Ten-man Sydney FC comes from behind to claim a point in entertaining draw with Adelaide Adelaide fans watch as Ranko Despotovic celebrates scoring Sydney FC's opening goal. Sydney FC salvaged a 2-2 draw against Adelaide United at Coopers Stadium after being reduced to ten men when Nicky Carle was sent off. ADELAIDE United limped to a tenacious 2-2 draw with 10-man Sydney FC at Coopers Stadium on Friday night. Italian superstar Alessandro Del Piero's presence prompted a near full house sign as the Juventus and Azzurri legend proved he has still got all the famed touches at 39. Adelaide, however, will be counting the cost of losing two valuable points after taking a 2-1 lead as a mounting soft tissue injury toll threatens to dismantle its top six hopes. But after Sydney was forced to play with 10 men for 22 minutes when Nick Carle was expelled for two cautions Adelaide can thank skipper Eugene Galekovic's safe hands for the point. Carle was sent for an early shower when after fouling Awer Mabil in the 45th minute before another foul - this time on Isaiais - tested the patience of referee Strebre Delovski. Adelaide first made the away side pay for the man deficit within three minutes when Jake Barker-Daish scored from the penalty spot in the 71st minute before the Reds were caught out by a simple set piece. Re-live all the action, stats and video from Coopers Stadium in our match centre. Adelaide gives Alessandro Del Piero a warm welcome. Anthony Costa - making his debut - won the penalty when he went to ground after a clash of arms with Sydney defender Matthew Jurman. But Adelaide gave up two points when Corey Gameiro equalised for Sydney with a neat header eight minutes from time from a perfect Nikola Petkovic free kick. Ranko Despotovic first stunned the home wide with a brilliant goal after eight minutes before Fabio Ferreira - returning from a two week lay off after suffering from an adductor injury - equalised with a deft volley in the 24th minute to make it 1-1. But a double dose of injuries saw Adelaide lose two men after just 28 minutes to muscle problems which has hampered United's campaign since coach Josep Gombau took charge in July. Fox Sports commentator Andy Harper and Herald Sun journalist David Davutovic argue that the FFA's sanctions following fan violence between Victory and the Wanderers could benefit the game. Awer Mabil replaced the striker before Sergio Cirio limped off the park with a troublesome hamstring 12 minutes later after passing the ball from a counter attack. Costa, 19, - nurtured by Adelaide City coach Damian Mori in the SA National Premier League - replaced Cirio. Costa also made history when he became the only Reds player to have a brother - Joe - previously playing for the A-League club. Nonetheless with most of the 15,347 fans wanting Del Piero to show some magic, they were not disappointed by the Italian. He showed why he is so revered across the planet with defence splitting passes, clever backheels and impeccable timing. But while most of the fans drew breath every time Del Piero touched the ball Sydney FC stunned the home side with its first attack of the evening. Massimo Murdocca takes the cake as Fox Sports' Kick Off asks for players' most embarrassing moment in this week's edition of Q A-League. Former Urawa Reds' Serbian striker Despotovic backheeled the ball into the back of the net after the Sky Blues found holes in Adelaide's defence. Ali Abbas defence splitting ball to Richard Garcia caused all sorts of problems before Sydney led 1-0 after eight minutes. Del Piero then relayed a brilliant ball to Despotovic in the 16th minute only to see the referee's assistant get the offside call completely wrong before the Serbian could pull the trigger. But with Adelaide struggling to put its passing together in effective areas Sydney threatened to score a second when defender Petkovic rattled the crossbar with a 25m after a short corner just before the break. Del Piero then found another hole 10 minutes after half-time when Garcia was found in space before Galekovic was forced to make two saves within seconds first from the boot and then the head of Despotovic. Galekovic was again called into action at full stretch when Garcia's 18m shot was aiming for the bottom corner in the 65th minute.