Players from Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City and Western United thwarted in double midnight dash to flee Covid-19 lockdown and finish the season
Just before midnight, the players gathered on the tarmac, waiting for the plane like it was the last flight out of Morocco. At their destination, Canberra airport in the nation’s capital, fog swirled above the ground. Visibility was low.
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