Euro 2004 Round-upGermany coach Rudi Voeller has rounded angrily on his critics after his side ground out a 0-0 draw against Iceland on Saturday.

"I'm not going to put up with this for long," Voeller said in an outburst against media criticism after the Group Five match. "I'm not like Erich Ribbeck and Berti Vogts, I'm not going to cling on to my job here. It's not worth it for me."

The normally mild-mannered coach erupted with a long tirade punctured by expletives during an interview with Germany's ARD television network after the match in Reykjavik. But he said at a news conference: "That isn't a threat to quit. It's a battle declaration."

"Rudi flips out on TV after tortured match in Iceland," wrote Bild am Sonntag newspaper in a banner headline after a match it described as "gruesome".

"Rudi even threatens to quit. Never before has a German trainer behaved like that on television."

"I can't stand to hear this crap any more about 'another low point' and 'another lower point' for German football," Voeller had said after hearing two network pundits criticise the team for a sub-par performance.

Meanwhile, defending champions France, inspired by the impressive Sylvain Wiltord, humbled Cyprus 5-0 on Saturday to move to the edge of qualification for Euro 2004.

In the absence of Zinedine Zidane, out with a thigh injury, Wiltord stole the show, scoring twice before the break to hand France their sixth victory from six games in their qualifying campaign.

Portugal suffered a humiliating setback in their preparations to host Euro 2004 by going down 3-0 at home to Spain on Saturday. Trainer Luiz Filipe Scolari admitted after the game his Portuguese side had been outclassed by the visitors.

"We played badly, the Spanish team was much superior," said Scolari, who steered Brazil to a record fifth World Cup win in Japan last year.