Thor steals Cristiano Ronaldo’s thunder

Iceland 1 Portugal 1: It was meant to be all about Cristiano Ronaldo in St Etienne but a man nicknamed Thor stole his thunder as Iceland held Portugal to a 1-1 draw in Group F.

Birkir ‘Thor’ Bjarnson, a midfielder who plays for FC Basel in Switzerland, upstaged world football’s greatest superstar who equalled Luis Figo’s all-time record of 127 caps for Portugal on the night but who nevertheless left the field frustrated.

What a story this was. Tiny Iceland — a country with a population the same size as Leicester and smaller than Munster — gave one of the greats of the game a real run for his money and left the ground with a point in their first ever match in a major finals.