Adelaide United coach Josep Gombau to scrap tradition of beach recovery sessions Adelaide United have ensured an almost perfect start to Josep Gombau's tenure as manager with a 3-1 home win over Perth. IN 2007 Adelaide United prepared for the grand final with two weekly recovery sessions of beach cricket before being battered 6-0 by Melbourne Victory. But that's not going to happen any time soon under new boss Josep Gombau. He revealed recovery sessions at the beach - which have long been a tradition of Adelaide United - will probably not be on the club's training agenda while he's in charge. "We do our recovery with the ball on the pitch," said Gombau after the side's recovery session on the back pitch of Coopers Stadium on Monday. Marcelo Carrusca tackles Fabio Ferreira at Glenelg Beach. An upbeat Adelaide squad used the session to revitalise aching muscles. But for the players who had limited or no game time in Sunday's 3-1 win over Perth, the session turned into a frenetic small-sided game. Reds attacker Jeronimo Neumann, who scored Adelaide's first two goals of the season on Sunday, says Adelaide will tackle Melbourne Victory with confidence at Coopers Stadium on Friday, given Adelaide beat Victory 2-1 in a friendly at AAMI Park less than two weeks ago. "We know they play very well and they have a lot of experience with the players," Jeronimo said. We need to keep the ball and have the same attitude (as Sunday) and try to play better.