Katie Campbell - Make A Wish - video Dailymotion

Credit: Football Australia

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00:00 I like how they've got the whole country behind them.

00:03 And then, they're just inspiring.

00:05 They've pushed through all these boundaries

00:07 for being a sport.

00:09 And I remember ever since I was a little kid

00:11 looking up to them and thinking maybe one day

00:15 I could be like them.

00:16 - These inspire me because obviously they're females

00:19 and having a bigger stage than any male football team,

00:24 especially like the World Cup, it's really inspiring.

00:29 Showing that girls can be the best too.

00:31 - The first game I went to,

00:34 I was actually one of the little mascots.

00:36 They were playing New Zealand football.

00:39 And I remember being really annoyed

00:41 that I got paired up with one of the New Zealand players

00:45 instead of the Matildas.

00:47 - I was born with a heart condition.

00:50 I'm pretty serious.

00:53 So you'll be able to play soccer,

00:54 I'm having a super night with me.

00:57 Just in case, please give my heart a deterioration.

01:00 - A little more than a year ago,

01:03 I was playing a soccer tournament actually.

01:06 And I kept getting really bad headaches and stuff.

01:11 And then came home from it

01:14 and slept for like a solid 24 hours.

01:17 I ended up going into hospital a little while later

01:20 and got diagnosed with leukemia.

01:23 Things are going well.

01:24 I qualified for the process with the Star Foundation

01:28 and I've always wanted to meet the Matildas.

01:32 They're at Munich, which is so cool.

01:35 And going is like always the one

01:38 that I'm watching on the pitch.

01:40 It's really meaningful because football is like my life.

01:43 I do it during the season, most days of the week.

01:48 And Matilda's a team I really look up to.

01:50 Really happy and good to meet her.

01:52 And yeah, dream come true.