EURO'2008 GAME 12: GROUP B AUSTRIA 1 POLAND 1

Austria and Poland both lost their first game and this draw will mean both are probably are the way home this weekend, neither look good enough to progress, but it will be the Austrians who are more buoyant as progress is in their hands and they were saved by a 93rd minute penalty that not all refs would give.

It was Premiership ref Howard Webb who awarded it after the second bout of penalty area wrestling

Austria should have been ahead early on but Celtic keeper Boric made three good saves before the Poles, whose fans outnumbered the home side, grabbed the lead on half-hour with their only chance and this was controversial too as Guerrero netted while clearly offside.

After the Poles survived a more obvious penalty shout early 2nd half, the game was going nowhere and drifted to the 1-0 result until that late, late penalty netted by 38 yr old Vastic became the oldest scorer in Euro Finals history and he will get free beer for life as offered by a Vienna brewery.

At least it meant the co-hosts, who have now won just 2 of 18 games, avoided the early exit embarrassment that the Swiss had. Progress will only happen if they beat the Germans in their final game, a tall order but it's taller for the Poles who can only progress by beating Crotia by a greater margin thatn the Austrians manage. Book your flight home boys!

EURO'2008 GAME 3: GROUP B AUSTRIA 0 CROATIA 1

Oh dear, oh dear. 24 hours and 3 games into the tournament and both co-hosts are heading for the doo marked 'Exit'.

The game's goal came early, a penalty on just 4 minutes. A poor challenge in a needless place and Modric, bound for Spurs, hit it straight but the keeper dived away and that was it.

The Croats - with everyone named an "Itch" dominated for 25 but stopped playing and the Austrians huffed and puffed but like the Swiss yesterday, never ever really look like grabbing a goal or draw.

The Croats, of course, qualified from England’s group, the cue for BBC to remind us constantly and ponder how “our” England missed out. When do you think they will get over it???

Three games, three positive results and all won by the team in red. Next up Germany in white against Poland in red. That's the end of that sequence then!