Phillip Rollo18:53, Jul 09 2021
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Midfielder Clayton Lewis is one of six Wellington Phoenix players selected for the Tokyo Olympics.
Wellington Phoenix could be forced to field a severely depleted team for their FFA Cup round of 32 game against either Newcastle Jets or Western United due a potential clash with the Tokyo Olympics.
Newcastle and Western will meet in a playoff on the weekend of August 7-8 to determine who will face the Phoenix in the next round, but while the exact date of the fixture is yet to be finalised, coach Ufuk Talay said he was already planning for the club’s six Olympic Games representatives to be unavailable.