Tussle ... Thomas Broich and Dario Vidosic battle for the ball at Suncorp Stadium. Source: Darren England / News Limited
Dario Vidosic boosted his prospects of a Socceroos call-up with a brilliant free kick to shoot Adelaide United to the top of A-League ladder with a 1-0 win over Brisbane on Sunday.
Erik Paartalu's lazy foul on the edge of Adelaide's area gave the Reds the one chance they needed, in-form playmaker Vidosic giving Roar keeper Michael Theo no chance.
Brisbane dominated posession throughout the 90 minutes, but were unable to capitalise where it counted, the scoreboard.
| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Central Coast | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Perth | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Newcastle | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Western Sydney | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Sydney | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 6 |
| 7 | Wellington | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Brisbane | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Heart | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Victory | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
The loss was the Roar's second straight at Suncorp Stadium, continuing the club's worst start to an A-League season and leaving them anchored near the bottom of the ladder.
Vidosic's third-minute free kick clipped the top of the defensive wall before avoiding the outstretched fingers of Roar goalkeeper Michael Theo, giving Adelaide the perfect start.
The visitors then withstood an avalanche of shots from Brisbane, including one from Roar midfielder Mitch Nicholls, who blew a chance to convert from point blank range in the 14th minute of the clash.
Vidosic's classy strike, from a metre outside the box, would have impressed national coach Holger Osieck who has bobbed up at A-League matches across the country this weekend scouting talent for his Socceroos squad to play a friendly against South Korea next week.
With his father and Roar coach Rado Vidosic watching on from the sidelines, the United striker's celebration was muted.
Re-live all the action from the clash, including all the stats that matter, at our A-League Match Centre!
Despite a mountain of possession Brisbane never recovered - German Thomas Broich, Albanian gun Berisha Besart, fellow import Henrique and Nicholls all missing opportunities to score the equaliser.
United "keeper Eugene Galekovic came up with the play of the game in the 53rd minute with his cat-like reflexes denying Erik Partaalu's header.
Partaalu's nod appeared to have snuck past Galekovic before he reached back and grabbed the ball with one hand.
"It was just instinctive, it was a reflex save," the Adelaide gloveman said.
"We got an early goal up to get on the front foot and then toughed it out."
The win moves Adelaide two point clear on the A-League ladder and continues their resurgence under coach John Kosmina.
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