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Juventus will be gracing Melbourne with a guest appearance at the Telstra Dome in May, according to The Age. The Italian club is making the rounds of the Asia-Pacific region, and is expected to play against the Victory on May 30.

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Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United have played their fourth friendly, ending in a 0-0 draw. That’s three draws in a row, with Melbourne winning the first friendly back in February.
Steve Pantelidis was given a straight red card in the second half after a challenge on Matthew Mullen.
Judging by the report on Goal.com, Adelaide were the […]

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Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United fought out a 2-2 draw yesterday in Hindmarsh Stadium. With both teams missing a key striker (Adelaide are without Bruce Djite due to injury), the scoreline will provide encouragement for both coaches.
Adrian Caceres, who moved into a striker’s role alongside Danny Allsopp, opened the scoring in the 5th minute. A […]

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How’s this for advance notice? The Herald Sun today suggests that the Melbourne Victory’s maiden game at the new stadium (currently being built) will be a friendly against a Greek team, most likely AEK Athens. 
There have also been talks with Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. 
As the piece points out, the Socceroos friendly with Greece prior to the World Cup […]

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Melbourne Victory drew its second friendly with Adelaide United yesterday, after beating the South Australians last week with a 2-1 win. 
A goal for Danny Allsopp and a penalty converted by Adelaide’s Cassio left the teams at 1-1. 
With Leigh Broxham away with the Olyroos, and Nick Ward and Carlos Hernandez injured, Ernie Merrick opted for a […]

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The Melbourne Victory worked their way to a 3-1 victory over the Whittlesea Zebras last night. Stefan Moore, the former Queens Park Rangers striker who is currently on a 2-week trial in Melbourne, scored twice - undoubtedly going a long way to securing a contract with the Victory. Archie Thompson scored the other goal.
Nick Ward, […]

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Valentine’s Day is this Thursday, which I’m sure means that all of you will be busy taking someone special out for dinner.
Or, for the slightly less romantic option, you could take them to Epping Stadium to watch the Melbourne Victory take on Victorian Premier League side the Whittlesea Zebras.
The game kicks off at 7pm and […]

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The Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United will be playing each other twice before the Asian Champions League begins, and then two more times during the group stage.
Hardly surprising news, but it is disappointing to hear that the matches will be behind closed doors, much like the Socceroos practice match on the weekend. I have no […]

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The Melbourne Victory will play the Socceroos behind closed doors on Saturday.
For Pim Verbeek, the friendly allows him another chance to watch his selection of A-League players before finalising his squad for the Qatar match.
It’s not clear who Archie Thompson, Rodrigo Vargas and Kevin Muscat will play for, considering they are all still up for […]

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There’s still some 44 days to go before Melbourne lines up against Wellington in the 1st round of the new season, but all’s not lost for the Victory fanatic dying to see the team in action. Here’s a round-up of what’s happening for the next month and a bit:

Thursday, 12 July. Open training session at […]

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