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Iceland: "We will have an extra eye on Ronaldo"

2016-06-14 07:37:00 from:SNTV

Iceland coach Lars Lagerback look ahead to their opening fixture at Euro 2016 against Portugal.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Lars Lagerback, Iceland coach:(Q: Did you prepare anything to handle Ronaldo?)

"Yeah, of course we look into every team we play if they have some special players with special skills, so something and everybody knows that Ronaldo is one of the best players in the world, so of course we will have a little bit of an extra eye on him. But at the same time as we always say, it's a cliché but I mean if you have the quality, the individual skills that Portugal have so it's about playing against the whole team but of course we will try the best we can to close down Mr. Ronaldo. Regarding results it depends on the match, look if we deserve a draw and didn't play badly then I will be satisfied with a draw. But if we play better and deserve three points then I would be disappointed."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Lars Lagerback, Iceland coach:(Q: Do you plan to let Portugal have the ball ?)

"It's always difficult to say, I mean our goal is that when we have the ball if we can keep it we would like to keep it, if we can play it fast and that's the best alternative, we try to do that. But I would guess that Portugal will have the ball a little bit more than us, but I mean you know Portugal probably even better than I maybe... I'm not sure about that by the way! But, I mean they play much more variation I think the Portugal team than I've seen before so I'm not so sure how the possession of the ball will be but if you want my guess I think that the Portuguese will have the ball a little bit more."

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