Iceland co-coach Lars Lagerback: "France are a very good team, all respect to them, but in the first half I think we were a bit paralysed or passive, I don't know if it was because we were so close to something big that influenced them, it's difficult to say, but respect to how they turned it round in the second half. France maybe took a bit of the power off but we showed we can really play.

"Coming as a newcomer and getting to the quarter-finals, the players have done a marvellous job, even if it's disappointing now, the whole picture is a fantastic journey.

"Iceland's future looks good. There are some young players here, and if everyone stays in good clubs or even better clubs, the future looks really positive.

"I'm very proud. All of this four and a half years we have developed the whole time. It's been so easy being the coach of this team, a privilege and a fantastic journey, this has been really something extra."