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Friday, May 26, 2006
Australia v Greece - M.C.G
Melbourne:
Last night Australia hosted Greece in an international friendly. In the short space between the end of the regular season in Europe and the start of the World Cup, the Australian team came back to visit family and give Aussie football fans a glimpse of their national team before they head back to Europe.
The game though was almost a home game for Greece as well. Melbourne has the world's largest Greek community outside of Greece. With an estimated population of 600,000, that makes Melbourne one of the largest Greek cites, including cities in Greece. Hence the crowd was almost an equal mix of Aussie green and gold and Hellenic blue and white.
Over 95,000 people were there to see Australia win 1 - 0.
Last night Australia hosted Greece in an international friendly. In the short space between the end of the regular season in Europe and the start of the World Cup, the Australian team came back to visit family and give Aussie football fans a glimpse of their national team before they head back to Europe.
The game though was almost a home game for Greece as well. Melbourne has the world's largest Greek community outside of Greece. With an estimated population of 600,000, that makes Melbourne one of the largest Greek cites, including cities in Greece. Hence the crowd was almost an equal mix of Aussie green and gold and Hellenic blue and white.
Over 95,000 people were there to see Australia win 1 - 0.
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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