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Now, we're going to talk about the World Cup, and I know some of you might not be a big soccer fan. To me, the World Cup isn't about that. It's about something bigger. It's not just about the game and whether your team is winning or losing. Like sport, generally, it's a chance for people to get together. And especially in this world, how we are now, we're becoming more and more divided. And when I moved to

Australia, I couldn't believe there, even the states are divided in what kind of sport they like.

In Victoria, so never mention NRL on the radio, Christian, if you want to win Melbourne. In Sydney,

we don't care about that sport. It's all about NRL here. And so soccer, look what happened

with the Matildas.

And in 2022, with Australia, the soccer is making it into the final 16 for the only the second time.

Whole country gets swept up.

It's national pride all coming together.

Outside of the, what, the Olympics, there's no other really opportunity for Australians

to put aside state

differences, whether your NRL, AFL, don't care for either of the egg-shaped sports to actually

get around each other and come together and support each other and your country in a world

tournament, which is why, the reason why we're talking about this is yesterday.

They announced that in Melbourne

you'll have seen these

the footage so many times over the years

of Fed Square in Melbourne

of fans watching games

celebrating they're not going to do it

next month for the World Cup

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