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Over one million people with Chinese heritage live in Australia, meaning they're likely to be one of the best supported teams at the Women's Asian Cup. The tournament kicks off this weekend and will be played across Perth, Sydney and the Gold Coast. ABC Sport caught up with some members of the Australian Chinese Soccer Association, who played a recent friendly against the First Matildas in Sydney.

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00:03I believe that they're holding the cup at the moment, they're defending the champion,
00:09so hopefully they can get another one, keep going, go for it.
00:15How important is days like this?
00:17Oh, it's very important for the local Chinese here, so we get together.
00:22There's a lot of people playing soccer these days, it's getting really popular.
00:25You can see a lot of Chinese guys and girls, you know, playing around, you know, in the soccer field,
00:32playing around.
00:35We are the host country this year, China come too.
00:39They told me China won nine times.
00:43We feel honoured to have the first Matudas to have the game with us.
00:48Oh, it's very important for Australia, obviously, you know, we are Australian as well,
00:53so we support Australia and also the Chinese, Australian Chinese.
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