The Australian football league's superstar billing Alessandro Del Piero lived up to the hype with two spectacular goals for Sydney FC against Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium last night but it wasn't enough to stop the Roar recording a 4-2 win.
After losing their coach earlier this week, Sydney slumped to their third straight defeat and are now under enormous pressure to turn their fortunes around and not let Del Piero's talents go to waste.
Del Piero ignited the crowd in the 42nd minute when he cracked a left-foot shot wide of goalkeeper Michael Theo.
But Brisbane had already found their attacking spark and led 3-1 at halftime.
The Italian topped the effort early in the second half with a brilliant goal which cut the lead to 3-2.
Brisbane's own super boot Besart Berisha produced some magic of his own with a 56th minute goal, making him the club's all-time leading scorer with 25.
The win lifted the two-time champions off the bottom of the ladder following three straight losses but left Sydney FC, just one point off the bottom, ahead of the Phoenix.
