Adelaide United

Western Sydney head coach Marko Rudan has defended the actions of his captain Marcelo after the Brazilian earned his second red card in three games in his ...

His attempt is volleyed toward the top-right corner, and calls Wanderers keeper Lawrence Thomas into an excellent save. A breathless game comes to an end with Adelaide United taking all three points from CommBank Stadium. “We have seen this year, he did say that Marcelo does grab players by the head. He’s done really well, and the people that lose out are not just us. It’s nothing I haven’t briefed the referees on We have different personalities in this competition, you dont want to take those personalities away. I love the way he goes about the game, the way he goes about living his life as well. It might look aggressive but he hasn’t been pulled up on it so far this season. “You have to understand, first of all, Marcelo the person. But Rudan had a different view of the incident. “There was no need for this to happen,” McBreen replied, “and this actually just played into Adelaide’s hands. “And of course, the Adelaide players are going to come in. Then, as players from both sides convened, Marcelo locked his arm around the neck of Irankunda.