A team’s digression (5)

I believe the answer is:

aside

'digression' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a team's' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'a'+'side'='ASIDE'

(Other definitions for aside that I've seen before include "secretly" , "In reserve -- confidential remark" , "Quiet words spoken" , "Separately" , "Line spoken to the audience of a play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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