It's Perth Glory against the Mariners after Newcastle Jets beat Brisbane in a controversial game at Lang Park.
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Jets edge the Roar in tight encounter
A gruesome injury to Ronald Vargas has soured Newcastle's 2-1 A-League victory over Brisbane Roar on Sunday.
The Jets continued their unbeaten start to the new season courtesy of goals from in-form striker Roy O'Donovan and former Roar midfielder Dimitri Petratos.
However, it came at an enormous cost.
Vargas was stretchered from the field after a seemingly innocuous collision with Brisbane skipper Matt McKay in the 58th minute.
The 30-year-old's left leg became trapped underneath him, causing him to break his tibia and fibula while also dislocating his ankle.
McKay called for medical attention as soon as it happened while curious players turned away once they saw the extent of the damage, with sideline commentators reporting Vargas' bone had come through his sock.
Capped 22 times at international level for Venezuela, Vargas was central to Newcastle's hopes this season and promised to be one of the competition's most exciting players based on his early form.
His injury sucked the life out of what had been an enthralling contest to that point.
Brisbane handed a starting debut to new French recruit Eric Bautheac, who arrived during the week and showed some encouraging touches before being withdrawn at half-time.
But his teammates still looked badly underdone as the Roar slumped to their third consecutive defeat, with the Jets comfortably the better side.
To make matters worse, left-back Corey Brown appeared to pull his hamstring and was forced off before halftime.
Newcastle opened the scoring in the 12th minute through O'Donovan, who put away an inch-perfect cross from Ivan Vujica to score his fifth goal in just three games.
They handed the hosts a lifeline in the 42nd minute when Nigel Boogaard turned the ball into his own net for the fifth time in his A-League career.
However, parity lasted less than two minutes. Just before the break, Petratos came back to haunt his old side.
Petratos launched a rasping drive from the edge of the penalty area, which flew straight past former teammate Michael Theo and into the top corner.
The Roar thought they had equalised once again in the 70th minute after Massimo Maccarone split two defenders and found the back of the net with a terrific individual run.
But it was disallowed by video assistant referee Peter Green, who spotted Maccarone straying offside in the build-up to the move — much to the anger of the 10,104 supporters in attendance at Lang Park.
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