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MARCELO Carrusca's touch of genius delivered two crucial assists in a tense 3-1 win over Sydney FC at Coopers Stadium on Friday night.
Fabio Ferreira scored the opening goal in the 13th minute after a classical Carrusca through ball allowed the Portuguese to gather a full head of steam.
Sergio Cirio made it 2-0 nine minutes after the break with an opportunistic finish after a rebound from a Carrusca shot fell his way before slotting his eighth goal of the season.
But Carrusca did all the hard work when he latched onto a pass from Cam Watson after Alessandro Del Piero appeared to be fouled near Adelaide's penalty box.
Sydney's Matt Thompson, however, jangled Adelaide's nerve 16 minutes from time with a brilliant 15m finish to leave Reds skipper Eugene Galekovic stranded.
But when Sydney's five-star midfielder Terry Antonis started finding room in Adelaide's tiring midfield, a streaker in the 77th minute added some satire to seriousness of what was at stake for the clash before Bruce Djite sealed the tie with his signature move.
Antonis found an equaliser with a brilliant effort which sailed over the bar in the 81st minute before Adelaide's third goal on the counter attack.
Adelaide United's Marcelo Carrusca, left, celebrates a goal with Bruce Djite, Sergio Cirio and Fabio Ferreira in the match against Sydney FC. Picture: Daniel Kalisz.
But the entertaining clash started off with a Ferreira peach from Carrusca's inch-perfect pass.
Ferreira still had much to do after he outpaced Matt Jurman outside the box to jag his eighth goal of the season.
He rounded Sasa Ognenovski's outstretched leg before slotting the ball past Sydney gloveman Vedran Janjetovic.
But Adelaide had Sydney pegged in its own half save for the brilliance of Del Piero in the opening 45 minutes.
The Juve legend threatened to sway the game Sydney's way with neat swivels of the hips and step overs and visionary through balls but his teammates weren't reading the Italian legend.
Sydney, however, bounced back into contention after youngster Alex Urosevski, 20, picked up a yellow card for an overzealous challenge on Carrusca.
Sydney FC's Alessandro Del Piero, right, takes on Adelaide's Isaias. Picture: Sarah Reed.
With the Argentine writhing in pain on the ground the clash threatened to turn ugly when Ognenovski and Tarek Elrich were seemingly about to trade more than pleasantries.
The pair feuding sparked a mini melee before referee Kris Griffiths-Jones was allowed to gain control of the clash.
The passion of the two sides was likened to the early Adelaide and Sydney spiteful clashes in the first year of the A-League in 2005 where former boss John Kosmina relished beating the Sky Blues before claiming the maiden premier's plate.
Nine years on it was clear Adelaide had become rattled by the push and shove incident but Sydney couldn't force Galekovic into one making a save from a shot on target in the first half.
But Jon McKain leaving the pitch a minute before the break with a hip flexor problem made the tie even more interesting given Osama Malik was sidelined after picking up what club officials described as a "sore pubic area'' during Adelaide's training session at Coopers Stadium on Thursday.
Michael Marrone came off the bench to take the stopper's role as Adelaide opened up the second half chasing a second goal by earning a corner a minute after the break.
Del Piero's shift ended to a standing ovation in the 66th minute as Sydney coach Frank Farina looked for the fresher legs of Thompson in an effort to salvage a result as Ognenovski took the captain's armband from the Italian.
A-LEAGUE ROUND 23
Adelaide United 3 (Fabio Ferreira 13m, Sergio Cirio 54m, Bruce Djite 88m) Sydney FC 1 (Matt Thompson 75m) at Coopers Stadium.
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones. Crowd: 14,212.
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