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http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24579798-12428,00.html
We have come a long way can you ever imagine given the rabble old soccer was that an article would ever be published in Australia. Imagine the president of FIFA & the Australian Prime Minster going to a football match to see who will be the champion team of Asia & the Middle East.
In the middle will be Mr Frank Lowy who we owe it all to and I am sure saying to the South Australian Premier and opposition leader along with Mr Rudd what the benefits of football are.
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WORLD soccer's highest-ranking official, Sepp Blatter, will watch Adelaide United's return AFC Champions League final mission against Gamba Osaka at Hindmarsh Stadium on November 12.
Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy will be in the box seat to lobby Blatter at the final after he last year announced Australia's intentions to host the FIFA 2018 World Cup.
The FIFA president leads a delegation of soccer dignitaries and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for Australia's biggest international club clash in Asia's premium tournament.
Blatter will arrive on the day of the final with members of FIFA's World Cup organising committee and Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam.
Hindmarsh Stadium's 16,500 capacity - which is too small to host any World Cup matches - will be showcased as a potential 2018 World Cup training venue before Blatter and his organising committee.
Adelaide chairman Dario Fontanarosa said he was hoping to secure a meeting with Blatter during his flying visit.
"It's just fantastic for Adelaide United and the game to have people of that calibre watching the final," Fontanarosa said.
"To have them all here at Hindmarsh is a compliment to our club and what we're achieving."
Lowy and FFA chief executive Ben Buckley are expected to host world soccer's most powerful men in the luxury of a corporate box at Hindmarsh during the Asian final.
The FIFA chief is scheduled to present the Champions League trophy to the winner's on the AFC dais at the end of the aggregate final clash.
The AFC is set to end the final which will be beamed to an estimated one billion viewers to a round of fireworks, glitz and glamour akin the Europe's UEFA Champions League final celebrations.
Blatter's visit is the second time the Swiss-based president has visited Australian this year after the chief was a guest at the Socceroos and Iraq clash at Suncorp Stadium.
We have come a long way can you ever imagine given the rabble old soccer was that an article would ever be published in Australia. Imagine the president of FIFA & the Australian Prime Minster going to a football match to see who will be the champion team of Asia & the Middle East.
In the middle will be Mr Frank Lowy who we owe it all to and I am sure saying to the South Australian Premier and opposition leader along with Mr Rudd what the benefits of football are.
...........................
WORLD soccer's highest-ranking official, Sepp Blatter, will watch Adelaide United's return AFC Champions League final mission against Gamba Osaka at Hindmarsh Stadium on November 12.
Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy will be in the box seat to lobby Blatter at the final after he last year announced Australia's intentions to host the FIFA 2018 World Cup.
The FIFA president leads a delegation of soccer dignitaries and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for Australia's biggest international club clash in Asia's premium tournament.
Blatter will arrive on the day of the final with members of FIFA's World Cup organising committee and Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam.
Hindmarsh Stadium's 16,500 capacity - which is too small to host any World Cup matches - will be showcased as a potential 2018 World Cup training venue before Blatter and his organising committee.
Adelaide chairman Dario Fontanarosa said he was hoping to secure a meeting with Blatter during his flying visit.
"It's just fantastic for Adelaide United and the game to have people of that calibre watching the final," Fontanarosa said.
"To have them all here at Hindmarsh is a compliment to our club and what we're achieving."
Lowy and FFA chief executive Ben Buckley are expected to host world soccer's most powerful men in the luxury of a corporate box at Hindmarsh during the Asian final.
The FIFA chief is scheduled to present the Champions League trophy to the winner's on the AFC dais at the end of the aggregate final clash.
The AFC is set to end the final which will be beamed to an estimated one billion viewers to a round of fireworks, glitz and glamour akin the Europe's UEFA Champions League final celebrations.
Blatter's visit is the second time the Swiss-based president has visited Australian this year after the chief was a guest at the Socceroos and Iraq clash at Suncorp Stadium.
