Euro 2016: Iceland storm back to hold Portugal on stunning debut

Another major tournament, another Portugal misfire; they took the lead against Iceland, looked comfortable, were just starting to swagger, and then conceded an eminently avoidable goal to draw 1-1.

The two teams sit on one point, ahead of Austria but below Hungary; Portugal will be worrying, Iceland will be dreaming.

The first chance of the game fell to Iceland's Gylfi Sigurdsson, who absolutely pasted Vieirinha on the inside before opening his body to feint a shot towards the far post; Rui Patricio saved well at the near.

And he must have been ruing his decision-making on 31 minutes, when Portugal went ahead; excellent work from the excellent Andre Gomes presented Nani with a chance that he took very well; surely they would add to that advantage in the second half?

Surely not! Iceland hung in there, then pounced when the opportunity presented itself - Birkir Bjarnason might have benefitted from Vieirinha's error, but he took his chance superbly well.

Thereafter, Iceland came as close to winning as losing. Group F is poised.

For Portugal, this is a winnable competition. They have talented young players, a relatively easy group, and the Continent's best player. And, for an hour or so, it looked like their performance would match expectation. But then they found a way to mess it up. Vieirinha made a mistake, which can happen, but their failure to mount any kind of subsequent onslaught must be a worry.

It almost seems churlish to single out a single Icelandic player, but Kari Arnason made several vital interceptions and challenges, coping superbly with the pace and movement of Nani and Ronaldo. If he can produce similar in the next two games, Iceland may just make the knockout stages.

Portugal: Rui Patricio 6, Vieirinha 4, Carvalho 6, Pepe 6, Guerreiro 5, Joao Mario 5, Danilo Pereira 6, Andre Gomes 7, Joao Moutinho 6, Nani 7, Ronaldo 5. Subs: Eder 6, Renato Sanches 6, Quaresma 6.

Iceland: Halldorsson 7, Saevarsson 6, Ragnar Sigurdsson 7, Arnason 8, Skulason 6, Gudmundsson 7, Gunnarsson 6, Gylfi Sigurdsson 6, Birkir Bjarnason 7, Sigthorsson 6, Bodvarsson 6. Subs: Finnbogason 7, Theodor Elmar Bjarnason 6.

3' Lovely from Sigurdsson, waltzing down the left and away from Vieirinha in the process of cutting inside. Shaping to arc the ball into the far corner, Henry-style, he instead goes for power, Rooney-style inside the near post. "The eyes" were employed, but Rui Patricio was not "done" - he beats clear. What a chance that was!

21' Wonderful wondrousness from Ronaldo, pulling to the left and twinkling over the ball inside and out before dragging it outside Skulason, coming back and clipping a perfect cross onto Nani's brow. And Nani's run is good too, between two men, and he gets good contact, but picks out Halldorsson's feet. Good save.

26' Pepe seeks Ronaldo with a delicious long pass, and the anticipation is as perfect as the execution. But Ronaldo, ahead of his man and staring out the keeper, can't control, and the ball runs away! He is useless!

31' GOAL! Portugal 1-0 Iceland (Nani 31). Simple as. Andre Gomes, at inside-right, flicks a long pass around the corner for Vieirinha, on the touchline. When the return arrives, he smacks a low cross at the near post, where Nani Greaves lurks; he loses his man and tucks a finish inside that same near post before celebrating with the self-effacement for which he is so widely loved.

47' Portugal are swaggering, and when Nani lifts a cross into the box, Ronaldo meets the clearing header on the half-volley with his left foot - imagine he's saying "wahey!" and you'll be able to picture it. It's a decent but not perfect connection, but, and the ball scooshes wide.

51' GOAL GOAL GOAL! Portugal 1-1 Iceland (Bjarnason, 51). Well I'll be an expletive! Gudmunsson finds space on the right, curls over an inswinger, and Vieirinha, caught underneath, crumples to the floor. This leaves Bjarnason all alone, and he expertly guides home a volley like it's nothing. It's not nothing, It is very, very far from nothing.

71' Portugal win a free-kick left of centre, 35 yards out, and Andre Gomes clips deliciously into the box where a cunning backheaded flick from Nani lasers only just wide.

86' Oh dearie, dearie me. Nani, out on the right, wraps his foot around a cross and caresses the ball directly onto the middle of Ronaldo's middle furrow. But, somehow, he contrives to plop it into the keeper's arms.

87' And what's this! Finnbogason weaves across the face of the goal and welts a left-footer looking for the curl to take it into the top-corner! But he doesn't quite get enough fade, and Rui Patricio punches clear.

Cristiano Ronaldo had 10 shots, the most in a game by any players since... Cristiano Ronaldo took 12 against the Netherlands in 2012.

Hannes Halldorsson made 8 saves, the most of in any Euros game since Joe Hart for England vs Italy in 2012.

Iceland's population of 323,000 is less than that of Croydon, Coventry and Leicester.