Melbourne Victory fans, like most A-League Men (ALM) supporters, have quite become familiar with going without across the past two seasons — mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its destabilising and sometimes paralysing effect on Australian football. For other voids, however, the virus is only able to claim partial credit; the complete absence of an actual competitive Big Blue rivalry between their club and Sydney FC falling into this latter camp.
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