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Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay is desperate for the club to return to New Zealand after 400 days without a game at home.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay has hit back at Distance Derby rivals Perth Glory after their chief executive revealed to
New Zealand’s only professional football club has not been able to play in its own country for more than 400 days due to the Covid-19 pandemic but the opening of the trans-Tasman travel bubble has raised hopes of staging the final two home games against Western United and Perth in Wellington and Auckland.
The venues for those games on May 22 and 30 were still listed as ‘to be confirmed’ on the latest fixture list released by the Australian Professional Leagues on Friday but Perth chief executive Tony Pignata told