{"id":222545,"date":"2016-06-15T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T10:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=222545"},"modified":"2016-06-15T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T10:15:03","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-portugal-captain-criticizes-icelands-small-mentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/cristiano-ronaldo-portugal-captain-criticizes-icelands-small-mentality\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal captain criticizes Iceland’s ‘small mentality’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo hit out at Iceland’s lack of ambition after the two sides drew 1-1 at Euro 2016.<\/p>\n

The Real Madrid player also refused to shake the hands of the Iceland players after the group match in Saint-Etienne.<\/p>\n

“I thought they’d won the Euros the way they celebrated at the end,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It was unbelievable. We tried hard to win the game and Iceland didn’t try anything. This, in my opinion, shows a small mentality and they are not going to do anything in the competition.”<\/p>\n

But former Iceland international Hermann Hreidarsson called Ronaldo “petty” and a “sore loser”.<\/p>\n

The former Ipswich, Charlton and Portsmouth defender, 41, told BBC Radio 5 live: “He thought he could have goals handed to him on a plate.<\/p>\n

“If he would have worked as hard as every Icelandic player, he wouldn’t have had to say anything because I’m sure he would have got his rewards.<\/p>\n

“He didn’t fancy it on the day and he just got beaten up.”<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

Portugal had 72% of the possession and 26 shots on goal to Iceland’s four.<\/p>\n

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“Portugal try to play football and try to win the game,” said skipper Ronaldo, 31. “Iceland didn’t try anything.<\/p>\n

“They were just defend, defend, defend and playing on the counter-attack.”<\/p>\n

Ronaldo’s words have drawn plenty of comment on social media.<\/p>\n

DunsbyOwl tweeted:<\/i> “Great Result for Iceland. Shame Ronaldo couldn’t show a bit of magnanimity.”<\/p>\n

Paul said:<\/i> “Just when Ronaldo was winning the footballing world over with his talent, he opens his mouth again…”<\/p>\n

AndyG added:<\/i> “Cristiano Ronaldo has just reminded me of all the reason why I just can’t like the bloke. Still recall his wink after Rooney’s Euro red card.”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

They finished second in their qualifying group, above Turkey and the Netherlands, who failed to make it to France.<\/p>\n

Birkir Bjarnason’s volley earned them a point against Portugal after Nani had opened the scoring in the Group F game in Saint-Etienne.<\/p>\n

Hungary top the pool after beating Austria 2-0 earlier on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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