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Iceland cool Argentina: Iceland give good account of themselves in their first ever Fifa World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi had very different starts to the World Cup... Who will go further?

Iceland produced a cool display in their first ever Fifa World Cup as they held two-time champions 1-1 in Spartak Stadium, Moscow.

The draw was sweeter the more as goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson kept out Lionel Messi’s penalty to claim a famous result here in Russia. Halldorsson did well also to keep out with one hand Aguerro’s speculative shot late on.

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