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KICKIN' AROUND

AFP, Lisbon
The first winner in Euro 2004 is undoubtedly the sale of drinks, notably beer. Carlsberg, the official Euro 2004 beer, is counting on a 50 percent increase in sales as football fans sup away across Europe. "It's proven that a third of men are more likely to drink beer before a match of high-quality football than at any other moment," Carlsberg said. The Danish company saw sales go up 20 percent during the World Cup in 2002.
DROWNING IN BEER
Several bars in the central town of Leiria were forced to close their doors over the weekend after thousands of football fans who flocked there for the Euro 2004 match between Croatia and Switzerland drank all their beer. Bar owner Jose Bernardes said thirsty fans got through his increased stock in just five hours. "I just wasn't prepared for a swarm of this size," he said.
THE MODEL REF
French referee Gilles Veissiere became the first not to issue any cards during the Czech Republic's 2-1 win over Latvia. Portuguese sports daily O Jogo was so impressed, it said it was almost as if Vessiere wasn't in the Aveiro stadium for the match. "That's the best compliment we could give him," it said.
MATCH OF MILLIONS
More than 23 million Germans tuned in to watch the national team's 1- 1 draw with the Netherlands, the highest television viewing figure since the country's 2002 World Cup final with Brazil. Public broadcaster ZDF said the number of viewers represented a huge 67.9 percent of the market.
SMART GUY!
Multilingual bar owner Elizario Camelo is seeing the hours spent teaching himself a few words of Latvian with the help of the Internet reap benefits. The Latvian team is based in the central town of
Curia and Camelo has set up a stall selling drinks to accompanying journalists and officials, all welcomed with "sveki!", or hello, and served in Latvian.
FULL HOUSE FOR THE EYE!
Designers of the new Aveiro municipal stadium have used seating to deceive the eye. Multicoloured seats give the impression that the 30,000-capacity stadium is full with shirt-wearing fans, as was the case with the game between the Czech Republic and Latvia when only 21,744 spectators turned up. The stadium only hosts two games in the tournament.
MP'S DRESS REHEARSAL
Portugal play Russia Wednesday... at parliamentary level. Kick-off in Lisbon comes a few hours before the main attraction of the national teams meeting in their Group A match. The MPs will be led by parliamentary speakers Joao Bosco Mota Amaral of Portugal and Boris Gryzlov of Russia.