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Iceland grab last-gasp winner against Austria to set up England clash

Nadeem Badshah

Updated 22/06/2016 at 19:42 GMT

Stade de France, Group F – Iceland 2 (Dadi Bodvarsson 18, Ingvi Traustason 90) Austria 1 (Schöpf 60)

Iceland's Jon Dadi Bodvarsson celebrates with team mates after scoring a goal

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Tournament debutants Iceland have sealed their place in the last 16 of Euro 2016 after a stoppage time winner to defeat Austria 2-1 in Paris.
The Scandinavians were the brighter side in the early stages, despite only needing a point to qualify, and took the lead through Jón Daði Bodvarsson's strike.
This sparked Marcel Koller's side into action but they missed a glorious opportunity after being awarded a penalty with Aleksandar Dragovic hitting the post with his spot kick.
Austria, who needed to win to qualify, made a double change at the break and equalised through a brilliant solo effort from Alessandro Schöpf.
But Lars Lagerback's men snatched victory to secure second spot in Group F with the last kick of the game through substitute Arnór Traustason to set up a clash with England on Monday.
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Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason celebrates with Birkir Bjarnason after scoring the second goal

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TALKING POINT

Can Iceland spring a surprise against Roy Hodgson's men? Defensively they are solid and thwarted the Austrians with a series of blocks and last-gasp challenges. England will have to be wary of them on the counter attack and the long throw-ins launched into the box which is how they got both their goals to see off Austria.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Kari Arnason (Iceland): The defender was a colossus in dealing with the wave of Austrian attacks. The Gothenburg player put himself on the line to produce two brilliant goal line clearances and marshalling the back line.
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Iceland's Kari Arnason celebrates after the match

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PLAYER RATINGS

ICELAND: Halldorsson 6, Saevarsson 6, Sigurdsson 7, Gudmundsson 7, Bjarnason 7, Sigthorsson 6, Sigurdsson 6, Arnason 8, Bodvarsson 8, Skulason 7, Gunnarsson 6. Subs: Bjarnason 6, Traustason 5.
AUSTRIA: Almer 7, Dragovic 5, Hinteregger 6,Fuchs 6, Ilsanker 5, Arnautovic 6, Alaba 6, Baumgartlinger 7, Prodl 5, Klein 6, Sabitzer 6. Subs: Schopf 7, Janko 5, Jantscher 5.

KEY MOMENTS:

2' - GUDMUNDSSON STRIKE! A left-footed 25-yard thunderbolt from Gudmundsson which strikes the crossbar, the keeper barely moved.
18' - GOAL! Iceland 1-0 Austria: A long throw-in is launched in from Gunnarsson, its flicked on and Bodvarsson is on hand to control the ball and tuck it into the net from around seven yards out on the stretch.
30' - ARNAUTOVIC CHANCE! Arnautovic finds space again behind Saevarsson and runs onto a long ball but his header goes over the bar.
36' - PENALTY TO THE AUSTRIANS! Alaba's arm is tugged by Skulason as he headed the ball wide.
36' - PENALTY MISS! Dragovic takes a long run-up and strikes the foot of the post. You get the feeling this is not Austria's tournament.
47' - ALABA DENIED! Alaba's goal-bound effort is blocked on the line by Arnason and goes out for a corner. The set piece is eventually cleared.
60' - GOAL! Iceland 1-1 Austria: And it is the Schalke man who find the net with a brilliant solo effort! Schopf collects Alaba's pass, his dummy fools the defender and he slides the ball into the bottom right corner.
69' - JANKO OPPORTUNITY: Sabitzer sends in a low cross from the right and sub Janko's shot on the turn is a whisker away from creeping in.
90'+4 - GOAL! Iceland 2-1 Austria: Iceland break forward, the ball is played in across the face of goal and in comes substitute Traustason to stab the ball in at the back post to make it 2-1!
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Iceland Jon Dadi Bodvarsson celebrates after scoring a goal

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KEY STATS

Iceland won their first ever EURO match and progressed from the group stages.
Austria are now winless in their six EURO matches played (D2-L4). They are currently the team with most EURO matches played without recording a single win.
Iceland became the fourth team to score in all three EURO 2016 matches, after Wales, Spain and Croatia. Italy could also join if they score tonight.
Iceland have now lost only one of their last nine competitive matches (W4-D4). In this run only Turkey proved too strong, when they beat already-qualified Iceland 1-0 in a EURO 2016 qualifier in Konya on 13 October 2015.
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson scored his second competitive goal for Iceland after scoring at the European Championships qualification against Turkey in September 2014 (3-0 win).
Alessandro Schöpf became the first Austrian to score a EURO goal not from the penalty spot as Ivica Vastic scored Austria's only EURO goal eight years ago from the spot against Poland. The last player to score for Austria at the World Cup was also a penalty (Andreas Herzog in 1998). The last Austrian to score a goal from open play at a major tournament was Vastic against Chile in 1998.
Aleksandar Dragovic missed the third penalty this EUROs, after Sergio Ramos (ESP) and Cristiano Ronaldo (POR). Only at EURO 2000 more penalties were missed (excluding PSO): 5.
Dragovic missed the first penalty for Austria at the EUROs.
Arnór Ingvi Traustason scored his fourth goal for Iceland and his first competitive goal.

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