Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo criticised Iceland’s lack of ambition after the two sides drew 1-1 in their opening Euro 2016 Group F match.
The Real Madrid star also refused to shake the hands of the Iceland players after the match in Saint-Etienne.
“I thought they’d won the Euros the way they celebrated at the end,” said Ronaldo. “It was unbelievable,
“It was a little bit frustrating. We tried hard to win the game and Iceland didn’t try anything.”
Ronaldo, making his 127th appearance for Portugal, said it had been a “lucky night” for his opponents and accused them of putting “the bus in the net”.
Portugal had 72% of the possession and 26 shots on goal to Iceland’s four.
“Portugal try to play football and try to win the game,” said Ronaldo.
“Iceland didn’t try anything. They were just defend, defend, defend and playing on the counter-attack.
“This, in my opinion, shows a small mentality and they are not going to do anything in the competition.”
Iceland, appearing in their first major tournament, boast a population of just 330,000 and are the smallest nation to play at a European Championship finals.
Birkir Bjarnason’s volley earned them a point after Nani had opened the scoring.
Source:bbc.com
