Former Aberdeen defender Kari Arnason has branded Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo a “sore loser” after holding his side to a draw in the European Championship.
Ronaldo accused Portugal’s Group F opponents Iceland of having a “small mentality” following their 1-1 draw at Euro 2016.
He said Iceland celebrated as if they had won the championship after the final whistle and declared it as the reason why the outsiders will “do nothing” in France this summer.
But the former Pittodrie man, who made 33 appearances for the club in the 2011/2012 season, declared Iceland were unlucky not to get more out of the game.
“He’s just a sore loser,” Arnason said. “He didn’t want to lose the game. What does he expect – for us to play like Barcelona against him? He fannies about and dives around.
“Obviously we were the underdog, we played like the underdog and we were unlucky not to win the game.”
Arnason became something of a cult hero with Aberdeen fans after backing Derek McInnes’ men to go on and win the league in 2015, proclaiming “once a Don, always a Don”.
Iceland went behind to a Nani strike in the first half but struck back after the break through Birkir Bjarnason.
The Basel midfielder secured a point on Iceland’s tournament debut in a moment that few connected with the small island nation will ever forget.