Wish Ivanovic had retired from all football this week and not just internationals.
Usual story. Wolves can't travel interstate.
Usual story. Wolves build, build, build ... and fluff it.
Usual story. Wolves unable to defend corners.
Two of the four goals for Adelaide were from corners and a third was from a throw near the corner. The other was from a wonderful ball to the dastardly Mori who lobbed it over Brodbeck who will probably think twice before he again runs kilometres out of his area to challenge erstwhile Australian markspersons.
Five goals in the first half. Football to die for. Adelaide 3-2 but Wolves always threatening. Always pushing forward. Wolves Alvin 'hair-of-many-colours' Ceccoli was looking fit, red and dangerous. Providing a good cross after suckering his defender for the first of Scotty Chipperfield's brace. An intelligently directed header. Chipperfield's second, from a well-won-dragged-back Perinich cross, keeps him in the chase with Mori for leading goal scorer. Second half was testimony to Adelaide's class. Their capacity to absorb. In the first half they looked worried. In the second half they made it look easy. Hats off.
For the Wolves, Masi was a waste of space apart from one shot. He came off for Spencer who will need more time on the park if he's to make the Olyroo team.
No sign of Olyrooer and on-loan Adelaidian Salapasidis. Scorer for Wolves when they beat South Korea last week. Perhaps he'll reappear against Olympic on Sunday.
Wonder whose side Wolves coach Nick Theodorakopoulos will be cheering for. If he hasn't declared his loyalty before Sunday I'll be the angry chappy at Brandon Park leading the boo-squad against him. And Tome. ;-)