"Iceland only has tried to defend. They had two occasions and shut backwards. They celebrated the goal as if they had won the Eurocopa or something like this. Have a mentality of small team, and is therefore by what never will do at all".
These were the statements of Cristiano Ronaldo just after empatar, in the first party of the UEFA Euro 2016, against a selection of Iceland that left body and soul for marking in the first party of Eurocopa of all his history. The rabieta of Cristiano, in any case, went the beginning of a dream paralos "vikingos", that already are in the eighth of final of the competition.
Iceland won to Austria (2-1) in the discount this Wednesday thanks to a goal agónico of Traustason, and with this classified like second of group for the following round of the tournament, by behind Hungary and by in front precisely of the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo, this player that recently more than a week ensured that the "vikingos" never "would do at all".
"Have a mentality of small team, and therefore they never will do at all"
For the moment, in this UEFA Euro 2016 already have done more than the lusos, and look with illusion to the horizon, where will confront in eighth to the England of Roy Hodgson, against which will go back to have the same numbers to lose that against Portugal, Hungary and Austria in the last three parties.
But they are here, and this already deserves the international recognition of the press and the fans of all the world. Iceland has made history, and his players already are legends for all the Nordic population.