What they said: Best post-match quotes from Iceland vs Hungary

Sport360 staff 22:43 18/06/2016
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  • Hungary rally to secure a valuable point

    Gylfi Sigurdsson’s 40th minute penalty had put plucky Iceland on course for victory – and perhaps in sight of a place in the last 16 – in a tight Group F clash in Marseille.

    But Hungary had dominated possession throughout against an Iceland side content to defend and the pressure finally told in the 88th minute as Saevarsson turned a Nemanja Nikolic cross into his own net.

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    Here’s the best of the post-match interviews from the match:

    Gylfi Sigurdsson, Iceland goalscorer

    “This is a big disappointment. We almost had the three points in our hands, but were lacking concentration towards the end even though our defence was good to begin with.”

    “We’re at a big tournament and we’re playing against really strong teams. Getting this far just shows how good we really are.”

    Kolbeinn Sigthórsson, Iceland man of the match

    We were a few minutes away from victory, we failed to finish the game off. We were winning a lot of second balls, but we should have kept calm and played football more..”

    “We wanted the three points today and were so close. If you could only have seen how disappointed the guys were in the dressing room. It feels like a loss.”

    Bernd Storck, Hungary coach

    “We will see after the Portugal-Austria game and then decide what we have to do in the group. We‘re very happy with our performance and the late goal. It was a big bit of luck but a deserved one because we dominated the game.”

    “We couldn’t create many chances, Iceland defended cleverly, although it was better in the second half. We never gave up and always believed in ourselves.”

    Heimir Hallgrímsson, Iceland joint coach

    “We were happy with a point against Portugal, but we’re disappointed with this result. The dressing room was silent.  I’d like to credit Hungary and their coach. Hungary are a really good team and those who underestimate them will suffer.”

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