tiny iceland made it to the quarter finals of the euros two years ago could they match up the high flying argentina. also coming up a glimpse of peace and afghanistan taliban fighters celebrate and take selfies with security forces as the government extends a ceasefire and joe after the i had holidays. and the migrant rescue ship has become a flashpoint in europe's migration the page first italy tonight it remains to dock and then malta now the aquarius nears the end of its long voyage as it prepares to dock in spain. i'm glad you could join us day three of the world cup in russia is done and dusted in saturday's final game croatia battled nigeria to a two nothing victory in a rough and tumble encounter in the thirty second minute mario juve it scored with a diving header it might have been deflected by organic cotton i cable but this one probably would have gone in even without the nigerians how. then in the sixty ninth minute mantra which was wrestled down in the box by william frost and kong upset captain look i'm old rich who fired into make it to nothing. now move to the top of the.

the first time icelandic heads had dropped in the hole 90 minutes. a 100% record for croatia. a harsh outcome for iceland. who couldn't have given any more. they head home with just one point. arjuna squeaking through an nigeria so arjuna squeaking through an nigeria so close themselves. just a minute 01’ so close themselves. just a minute or two away of getting through. the final round of matches in group c earlier. far more straightforward. france had already made it through from group c. they were up against denmark in the final round of group matches we might have guessed, after 38 matches it was our first goalless draw. this is an absolutely terrible match. one of the chances for the french, 0—0. first goalless draw in the tournament. they will want to put that behind them as quickly as possible. denmark going through with that one point. peru were already out. they beat australia 2—0 to sent the aussies home as well. andre carrillo scored their first world cup goal for 36 years before paulo guerrera put in a second. well here's confirmati

the eyes of the island are on a iceland. their first match to the attention of 99.6% of anyone watching icelandic tv at the time, they are a national obsession. 0r tv at the time, they are a national obsession. or perhaps there wasn't anything on the site. but don't touch the remote when gylfi sigurdsson is that the free kick. positively dramatic by the standards ofa slumming positively dramatic by the standards of a slumming —— slumbering first half. look at the change of pace, nigeria suddenly faster, gone to the path of awkward moves. goal! mejia's world cup ignited in a runaway moment, and the game had totally changed. the... which has brought them this far, but it. as changed. the... which has brought them this far, but it| within 30 in the face of looser. within 30 seconds, he had again, and this time he took fortune completely out of the equation. leaving anderson behind, it's mum and moussa! for iceland, the world cup's smallest nation... they had a penalty place at the feet of sigurdsson, one of the greatest pla

but iceland came back just four minutes later with that fussed at the world cup go out for him bogus in this school arrive. in the second half argentina put the pressure on to see iceland in some mistakes and penalty for the favorites surely this would be the leaves upset leo messi sci fi hot as how the sun and the fans they say visits like kuwait. as the minutes counted down messi tried as luck again but it was to no avail one of the final score as iceland was quite the upsets. this was supposed to be an easy match for argentina right i mean the idea that we call that enough say in argentina didn't win this at all right you know iceland really showed their teamwork and the iceman alfre from books and who plays domestically right here in germany he came through scoring the first goal for iceland you know they had a heroic performance from honduras doff son called dawson to one of the door said his middle name is stored he had one horowitz performance you know stopping leo messi leo messi had an opportunity to convert a penalty very unnecessary like for him to miss that he had eleven

to another world cup argentina locked horns with iceland tiny iceland made it to the quarter finals of the euros two years ago could they match up to high flying argentina. by my us waiter thanks for joining us people have been flooding on to the streets of afghan cities to celebrate a day after the taliban announced a surprise three day cease fire it was a rare sight as taliban fighters hugged and even took selfies with the soldiers and civilians they have been fighting afghan president said he would extend a parallel cease fire that his government announced on tuesday but did not say when it would start and how long it would be in place. joining us now is ali let t.v. a journalist in kabul who have been following the story so ali after years of fighting against each other we suddenly see afghan soldiers and taliban fighters hugging a very rare scene is this a little too good to be true what's behind this cease fire. that's exactly the question people are asking each other and i think we're all keeping very hopefully optimistic trying not to you know sort of question it too much and h

with health or the house is typically icelandic it's any icelandic school kids are do you know what a local farm house would look like bone but in fact the what you can go in and out is actually more mediterranean. and me that on this house learning the borders between insight and knowledge and sophistication and wilderness the house is in perfect harmony with nature just as a traditional icelandic farmhouse would have been. simply in this so as. to believe i see it as a privilege being allowed to build a house here getting planning permission called on so i feel like i would like to give something back to others people driving by. so i designed the house to fit into its surroundings it means lots of pasta. in a very unco spot between the steep mountains of iceland's west fjords on the northwest of europe. what a fabulous landscape well i'm sure the family we are about to meet would love it too because the entire family a passion night balloonists except mom open for us to stay on terra firma of course one of the best ways to see the earth from a box is in a hot afternoon so all of ou

analysis from our chief political correspondent in just a second also on the program football minnows iceland's giants argentina by securing a want to hold roll group stages of the world cup in russia we'll have all the highlights for you later on in the show. me a little. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us chancellor angela merkel is reportedly planning emergency talks with several a united nations as she struggles to avert a crisis within own coalition government over migration policy the german daily built says the high level meeting could take place as soon as next weekend chancellor merkel is currently locked in a round with her interior minister. who heads the but they're insist a party of christian democrats say hold for has threatened to unilaterally tighten germany's borders in defiance of machall who wants to find a european solution. so with fears spreading that this deadlock could bring down the german government who for his known denied he's trying to split the conservative block this is what he had to say to the german daily built nobody in

it is iceland who have stolen all the headlines and they did not even win. one more piece of world cup related news. seven people have been hurt after a taxi drove into a crowd in central moscow. here is the driver running away from the crash chased by onlookers. he was later arrested. none of the injured — who include some mexicans — are reported to be in a serious condition, although five have been taken to hospital. the driver is reported to have told police he fell asleep at the wheel. there have been extraordinary scenes in the afghan capital kabul where taliban militants have joined eid celebrations — embracing security forces. it's the result of the ceasefire which the government would like to extend. the peace was broken however after an attack by islamic state killing 20 in eastern afghanistan earlier on saturday. here's anbarasan ethirajan. for many afghans, these are extraordinary scenes. taliban militants crossing ever front lines to celebrate eid with officials and soldiers. they were fighting each other just a few days soldiers. they were

if they beat one chariot by two more goals than iceland when their game isn't seen on iceland of course when and finish with identical records now of their fate will be decided by something entirely different this is even precedent does not make it a discipline you recalls of all things and then the drawing of lot as far as i'm aware that really hasn't happened in any major recent told of a sudden not not at all a loss to moral pirates last summer probably argentina picked up three yellow cards often have none protesting the fair play award that perhaps the creation of course as we said qualified they will be when is just a point against boston to side effect of a pressure of moderation and now by things nigeria will qualify with the win i have an argentine a point would be enough if iceland do not beat croatia so let's take it as it is going to. do but with us here we should get some tables are going to speak shortly now in the modern pm game if argentina and the jury get the draw iceland will go through to the last sixty this is there. world cup debut of course as it's kind of a as we

messi or that very tough icelandic team. the pouncer from the m.l.s. he was bad i mean he's now failed to convert five of his last ten penalties for club and country that's half of them surely there will be some people in the argentina camp questioning whether maybe sergio aguero who has a good record with manchester city should be taking the penalties for argentina especially when they're so decisive as this one as it would have given them the lead it seems is too much responsibility on messi shoulders and there is a sort of spread around the argentina so yeah they do they definitely do there was not enough support for yesterday from midfield he had to drop very far back into the pitch to even just get the ball the creating chances was really difficult the midfield didn't support him at all and had to drop deep as well it was just a very good performance by iceland not so well done by the argentina squad let's also talk about paul pogba he looked as though he was the french arrow in the game as. against australia but it turns out that chip the winning

with health or the house is typically icelandic it's any icelandic school kids are do you know what a local farm house would look like bones but in fact the what you can go in and out is essentially more mediterranean. and me that on this house learning the borders between insight and knowledge and sophistication and wilderness the house is in perfect harmony with nature just as a traditional icelandic farmhouse would have been. in this. league and i see it as a privilege being allowed to build a house here getting planning permission called on so i feel like i would like to give something back to others people driving by. so i designed the house to fit into its surroundings it means lots of poznań so it's a. crazy home in a very unkindly spot between the steep mountains of iceland's westfield's on the northwest of europe. and finally the world cup was kicked off in russia and everyone's in football fever of course singing and catchy soccer song is par for the course when attending a match into indian friends living in homburg have come up with a song for germany that's not only catc

iceland tried to some of the primordialforce changed. iceland tried to some of the primordial force which changed. iceland tried to some of the primordialforce which has brought them this far but it was as nothing in the face of musa. i'm lucky there, within 30 seconds he had it again and this time he took forging completely out of the equation. it is musa! nigeria rampant, the super eagles flying but iceland, the smallest nation in the world cup of a spirit like few others and they got a penalty, placed at the feet of sigurdsson, one of the greatest ever players. heartbreak is an unusual feeling for this nation of overachievers, playing only guests in a 45 minute nigeria spectacular. croatia lead on six points and are through but nigeria are now in the box seat for second place — they may still need to beat argentina though depending on how iceland get on against croatia in the final mkatches on tuesday. argentina have to beat nigeria and then better iceland's result against croatia... if both win, then it could be decided on goal dif

but the house is typically icelandic it's any icelandic school kids are do you know what a local farm house would look like bones but in fact the way you can go in and out is actually more mediterranean. and needed to. learning the borders between inside and. the house is in perfect harmony with nature just as a traditional icelandic farmhouse would have. been this. i see it as a privilege being allowed to build a house here getting planning permission. so i feel like i would like to give something back to others people driving by. so i designed the house to fit into its surroundings. in the very spot between the steep mountains of iceland. on the northwest of europe. and finally of the world cup has kicked off in russia and everyone's in football fever of course singing a catchy soccer song is par for the course when attending a match into indian friends living in humbert have come up with a song for germany that's not only catchy it's meant to bring good luck so let's have a listen and see if they are on to something. defending germany's world cup title that's what this song is all

also on the program football minnows iceland stun giants argentina by securing a one old draw in the group stages of the world cup in russia we'll have the highlights for you later on in the program. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel is seeking emergency talks with several european nations on migrant policy as she struggles to avert a crisis within her coalition that germany's government has denied a report that a special summit is to take place. locked in a round with interior minister has the whole for who's threatening to defy her and go ahead with plans to unilaterally tighten germany's borders on monday michael is adamant to european solution must be found. say her heads the bavarian sister part of michael christian democrats with fears spreading that the deadlock could bring down the german government has now said he has no intention of splitting the conservative blog. he said this to the build times on top newspaper and nobody in the c.s.u. is interested in talking the chancellor dissolving the conservati

onto the world com pontine locos with iceland tiny iceland made it to the group finals of the euros two years ago could they much on the high flying option team. i'm helen all free you could join me people have been flooding on to the streets of the afghan capital kabul to celebrate a day off for the taliban announced a surprise three day cease fire it was a rest sites as taliban fighters hoped i needed to take selfies with the soldiers and civilians that the fighting afghan president ashraf ghani said he would extend a parallel cease are announced by his government and choose day but did not say how long it would be in place for. well joining me now is annie le t. fi who's a journalist in kabul he's been following the story for us ali off to years of fighting against each other suddenly we're seeing afghan soldiers and taliban fighters hugging it's very rare to see what's behind the ceasefire. well you are right it is a rare scene something unprecedented something we haven't seen in our history pretty much an ever. what's behind the ceasefire that is a multiple number of factors one th

and the second match of the day started and it's a pivotal one for the hopes of nigeria and iceland both still have a chance to make it through to the knockout stages of the tournament ice and picks up a point in game one against argentina nigeria fell to a two no defeat against call leaders croatia that opening loss hasn't dampened the african fans spirit for those they could be seen performing for the actual dances and i was thirteen gets the rubber green against iceland but they seem confident they won't need any miracles to get three points today. i don't need any magic so it seems like i run through our beats i slog through the no matter you got to support the best thousands of us are ready for you so you've got all the support they need the players just need to come strong come correct. of this and the icelandic vikings who have their own way of inspiring their team to victory more on that now from a go down of. the brand themselves vikings and they've invaded the russian capital in full force iceland deployed almost ten percent of their population to support the team at their firs

action right now against freeman as me again that this will come in to talk to james shortly also on the iceland to live audience seems local holding them to a one one draw in moscow and coming up the. breakdown of not one yes i mean yeah i run. victory i think. well welcome to a sunday evening here in moscow and our special coverage of the world cup fever just kicking off a stand off against reigning surrounds and we have got. to take a stand heartful my number one peter schmeichel is with us and also in fact his son is ingolf the danes tonight peter you're nervous but very proud father this evening i can imagine yeah it's it's a big day for this michel family and. you know for to have a son playing in the world cup that is something that you know he's been doing so well for all of his career so you know nothing surprises me anymore and what he achieved but yes i'm a little bit nervous i really really want ten months to do was these well cards it's been a long time since we've been in the world cup. to that that my son plays in the team and then. this is probably the wrong word i don't think sh

so let's go back to the iceland game and now we can cross over to icelandic act. to watch the game at the ball to try to read a little good or really good to see you this evening. sorry about the results. do you think nigeria deserved to win. this is a very difficult question. but in all honesty i would have to say yes to that that would be my answer to that question i have to say you know our main guys they kind of didn't. do what they were supposed to do i mean if we would have scored from the penalty then the i think we would have equalized eventually. but it's ok we're here on the big states and the victory not having fun in the biggest party oh nerves and we were in neck the next game and argentina where when nigeria and we will qualify. i through the round of sixteen no doubt the spirit that's the spirit now there's a man who's being very positive way liking your attitude they're gonna say let's have a look at it then it's iceland's first world cup we know how you did it the year being english let's not go that basis world cup in russia living up here expect

icelandic football has come a long way over the past two years. we have realised what we can accomplish, what we can do, and the success of the national team has inspired all footballers in iceland. so, i think it isjust... we breathe in how exciting and how fun this can be, and that will push us forward. the big thing that came out of the euros was the thunderclap, but you call it something else, yes, we call it who! we will see thousands of items found in the park behind us, because if you hours later, argentina, what an opening match. perhaps it is the best thing for iceland to make history, perhaps? we can only win tomorrow. so, we will go full force, and we will play strongly, and we will do our utmost for a good result. and with the likes of gylfi sigurdsson, a bit of magic, hoping for the match tomorrow? we are hoping for the best, we are hoping for victory. but i don‘t think that the average football fan, we will not understand how big business. until tomorrow night. this is so big, this is so beyond everything that we have, those of us

also on the program football minnows iceland's giants cino my securing a one all draw in the group stages of the world cup and russia will have all the highlights for you like wrong in this shot. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us chancellor angela merkel is reportedly planning emergency talks with several a united nations as she struggles to avert a crisis within her coalition government have a migration policy the german daily built says the high level meeting could take place as soon as next weekend chancellor merkel is locked in a round with her interior minister haas the whole for who heads the bavarian sister party of her christian democrats say hoffa has threatened to unilaterally tighten germany's borders in defiance of. who wants to find a european solution. so with fear is spreading that the deadlock could bring down the german government has no denying it he's trying to split the conservative block he said this to the built newspaper nobody in the c.s.u. is interested in toppling the child dissolving the conservative palm tree group or br

and that the won't count margin tina not told them the second the full games on saturday tiny iceland made it to the quarterfinals of the euros two years ago could pay much higher flying argentina. five hundred home free glad you could join me german chancellor angela merkel is standing firm today as a dispute over migration with one of her top ministers threatens to bring down her coalition government merkel has reiterated her intention to seek a call the european solution to illegal immigration escalating the standoff with interior minister who say who for now he wants germany to unilaterally toughen its border controls the german government could force if no agreement is found. of more in this old chief political correspondent melinda crane joins me now in the studio melinda i have to ask you the big question straight off how big is the risk that the german government could fall they're absolutely is a risk if they don't. succeeded in finding a compromise over the weekend they are apparently meeting to talk about possible compromises and we're told that the person brokering that is

icelandic teams tying their supporters and russia for the warm welcome dubbing their. and squad at epic ride. mickey aaron and daniel hawkins were following tuesday's action. it's been such a roller coaster end of the games in group do you really action as well in group c. of course and what a night it has been for us in cozy degrees of work celebration but more importantly relief on the faces of the argentina can head over to sort of paid back well the action is happening ali is there for as and of course we've got our correspondent andrew fowler in rostov on don he's been covering the iceland croatia clash will be going to them so italy. has iceland's first ever world cup has come to an end here and stuff but they didn't have put up a good fight you've gone through all the details for me. when encouraged to go to the opening goal i have to say when i was sat in that arena i thought that was curtains really because tracy always looked in control for me for most of this match up until that point but when news came out that nigeria had to equalise against argentina to m

of all sports in iceland. for our generation, used to play it outside every day in the cold winter, in the -- >> on gravel. >> on gravel pitches and frozen gravel pitches. >> it's a very popular thing, but more popular right now than ever. that's for sure. people really like to see the national team do well. so i think both the women's team and the men's team are doing very well right now. so that is, of course, i think big factor in this. >> it was always big games with the iceland national team, but the results weren't there. so it was different. the early days, if we got a draw, then everybody was -- it was like a victory to icelanders. >> these guys who are playing now, it's much more fun than the results are coming in and we are traveling to european cup and world cup. >> we were celebrating 1-1 draw against the big teams. and celebrating like we won the world cup. >> i didn't expect that we would go to france, but it was just unbelievable because of -- to see iceland, this small nation getting to the fin

>> it is dreamy for iceland. alternate and iceland dwarf the capital in alternate is 45 times larger than the population of iceland. so think about that. 30,000 people from iceland made the trip and they brought it. that is 10% of the population. listen. with their famous thunder clap echoing across moscow, little did the vikings of iceland know their hero this is guy, hannes halldorsson who used to direct films before making it pro. nobody could have script it any better. facing messi on a penalties kill and incredible commanding and demanding outstretching save! yi iceland's first cup rises to the occasion and stunning argentinean fans. hall dorsson dreamed of this and it paid off. people from iceland are in a frenzy. listen to this! [ screaming ] >> they have their umbrellas and they are loving life. some right out of a movie. just ask the goalkeeper and formerilmmaker himself. >> to play for iceland at the first game of the world cup to face the best player in the world at a penalty, it's a big moment and it'

about twelve minutes in now and iceland. of course playing pretty much with their second team changes they've made five changes to dollars in team a team couple arrow dropped from goal off of that terrible era which gave away one of those three goals against croatia. in replacing i go where oh. back in the lineup as well starts for a full minute such as well let's you can see on the screen that some recap from the action earlier today a group c. from that group with seven points that models remaining on five they go through the roof finally getting. right back has to be said with their three points and two goals against australia hope right for the socceroos one point two goals from the finalists why. is showing. going home as well as about this first let's take a hard line from those games i can't remember who actually got the score let's take a look at his goal. or an. act that was there. for anyone who's. had a bit of a busy day of football daniel has been to. forgive perhaps this final charles yellow card to me from reco

of the world cup team and local ones with iceland to be second to four games on saturday tony i spent made it to the quarter finals of the euro zone to leave to go could very much on a high flying argentina. i'm kind of a home free client you could join me chairman charles and i'm going to standing firm today is a dispute over migration with one of the top ministers threatens to bring down her coalition government michael has reiterated her intention to seek a common european solution to illegal immigrating immigration escalating a standoff with interior minister says it will find out he wants germany's unilaterally toughened its border controls the german government could fall if you . no agreement has found. more and they saw chief political correspondent melinda crane joins me now in this studio menander i have to ask you the big question straight off how big is the risk that the german government could fall there absolutely is a risk if they don't succeed in finding a compromise over the weekend they are apparently meeting to talk about possible compromises and we're told that the

we can get a sense of iceland achievement that night from some other stats. the population is roughly the same size as the city coventry, the manager has spent most of his working life as a dentist, and they have no professional clubs, so and they have no professional clubs, so youngsters have to battle the freezing temperatures just to get on the pitch and play. let's get an insight from the iceland captain, speaking to the teens assistant coach, he is kindlyjoy this from the training camp, thank you very much for speaking to us you have been training this morning, what is the atmosphere like it must be so much excitement before the first world cup? of course, lots of work in the last weeks, months, or preparation there are a lot of new things for us, and we want to be really good and organised, this is what our key point in ourjob here, we have to be good in organised that it's all starting to roll at the moment. that 26 in campaign two yea rs moment. that 26 in campaign two years ago, what impact has it had predicted that night on england as it had on the

i think these boys from iceland the since they were babies they were eating a lot of meat on breakfast immediately all of them very very strong very very feats and the football they play is perfectly adapted to the way the key to the way they are sure i'm sure they are delighted let's look at some highlights too i think and ask rené hey if we can run the first how can you say whether. people. are likely to pick up things you have. from fires it was to create chances but. everybody knows that that word always is absent the fantastic and with the back to the gold turns the gravity center very very low very powerful right and left the same sort of the sharpest fantastic now at that point i'm sure i wasn't alone in thinking i k they're going to get a few more now i should say no but that didn't happen and i soon got one back very quickly we can see that go now to. a close range but nonetheless they can strike. thing. inside of the box on the right side and again. i as a manager i also create these dark in my in my defendant don't trust the referee decision because sometimes the criteria i

the world cup celebrate reaching the last sixteen along with france denmark and croatia it does mean iceland and it's goodbye. goodbye to the much loved viking club. on wednesday sees a new round of crucial encounters with brazil among the teams fighting to reach the knockout stage. and other news around r t the us national security advisor is meeting russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov behind closed doors right here in moscow. a welcome to the program here at the international thanks for joining us today well story is your world. so it is day fourteen of the fifo world cup in russia but all eyes on wednesdays between brazil and serbia so here's our top pundits prediction but the thing. i love my play. i have fantastic relation with. needs is probably one of my plays that needs to go on you has to lose just match. speaking so. as the icing said you can give a difficult match for those who serve you strong he sees you go has technical as experience they have a little bit depth that's crazy and emotional side of the game that sometimes bring players in teams to the best level of their perf

sports amany iceland against argentina is sounded like a predictable fairly simple match up didn't it and it wasn't and i salute continues their fairy tale isn't this the best story ever great iceland had such a great run at the years two thousand and sixteen and coincidentally they played one one against portugal who later on went on to win the euro so it's not all lost for argentina but yeah on the books this was supposed to be a simple game for argentina they're supposed to swap up their first swipe up their first three points and take the lead of the group and that didn't happen they had a really really tough time breaking through the solid defense of iceland and they're looking to be the next surprise team and what about the n.l. nesis performance i did just see the end of the match like a man disappointment and sht on his face yet today was not his day he had a very very tough time when he always had three four opponents on him whenever he tried to do something magical and he had one chance to take feeling for argentina but as you see here he missed the final. and shortly before

almost ten percent of iceland's entire population came to russia for the fee for world cup the icelandic team thanked the supporters out of russia for the warm welcome being their experience right our team was following tuesday's action. as iceland's first ever world cup has come to an end here stuff but they didn't put up a good fight you've gone through all the details for me. when croatia got the opening goal i have to say when i was sat in that arena i thought that was curtains really because crazy always looked in control for me for most of this match up until that point but when you came out to nigeria had a equalized against argentina to make it one one a huge rule went around the rest of arena then it was a big biking clap as we now call it and the players responded i have to say i slowly pushed on and they got their just reward with that penalty after seventy five minutes of. duty obliged to convert to make it one one and then there was a frantic seventy five minutes that followed until at the end and even got their winner to make it to one for my money croatia are always the be

were you cheering today is it iceland or if you're argentina. i'm going to. argentina tomorrow it's germany versus mexico and before you answer next question i will warn you to be very very careful because you have three big german guys sitting right behind you what will happen tomorrow. oh you. make the case going to the bad ok you know there have been a lot of concern about russian hooligans here and if you have you met any no i haven't thought about russian hackers have you been hacked no. problem it's not out of your top three want fries from this that's that's ok well i guess you can have one goal three one message can have one so you see leo messi these guys have a message for you the vikings are coming and we'll have more special coverage of the twenty eight hundred fifty world cup that's come later in the day but if you can't wait and so then you can head to our website dot com by the football festival continues. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race based on often scary dramatic d

is the only place that is in iceland so all of them. are very young. in the last ten years leaving the country very very early they play in england they play you know. in germany they play france they play in switzerland and they move very very early so. their potential is basically physical and mental i believe they're physically very strong they're mentally very strong the fact that they are a small country they don't feel that. they have to wait that pressure of the big nation of the big of the millions in love with football you see them in in the streets here they just want to enjoy and i think they pass their. mentality to the to the players they want the players to give their marks on they want the players. to wear that shirt with and that flag with pride and they enjoy and enjoy to compete then they are good good competitors and they can give a difficult match for everyone so how do you think they can cause argentina problems and south and they can defending. they can basically following. their model of play they defend with big numbers and phys

exactly yeah so how the winners from iceland like to do it's time to wheel out the big guns again in my life both shows they will reno staring into square still giving us some of his predictions. on the great if they're playing to qualify in these moments old to a competitive match. they both know how to compete. more tactical on more physical croatia with more experience with more control because of the technical ability but i would see being in confrontation two of the big teams of two candidates for i would say even top eight this can be a good match. yeah the focus is now shifting to group d. and who fronts and denmark will be paired against in the last sixteen we've got our correspondent is the audience in petersburg following nigeria versus argentina and the rest of ongoing we've got andrew fowler for the iceland croatia clash after that sixteen hour train journey let's go first to you ysaye you've been catching up with the fans today how is the atmosphere near the stadium that today. well it's been really buzzing as we build up to this crucial group the game and of course with

joins us live what a game and what a performance by iceland. yes the fans of the spanking so here are so excited best song proud of what the nation has achieved that he was achieved on their first ever world cup appearance the smallest i have a country supply in the world cup that's been going since nineteen my favorite fact about the nations is that the argentinian capital but us airways is forty five times the size in terms of population as iceland look at what they've achieved against one of the heavy whites of wild football and of course no one wants a couple of dozen plots of them yes hold also not to save a penalty to stop them losing cost them much argentina all the way i just think of out of troubles actually with that same but this was iceland's di i didn't see this coming i did not see them managing to hold that same as powerful as argentina but they were so well good eyes and they did it. lee there were always going to be the inevitable comparisons with rinaldo after his hattrick last night it was a miss is a penalty what should fans

no matter what the result will be the saving say what are iceland chances not bad i would say because they have beaten croatia in the qualifiers to get to this tournament and also we are understanding to their courage well rests in key players tonight so you say the opportunity there whether they take it or not is another matter one thing i can guarantee i think is a bruising encounter because we have seen lots of red cards between the sides in recent encounters also so apart from. trenching tackles i think we also have to keep an eye on crunching numbers as you alluded to earlier now this is my reckoning of iceland win tonight against croatia they need argentina to beat nigeria but not by too many goals because i could see them going to second place and greet the paper iceland to the last spot difference if you stay with me it's complicated it's exciting my head is spinning out of that and the army you may say you're really hot but you still are fresh the day even so as i must say let's support the underdogs our weekly did have a good victory for the underdog so let's try you iceland

that icelandic throat lozenges are 'ii that icelandic throat lozenges are up to it. he is still going! i love to know what he's saying. i love that. that were such a brilliant moment. everybody was up out of their seat watching the television. first world cup, first world cup goal and they saved a penalty from the enormously. and that we no icelandic for the call laney. can you say it again, go on. no. not with the can of gusto needed to replicate that. singers from hereford cathedral will make history later this month when they become the first anglican cathedral choir to sing at a papal mass since the reformation. the group has been invited as part of the pope's programme to encourage church diversity. our reporter, kevin reide, went along to hear their final rehearsal before they head to rome. after christmas and easter, the feast of st peter and paul is the most important annual event in the vatican. singing. and now, orthe first time, the hereford cathedral choir has been invited as special guests. they are performing a rehearsal in a pretty empty hereford cathe

but it was soon 1-1. against icelander. but it was soon i—i. alfredsson bergersen equalising for the smallest nation taking part. in the second half, lionel messi had the chance to win it, but his penalty was easily saved. and in group d's other match, and own goal and a missed spot kick from luka modric helped croatia to rate 2—0 win over nigeria. and to keep up—to—date with what is going on in the world cup, do go to oui’ going on in the world cup, do go to our bbc sport website. we have all the team news and results, of course, and the fixtures, building up course, and the fixtures, building up to the final onjuly 15. police in moscow are questioning a man after a taxi veered into pedestrians near red square. injuring eight people. some of those hurt were mexican football fans visiting the city for the world cup. the merrill moscow said the driver, a parody is national, lost control of the vehicle. —— a parody is national, lost control of the vehicle. -- kyrgyrz a parody is national, lost control of the vehicle. —— kyrgyrz na

then then then he when he saw it from the from the proper angle saw that it was a penalty and gave iceland be at the pound you k. now a little bit a chris a credit system to the referee then he's a little bit confused about the whole thing and it took him forever absolutely for ever to get the penances shot and. you can see it gets in the after here actually let the ball on the spot straight away before the fall decision so he was there waiting for ages he was convincing as opposed to maybe he was there because he'd long as soon as as soon as the referee went out of the pitch you put the ball in the spot and waited and i know he waited a long time and once once the referee came back in the penalty and everyone you know was supposed to be line up it took the referee for he let the goal keeper come out towards the kids and tries and still not he should have cautioned the goalkeeper but he's still not and eventually i think he lost his concentration and tried to go for the top corner that's a really really bad idea when you're under pressure and it's a penalty you know which aim a little bit

winner against nigeria while croatia topped the group dumping iceland out of the competition. a goalless draw between denmark and france and moscow sends both sides through to the knockout stage. and in other news r.t. correspondent paula slee has declined entry to ukraine where she was set to attend a conference on media freedom. is midnight and you're watching r.t. international live from moscow with mean a day or two to welcome to the program day thirteen of the fee for world cup has come to an end with argentina in croatia progressing from group d. the south americans will meet france in the last sixteen while the impressive croatia side will face denmark we've got all the highlights from those games from a studio in central moscow with artie's nicky aaron and daniel hawkins. it's been such a roller coaster end of the games in group do you today we're going now to officially crozier will be joined by argentina in the first round of the all the highlights from those games on the early action as well in group c. of course and what a night it has been for us in cosy decrease

world cup argentina celebrate reaching the last sixty along with frogs denmark and croatia it means iceland in its good. viking. i when stacey's a new round of crucial encounters with brazil among the team is fighting to reach the knockout stage. and an upset u.s. democratic software young socialist activist beats the party's ten in for a seat in congress. welcome to the program here on ars he international your latest top stories and of course the latest news from your world cup. it is day fourteen of the world cup in russia with all eyes on wednesday's match between brazil and so the. pundits prediction about. several of those. i love my play and the money i have. with the money and the need for holidays is probably one of my plays that needs all these if he has to go home he has to lose his match. speaking says the icing said he can give a difficult match for the seventy strong. you see his ego has technical as experience they have a little bit depth that's crazy and emotional side of the game that sometimes bring players in teams to the best level of their performances brazil is obvious