Date: June 18, 2016
Result: Iceland 1 Hungary 1
Scorers:
Iceland G Sigurdsson 39pen
Hungary Svaersson 88og
Venue: Stade Velodrome, Marseille
Match overview:
An own goal by defender Birkir Saevarsson denied Iceland a first European Championship victory after they drew 1-1 with Hungary in Bordeaux. Iceland had taken the lead in the first-half thanks to a controversial defender and had defended valiantly for most of the second half. But a cross Hungarian substitute Nemanja Nikolic’s cross was turned into his own net by the unfortunate Saevarsson in the 88th minute.
Key moment:
Iceland’s opening goal, penalty converted by Gylfi Sigurdsson after Hungary keeper Gabor Kiraly had spilled the ball. In the scramble to clear the ball, Tamas Kadar adjudged to have fouled Aron Gunnarsson but it was a harsh decision.
Man of the match:
Gylfi Sigurdsson put Iceland ahead after a harsh penalty award, but his namesake Ranar had kept Iceland in the game with a series of important challenges
Matter of fact:
Eidur Gudjohnsen became the fifth oldest outfield player to play at the Euros after Matthaus, Olsen, Vastic & Carvalho.
Talking point:
Hungary’s black-shirted fans celebrated their late equaliser as if it were the winner. But earlier riot police had been called into the stand at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome after the Hungarians clashed with stadium stewards.
Stats:
Goal attempts
Iceland: 5
Hungary: 21
Attempts on target
Iceland: 2
Hungary: 4
Corners
Iceland: 3
Hungary: 5
Line-ups:
Iceland
01 Hannes Halldorsson
02 Birkir Saevarsson
06 Ragnar Sigurdsson
07 Johann Gudmundsson
08 Birkir Bjarnason
09 Kolbainn Sigthorsson (22 Gudjohnsen 84)
10 Gylfi Sigurdsson
14 Kari Arkansan
15 Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (11 Alfred Finnnbogason 69)
17 Aron Gunnarsson (20 Emil Hallfredsson 65)
23 Ari Skulason
Starting formation: 4-4-2
Halldorsson – Savarsson, R Sigurdsson, Arnason, Skulason – Gudmundsson, G Sigurdsson, Gunnarsson, Bjarnason – Sigthorsson, Bodvarsson
Hungary
01 Gabor Kiraly
02 Adam Lang
04 Tamas Kadar
07 Balazs Dzsudzsak
08 Adam Nagy
10 Zoltan Gera
15 Laszlo Kleinheisler
18 Zoltan Stieber (17 Nemanja Nikolic 67)
19 Tamas Priskin (13 Daniel Bode 67)
20 Richard Guzmics
23 Roland Juhasz (09 Adam Szalai 85)
Starting formation; 4-3-3
Kiraly – Lang, Guzmics, Juhasz, Kadar – Kleinheisler, Gera, Nagy – Stieber, Priskin, Dzsudzsak
Yellow cards:
Iceland: Gudmundsson 41, Finnbogason 74, Saevarsson 77
Hungary: Kadar 81, Kleinheisler 83, Nagy 90
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Rus)