Iceland hit back after ‘sore loser’ Ronaldo bemoans approach

The world of football has grown used to Cristiano Ronaldo’s self-absorbed fits of pique but he appears to have met his match after making the mistake of criticising Iceland after the Euro 2016 minnows held out for a fairytale draw against his Portugal side in St Etienne.

Ronaldo launched himself into an all-too-familiar controversy when he refused to shake hands with his opponents following a 1-1 draw against the smallest country ever to qualify for a major finals, a result which ranks as one of the great shocks of the competition so far.

While the rest of the football world revelled in the romance of seeing a country with a population of just 330,000 win a point against a tournament favourite, the Real Madrid star struggled to see the bigger picture — and that’s putting it kindly.