Football Soccer - Euro 2016 - Iceland Training - Complexe Sportif d'Albigny, Annecy-le-Vieux, France 10/6/16 - Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason after training REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
ST ETIENNE, France (Reuters) - Nervous, excited and hoping for an underdog triumph, thousands of Iceland fans converged on the French mining town of St Etienne on Tuesday to watch the team play Portugal in their first appearance at a European Championship.
Iceland have taken more than half a century to reach the finals of the continent's showpiece event, and their supporters, many sporting Viking horns and clad in royal blue team shirts, are determined to enjoy the occasion.
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