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Gudmundsson: Iceland not afraid of Messi

The PSV forward has explained his national team's success and thinks they can upset yet more big names at the 2018 World Cup

Iceland's first game in a major tournament saw them hold Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal to a 0-0 draw at Euro 2016, and they will be hoping for a similar result on Saturday when they face Lionel Messi's Argentina .

Ronaldo slammed Iceland's 'small mentality' after the match in France but they went on to reach the quarter finals, famously defeating Roy Hodgson's England in the knockout stages.

Their population of 334,252 makes Iceland the smallest country ever to qualify for a World Cup, but they have been springing surprises for almost half a decade.