To see Victory and Sydney train today...

But Victory fans shouldn't think that the 22-year-old NSW-born wingback was clad in sky blue bellowing out "Sydney Till I Die" in the Cove.

"I was lucky enough to get a couple of tickets for the grand final, but they were in the Mariners' end," the Victory player told au.fourfourtwo.com today. "I wasn't really supporting the Mariners or Sydney actually, I was just there as a football fan

"Who would've thought four years later I'd get a chance to actually play against Sydney in a Grand Final?

"It's a good little story and that day, seeing all the fans and the game really motivated me to get out there and make an A-League Grand Final."

His has been a good little story too. At the time Steve Corica's winning goal made history for Sydney, Berger was a rising star of the NSW state league at Marconi - a club well-versed in grooming young stars of the future. In fact, Corica himself was a former Marconi product.

How Berger slipped the NSW net nobody is really sure. It's even more baffling given he'd come through the development system at the AIS and had broken through with the Young Socceroos that year.

Since arriving in Melbourne in 2007, the wiry defender with a penchant for bursting down the wing and tenacious tackling has improved to become of the unsung heroes of a particularly powerful Victory side.

The player finds out on Friday if he has made the Victory starting XI. Victory will have a stretch out on the newly relaid Etihad Stadium surface and go through set pieces as they finalise preparations for the biggest ever "Big Blue".

Irrespective of the result, Berger will be on a 1am flight out of Melbourne bound for Tokyo just hours after the A-League Grand Final finishes. If the game goes to penalties Victory may even struggle to make that flight to Japan for their Tuesday night ACL group game with Kawasaki Frontale.

Berger described the travel arrangements as "surreal".

Meanwhile, Berger's parents will make the drive early on Saturday morning from the NSW town of Wollondilly - where Berger grew up - to see their son part of arguably the biggest ever A-League Grand Final.

"They've got an 800km trip down the motorway so they should make it in time for kick-off. It shows their dedication. And if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be where I am today," he said.

"They've been Melbourne Victory fans since I signed down here."  

Berger is yet to score for Victory in three seasons but he's not worrying about striking his first in the grand final.

"I'm not thinking too far ahead right now," Berger said. "But if that happened it would be great."

To see Victory and Sydney train today...