Cheers!

A Vienna brewery has promised a lifelong supply of free beer to any Austrian player who scores a goal for the co-hosts in their remaining two Euro 2008 group games against Poland and Germany.

Austria, competing in the finals of the tournament for the first time ever, made a disappointing start with a 1-0 defeat against Croatia on Sunday.

“Maybe this is the kind of motivation that will give them the last kick our team needs to be successful,” Ottakringer Brauerei chief executive Sigi Menz said in a statement on Wednesday.

Austria, ranked 92nd in the latest FIFA world rankings, take on Poland in Vienna on Thursday before completing their Group B schedule against mighty Germany at the same venue Monday.