Melbourne City fc vs wellington Phoenix

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Watch live: Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City - Australia Cup ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Join us for live coverage as the Phoenix take on fellow A-League Men side Melbourne City in the Australia Cup round of 16.

New signing Yan Sasse was a surprise inclusion on the Phoenix bench after only arriving in Australia last week ahead of his unveiling. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. After being unleashed down the left by Waine, Kraev had two pops at the City goal. *

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Phoenix eliminate Melbourne City from Cup (The Canberra Times)

Wellington Phoenix have dumped A-League Men rivals Melbourne City out of the Australia Cup with a hard-fought 2-1...

The Roar were forced to play with 10 men for the remaining minutes of extra time after Jack Hinget was dismissed in the 107th minute. The Roar and Avondale were locked at 2-2 before the A-League Men's club won the shootout 4-1. The New Zealanders advanced to the quarter-finals of the competition on a cold, wet and windy Melbourne on Wednesday on the back of first-half strikes from Kosta Barbarouses (19th) and Ben Waine (36th).

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