England manager Roy Hodgson is well aware that Iceland will be very tough to beat in the Round of 16 at Euro2016.

The Three Lions meet the tiny nation in Nice on Monday night and although many are tipping the English to progress to the quarter-finals, Hodgson knows it will be a very difficult task to get past a well-organised team full of national pride and spirit.

"I think they owe a great debt to [manager] Lars Lagerback. I don't know the young Icelandic coach [Heimir Hallgrimsson] but I am sure he has played a big part as well," he said.

"They have the ability to organise a team, get the maximum out of them and make them unbelievably difficult to beat, and also to engender a work ethic which is not seen every day.

"The character of the Icelandic people, their determination, their ability to survive through hardships - I am certain that has been a major factor in their progress as well.

"We find ourselves getting ready to play them and we will have to accept the title of favourites, and they can go into the game as underdogs.

"But we know, perfectly well, that whether we title them favourites or underdogs, it is going to be a very, very difficult game for us and they are going to be a hard team to beat."