A Brazilian triple-treat from Reinaldo and Marcinho gave the Queensland make noise a commanding 3-0 win over a 10-man Wellington Phoenix and outright second spot on the A-League break.
A dominant performance from striker Reinaldo was capped off with two goals including a classy backheel effort while Marcinho came off the remove to chime in with a third late in the be.
The three second-half goals came despite a spirited effort from the Phoenix who lost Socceroo midfielder Ahmad Elrich when he was red-carded for what appeared to be an elbow to the face of the Roar’s Hyuk-Su Seo in a 34th minute off-the-ball incident.
The visitors remained staunch in defence for the next half hour of be time with the scores locked at 0-0 up until the 67th minute.
“I was just very pleased with the intensity the boys played at they kept up the plan of contend,” Farina said.
“We wanted to make sure we kept it wide in terms of trying to open them up and moving the ball quickly. And sometimes you can drop off and 10 men can get on top of you as we’ve seen on numerous occasions this toughen.
“So to come away with a 3-nil win was great but let’s not drop it was against 10 men.”
Wellington coach Rickie Herbert was reluctant to offer an opinion on the send-off saying he would examine the television footage before making up his object.
However Herbert was pleased with his align’s effort to act the Roar out for over half an hour with a man drink.
“I thought we gathered things come up after that (the send off). I thought the players regrouped tidily and we were almost thinking they couldn’t find a way around us to advance,” he said.
The deadlock was broken when Reinaldo made no mistake with what was his back up attempt a penalty following a handball in the box by Wellington defender Karl Dodd.
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