France Euro 2016 round Up

Cristiano Ronaldo's post-match interview outburst over minnows Iceland's ability to frustrate mighty Portugal in a match that ended 1-1 on Tuesday night capped the intensity that has seen a surprisingly low-scoring affair so far. CR7, popularly monikered "Penaldo", claimed rather colorfully that "The way they celebrated at the end was unbelievable. Iceland don’t try to play, they just defend, defend and defend. Then they celebrate like they have won the Euros. This in my opinion shows a small mentality. They are not going to do anything in this competition." That match rounded up the first group matches meaning all teams had played. 

This is how matters look so far with each team in Group A having played their second matches yesterday, as well as Group B's Slovakia and Russia. France won 2-0 against a resolute Albania, earlier Romania and Switzerland played out to a 1-1 stalemate. Russia's loss left them at the base of the Group before the big one, England vs Wales cracker later today.  Didier Deschamps made a ballsy move by dropping Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann to the bench but had to reel them back in after the break as the France threw everything but the kitchen, yet Albania stood firm only to crumble in the 90th minute to Griezmann header and a second goal of the tournament for Payet in 95th.