WeLLLLington Phoenix lose 4th-straight NZ DERBY to 9-man AUCKLAND FC! | EP28 - The Unused Subs
The Unused SubsShow Notes
Ooh wee! The first kiwi A-League derby of the new season was FIRE as red cards and highline goals took centre stage at Sky Stadium in Wellington. And The Unused Subs painstakingly go through all the flashpoint moments for you in this week’s episode… before CARLO ARMIENTO of the Wellington Phoenix joins the show to give his thoughts on what happened across 100 pulsating minutes.
How phenomenal was Ifeanyi Eze’s goal? Should Dan Hall have been sent off? What was Logan Rogerson thinking? Was that a handball/penalty from Nando Pijnaker? And why couldn’t the Nix score against 9 men for the last 20 minutes?! So much to unpack! And the best thing is that we don’t have to wait long for the 2nd derby of the season - it’s less than a month away!
Carlo also opens up about his shock cancer experience having been diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma in March last year. He details how he handled the news, the chemotherapy, the interactions with people he met along the way, and the despair of facing a premature end to his football career.
And with an 0 and 4 record, we wonder what the Wellington Phoenix plan to do differently in the December’s 2nd derby to finally get a win! All this, in an action-packed episode of The Unused Subs.
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