Socceroos defender Jason Geria urges school principals and bosses to show the team play Paraguay in their final World Cup pool match in San Francisco on Thursday (Friday AEST), even if it means an interruption to class or work.
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‘Let them watch it,’ he says. ’12pm on a Friday [AEST], it doesn’t get much better than that leading into the weekend, so if they could let their employees or let their students watch, I think that would be amazing.’
Both nations will almost certainly progress with a draw, but Geria says they will not go into the match seeking that result. ‘I think you’re cheating the game in a way if you If you’re looking to just call a truce with 10 minutes to go, that doesn’t seem right in my opinion.’
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