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Fuming ... Jade North (L) and Adelaide's Tomi Juric, he of the "disgraceful" tackle. Source: Ben MacMahon / AAP
Brisbane Roar defender Jade North has called for match officials to come down hard on rough play in his side's semi-final against Western Sydney Wanderers after Adelaide United's "disgraceful" weekend antics.
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North is still fuming three days after Brisbane's 2-1 win over Adelaide at Hindmarsh Stadium, slamming the Reds for their brutal tactics.
The Socceroo was particularly scathing of the wild tackle from Reds substitute Tomi Juric on Roar midfielder Luke Brattan late in the second half.
Thankfully for the Roar, Brattan has been cleared of serious knee and calf injuries, and is fit to take on the Wanderers at Parramatta Stadium in Friday night's grand final qualifier.
But North was fully aware of how lucky Brattan was to not have suffered a career-threatening injury.
"It was a horrible tackle ... disgraceful, absolutely disgraceful," North said of the Juric foul that earned the Reds striker a yellow card.
"He could have broken his leg."
The Reds hinted before the game that they would get physical in a bid to unsettle the Roar, but North felt it went too far.
"I don't know where their tactics came from the other day, but to try to kick lumps out of us was not right," he said.
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"Obviously they were going nowhere and that was their tactics to try to take us out. It's not football.
"Adelaide really have to sort themselves out. There's a lot of problems there.
"Adelaide thought kicking lumps out of us was going to slow us down, but it obviously didn't.
"Hopefully the referees will be on their game this weekend for both teams. All we ask for is a fair result."
When told of North's comments, Adelaide United captain Eugene Galekovic tried to play down the spiteful clash.
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"You get those comments here and there," Galekovic said.
"There were two boys who got injured that were accidental, the third one, yeah, it wasn't a great challenge but there was no intent to hurt anyone.
"The way the game panned out, it was a tough game."
While Brattan trained with the team at Ballymore today, Brisbane's star import Thomas Broich did not.
Broich suffered a heel injury in the win over Adelaide, but that was from accidental contact from Reds' import Jeronimo Neumann.
Scans cleared Broich of serious damage, but the Roar won't make a final decision on his fitness until Friday.
"He's a tough character and from all reports he's looking good," North said of Broich.
"(But) we can't just rely on one player. It's not just about individual players, it's about a team.
"I'm confident. We've got a lot of talent here."
Broich later told reporters he was "pretty confident" of playing.
"I'm still struggling a little bit but I hope to do some jogging in the afternoon (and) see how it reacts to that," Broich said.
"This is the time of the year that you really want to play. It's just so exciting to be a footballer right now."
Fullback Jack Hingert, another weekend casaulty, is out for the remainder of Brisbane's finals' campaign due to ankle ligament damage.
- with Reece Homfray
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