SHOWS: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JUNE 16, 2018)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

ICELAND FANS DANCING AND CHANTING 2.

ARGENTINE FANS GIVING THUMBS UP 3.

FANS CHEERING ICELAND 4.

VARIOUS OF FANS LEAVING THE STADIUM 5.

FANS LEAVING THE STADIUM CARRYING AN ICELAND FLAG 7. (SOUNDBITE)(English) UNNAMED ICELAND AND ARGENTINA FANS WITH THEIR ARMS ROUND EACH OTHER (SOUNDBITE)(English) ARGENTINA FAN SAYING: "Look, we hoped to win, but unfortunately we didn't." (SOUNDBITE)(English) ICELAND FAN SAYING: "Because Iceland is quite cool you know." (SOUNDBITE)(English) ARGENTINA FAN SAYING: "Excuse me?" (SOUNDBITE)(English) ICELAND FAN SAYING: "Iceland is better than Argentina." (SOUNDBITE)(English) ARGENTINA FAN SAYING: "Ah, Argentina played well, but Iceland put it together and really played well.

They defended well, they defended well and they played with what they had and unfortunately, we couldn't get through and we couldn't score, but the next few games hopefully we can play our game and we can hopefully score then and make some goals." 8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) ICELAND FANS SVEN AND MAGNUS SIEGELSON (SVEN ON LEFT, MAGNUS ON RIGHT) SAYING: "It's just Messi." "It's one player, you can see it." "They are like, where's Messi?" "Everybody is number 10.

They only have one player, we have a team." 9. (SOUNDBITE)(English) ICELAND FAN FROM SWEDEN, ERIK GROENLAND, SAYING: "It's amazing, it's a story, it's a story, I mean 1:1 against Messi, it's a story.

Unbelievable 800,000 (ed note: correct number is 334,000) people in Iceland and they beat Argentina, practically.

It's unbelievable.

I think Messi… I think he is not going to sleep well tonight." 10. (SOUNDBITE)(English) ICELAND FAN, FRIEDLEF FRIEDLEFSON, TALKING ABOUT WHY THE ICELAND TEAM ARE SO POPULAR WITH OTHER FANS SAYING: "I think that they are showing such a passion, passion for the game, passion for each other, playing for the country with a lot of respect, with a lot of gratitude and honour, like a team.

And when you bring all these things together, you just have to follow (support) them." 11. (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) ARGENTINA FAN DIEGO SANTOS SAYING: "The match was so-so.

It wasn't very good, because we thought that we would 1-0 or 2-0, and so… Apart from the penalty with Messi, it was all a bit "eurgh".

But we have the other games and we want to win the one with Croatia and the one with Argentina and come out of the group on top." 12. (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) UNNAMED ARGENTINA FAN IN ARGENTINE COLOURED VIKING HAT, SAYING: "Messi will have to get back some confidence and it will all be good, then we will get there." WRAPS HIMSELF IN HIS FLAG AND WALKS AWAY. 13. (SOUNDBITE)(English) ARGENTINA FAN EDUARDO MARQUES, SAYING: "No, Argentina played very well, they played to win, they should have won this match.

Iceland came to tie the game and they left with a tie, which is really a win for them.

Argentina had plenty of opportunities and goals are the only thing that matters and they didn't execute." 14. (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) ARGENTINA FAN ARIEL KAPRON, FROM ISRAEL, WITH HIS SON IN A RUSSIAN WOLF MASCOT HAT, SAYING: "Messi didn't play well.

He is tired.

I don't know, the whole time he was just walking about, he wasn't playing.

Ronaldo (Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo), played much better." 15.

EXTERIOR OF SPARTAK STADIUM 16.

LOGO ON STADIUM 17.

MOSCOW LOGO STORY: Argentina striker Lionel Messi was no match for the teamwork on display from the Icelandic team, said fans from both teams as they left Spartak stadium following a 1-1 draw between Argentina and Iceland in their first World Cup clash.

Tiny Iceland made a stunning impact in their first-ever World Cup when they held 2014 runners-up Argentina to a draw but Messi's tournament began wretchedly as he saw his penalty saved by Hannes Halldorsson.

The Icelandic team has won supporters from all over the world, with many fans donning their famous Viking helmets - particularly fellow Scandinavians.

Iceland, by far the smallest country by population to appear at a World Cup and inspired by their "thunderclapping" fans, ran and battled tirelessly as they wrote another unlikely chapter in their short but glorious major tournament history.