Ronaldo: Euro 2016 surprises end now for Portugal

He also drew criticism after slamming Iceland for their “small mentality” after the minnows held Portugal to a 1-1 draw in their opening match.

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‘I am 100 per cent sure he will go on and score more goals, ‘ said Nani. “Of course he can”. Sometimes the Portuguese try to downplay him, say he’s not scoring, he’s playing poorly. He is a fantastic player. “He is a fantastic player every time in the hard moments”.

“Ronaldo is their main player, the aim is not to allow them to show how strong he is, we have to limit him”.

Elmar Bjarnason found it hard to convey his pride and honour at helping Iceland make history, but found it easier to express their belief in causing a Euro 2016 upset against England.

“We made five changes to the team but I am not surprised by the performance or the result, I have a squad of 23 players in which everyone can do a good job”.

The 37-year-old midfielder became the second oldest player ever to score at a European Championship. The whole team has been. We were out of the European Championship three times, and we were always chasing the game.

“It’s for me a privilege to be named man of the match, but our priority was to win the match and we failed to do that”.

‘So we’re happy, we’re in the next stage, we will focus on that and keep believing we can reach our targets’.

“Whoever plays better will go through”.

“They probably haven’t played their best game yet in the tournament and they want to show and prove to everybody that they have a good team”, he said.

“There were a lot of exhausted legs at the end but we have said before that we are really proud of squad and our players and we have to give them a lot of credit in this game”. “We respect them, but we know our strengths and we will look them in the eye when we face them”. Few sides beat Spain and we know that we are going to face a good side and we have to win. It’s hard. Croatia have one day more than us to rest but we are professional, so we will get a quick rest and prepare for the game’.

Bjarnson, who only played one game for the Scottish giants before returning to Scandinavia, added: “It’s unbelievable to be part of this great team”.

“I’ve always said my personal dream is to win a big trophy with my country”. At moment I am doing well and am very pleased with that.