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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Helena Horton and Jessica Elgot

Starmer vetoes Tuchel’s call to bunk off school after England’s 1am Mexico game

Manager Thomas Tuchel talks animatedly to Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane in white jerseys on a football pitch
Thomas Tuchel, centre, has urged parents to let their children watch the England match against Mexico. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters

Keir Starmer wants children up and ready for school on Monday morning regardless of the England game being played at 1am UK time.

After England qualified for the next round of the World Cup on Wednesday evening after their win against the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the head coach, Thomas Tuchel, urged parents to let their children bunk off school so they could stay up to watch the match against Mexico. Play could last until at least 3am.

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