Adelaide United finish with nine men on the pitch but prevail over Perth Glory Adelaide's Marcelo Carrusca celebrates with Jeronimo Neumann. ADELAIDE United was reduced to nine men but still managed a stylish 3-1 win over Perth Glory at Coopers Stadium on Sunday. Two opportunist goals from Jeronimo Neumann and a world class finish from Fabio Ferreira handed Adelaide its three goals with Ryo Nagai replying for the away side. But two Adelaide send second half expulsions killed the momentum of the clash which produced the most goals in the opening round of the A-League's ninth season. A red card to Isaias on debut forced Adelaide to put its possession game plan to bed for the remaining 26 minutes of the clash after the Spaniard seemingly picked up a needless second caution for dissent. Nigel Boogaard followed Isaias for an early shower when he too was sent off for a lunging tackle on Daniel de Silva on the edge of the box. It was Boogaard's second caution. Boogaard and Isaias will now miss meeting Adelaide's most intense rival Melbourne Victory at Coopers Stadium on Friday night. Nonetheless new Adelaide boss Josep Gombau probably did gain some satisfaction from his debut on the bench. The win was Adelaide's first at home in five matches since a 1-0 win over Victory on February 8 this year. But Adelaide's new tiki-taka game was evident as soon as referee Ben Williams blew his whistle to signal the start of the season for the Reds and Glory. It took just 10 minutes for the Reds to register its first goal of the campaign but less than a minute later Glory was level. Incredibly the opening two attacks of the game registered two goals. On loan recruit Michael Zullo started the combination which led to Jeronimo opening the Reds account when he relayed the ball to opposite full back Daniel Bowles before Ferreira's effective flick caused all the damage. Jeronimo read the situation before angling an 8m drive past Glory gloveman Danny Vukovic. But Adelaide switched off and paid the ultimate price from the re-start. Brazilian Sidnei - making his debut for Glory - crossed the ball to an unmarked Nagai as Reds skipper Eugene Galekovic could only watch the headed ball sail into the back of the net from a deflection. With Adelaide closing Glory down at every opportunity the game came alive again - at least for United - when Marcelo Carrusca found winger Sergio Cirio in space. The Spaniard's cross was deflected Ferreira then had Vukovic at full stretch from a goal bound header before Jeronimo pounced on the loose ball to tuck the ball home. Adelaide deserved its lead but Sidnei almost found an equaliser when he fired a 35m rocket just over the bar before the break. And although the clash wasn't nasty the first half produced four yellow cards. Glory's Josh Risdon, skipper Jacob Burns and Adelaide's Isaias picked up cautions for illegal tackles while Ferreira was booked for kicking the ball away in frustration after a foul. Adelaide's new game plan, however, was pleasing to the eye while Glory was also marking a new passing game era. Boogaard's hasty clearance was the only long ball spotted in the first half by the Reds as Adelaide ensured that giving up the ball easily was not going to be any part of its new season strategy. But it was a different story in the early stages of the second half as Glory was searching for an equaliser. It almost arrived seven minutes after the break when Jon McKain's slip allowed Jamie Maclaren space behind the defender but the young striker blasted his 20m shot wide of Galekovic's goal. Adelaide, however, soaked up the pressure before a brilliant Zullo cross had Glory on the back foot when Ferrreira used his speed to get into position and backheel the ball into the net from 5m in the 64th minute. But Isaias's send off turned the clash into frustrating affair as Adelaide stemmed the flow by forcing fouls which left Williams no choice but to issue 10 cautions in 90 minutes. Gombau then unloaded his bench to give Brent McGrath his debut for Jeronimo and Osama Malik replaced first gamer Steven Lustica. Another debutant Tarek Elrich replaced Ferreira but Glory despite having a two-man advantage could not trouble Galekovic with a shot on target. ADELAIDE UNITED 3 (Jeronimo Neumann 10m, 24m, Fabio Ferreira 64m) PERTH GLORY 1 (Ryo Nagai 11) at Coopers Stadium - Referee: Ben Williams - Crowd: 10,320.