their option. | :29:14. | :29:21. | |
No wonder he is puffing his cheeks out. | :29:22. | :30:02. | |
The best chance of the half, brilliant from Nani. | :30:03. | :30:05. | |
Ronaldo pulling away to get between the right-back | :30:06. | :30:07. | |
Gets a good look at the goal, straight at Halldorsson. | :30:08. | :30:19. | |
You think Ronaldo in that position, so good in the air, | :30:20. | :30:22. | |
I did say a couple of minutes ago that I couldn't see Iceland scoring. | :30:23. | :30:58. | |
They can get two or three bodies around Finnbogason. | :30:59. | :31:05. | |
Straight at Patricio in the end though. | :31:06. | :31:17. | |
Sanches, good feet, really good feet, | :31:18. | :31:20. | |
You have said that a lot, Gunnarson. | :31:21. | :31:30. | |
No problem at all for Halldorsson in the Icelandic goal. | :31:31. | :31:59. | |
This was a chance, good feet from Finnbogason. | :32:00. | :32:01. | |
Lucky in the end, comes straight at him. | :32:02. | :32:14. | |
Had a spell in Holland, Finnbogason, when he scored 53 in 45 games. | :32:15. | :32:23. | |
Had a spell in Holland, Finnbogason, when he scored 53 in 65 games. | :32:24. | :32:26. | |
Sometimes difficult to judge strikers in Dutch football. | :32:27. | :32:28. | |
You don't know if you're getting a Ruud van Nistelrooy | :32:29. | :32:30. | |
There are a lot of goals in Dutch football. | :32:31. | :32:47. | |
If you don't remember Marco, ask a West Ham fan. | :32:48. | :32:50. | |
It's a familiar tale, really, from Portugal in tournaments. | :32:51. | :33:04. | |
Guerreiro may be with a better angle. | :33:05. | :33:31. | |
I was going to say if it would be in. | :33:32. | :33:36. | |
Dealt with any of the threats coming in from wide. | :33:37. | :33:53. | |
130 games at Rotherham, Kari Arnason. | :33:54. | :33:55. | |
Not sure if it prepared him for defending against Ronaldo. | :33:56. | :34:07. | |
Everyone knows he has it in him but a wonderful leap | :34:08. | :34:17. | |
from practically a standing start and caught Halldorsson by surprise. | :34:18. | :34:25. | |
The jump is so good, his head is higher than | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
This is designed to just eat up a few seconds. | :34:32. | :34:48. | |
Played one game for the club in 2007, | :34:49. | :35:04. | |
so if you are a Celtic fan and don't remember him, | :35:05. | :35:07. | |
It is now just a matter of seconds for them to hold out. | :35:08. | :35:59. | |
About 90 seconds of added time to play. | :36:00. | :36:40. | |
That's how close Iceland are to an historic result. | :36:41. | :36:59. | |
In comes the free kick - and out it goes. | :37:00. | :37:03. | |
I think the ball had gone behind first. | :37:04. | :37:17. | |
He has got away with it, the goalkeeper. | :37:18. | :37:35. | |
That is Gylfi Sigurdsson, but he has put it into the path of Nani. | :37:36. | :38:13. | |
Is it a little bit too far out for Ronaldo? | :38:14. | :38:22. | |
Slightly to the right of his earlier one. | :38:23. | :38:31. | |
You know what? If anybody can, he can. | :38:32. | :38:40. | |
The three minutes have been played so that it is now | :38:41. | :38:55. | |
all about Cristiano Ronaldo, Halldorsson and his wall. | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
Another free kick a few yards nearer. | :39:01. | :39:08. | |
This is really a big problem now, because this is Ronaldo country. | :39:09. | :39:22. | |
Is it his moment to light up the tournament? | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
This could be the last kick of the game. | :39:28. | :39:55. | |
The wall did its job again, and the whistle has gone! | :39:56. | :39:58. | |
And Iceland have a point against Portugal. | :39:59. | :40:06. | |
They have put in an enormous shift against a not very inspired | :40:07. | :40:09. | |
And Arnason is the man with his name written large | :40:10. | :40:33. | |
You will each collect a Michelin-starred chef. | :40:34. | :41:09. | |
'En route, each chef will prepare a dish.' | :41:10. | :41:13. |