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[caption id="attachment_8050" align="aligncenter" width="580"] FIFA President Gianni Infantino to attend Brazil plane crash funerals. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: FIFA President Gianni Infantino today postponed a trip to Australia so he can attend funeral services for the footballers killed in a plane crash in the Colombian mountains. Infantino was set to speak publicly on Monday in Sydney after being personally invited to Australia from FFA Chairman Steven Lowy. His proposed visit followed FIFA's request for the FFA to undergo governance restructure. Infantino informed the FFA he will reschedule his visit to Australia at a later date. "Mr Infantino, who had planned to attend the FIFA Under 20 Women's World Cup Final in Port Moresby this weekend, had accepted an invitation from FFA Chairman Steven Lowy AM to make a short visit to Australia," an FFA statement read. "FIFA President Gianni Infantino has postponed his visit to Australia... so that he can attend funeral services in Brazil for those lost in this week's Colombian plane crash," FIFA said in statement. The charter plane, carrying Brazilian football club Chapecoense Real, went down late Monday near the Colombian city of Medellin en route to the Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional. Seventy-one of those on board died, including most of the team and 20 journalists travelling with them. Six people miraculously survived.