Albania stun Romania

Armando Sadiku scored Albania's first goal at a major tournament in a historic 1-0 win over Romania on Sunday to keep alive their slender hopes of progressing to the Euro 2016 knockout phase.

Sadiku headed home the game's only goal after 43 minutes in Lyon to leave debutants Albania facing an anxious wait to see if they qualify from Group A as one of the four best third-placed teams.

Host nation France progressed as group winners following a 0-0 draw with second-placed Switzerland as Albania finished third on three points, but Romania exited with just a single point.

"I'm sure the Albanians are really happy. We're pleased to make people happy. This team has a big heart. They give everything, perhaps even a bit much at times," said Albania coach Gianni De Biasi.

"The players wanted to score again and we almost had to stop them because we needed to be sensible in the final few minutes.

“Now we're going to prepare to possibly play a game on Friday or Saturday."

Albania, who lost 1-0 to Switzerland before going down 2-0 to France in their first two games, must wait until the completion of the final round of group matches before finding out if they qualify for the last 16.