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Guerrero to give Jedinak 'big hug' for help battling ban

Paolo Guerrero is planning to give Mile Jedinak a "big hug" when Peru take on Australia at the World Cup on Tuesday.

Prior to the start of the tournament, Socceroos skipper Jedinak, along with fellow Group C captains Hugo Lloris and Simon Kjaer, asked FIFA to permit Guerrero to play in Russia.

The Peru striker was set to miss his country's first World Cup in 36 years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to uphold an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency to extend his ban to 14 months after a positive test for cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine.