ADELAIDE United does not want referee Shaun Evans controlling any more of its games this season, after his performance in a match which left a Reds star with a long-term injury.

And, according to chairman Greg Griffin, United isn’t the only team with a problem with Evans.

In a letter to FFA, Griffin suggested that Brisbane Roar had also asked to not have the referee officiating its games.

Roar coach John Alosisi had lambasted the new professional referee over his Round 1 performance.

Meanwhile, Sergio Cirio — injured in a hard tackle which controversially only attracted a yellow card — has found out he is potentially facing 10 weeks on the sidelines.

The fallout of Adelaide’s 1-2 loss to Western Sydney on Friday at Hindmarsh is horrendous for the Spaniard, who had his right medial knee ligament damaged in Jack Clisby’s forceful tackle.

FFA at this stage will not take any further action over Evans’ failure to apply FIFA Law 12 “Fouls and Misconduct”- denoting serious foul play which is a send-off offence — over Clisby’s tackle (which happened inside the first two minutes of the game) ... or the actions of Wanderers’ Brendon Santalab, who flattened James Holland from behind in the 85th minute.

Griffin was livid that the Reds had lost another visa player — Cirio — to a long-term injury, with Argentine Marcelo Carrusca having broken a metatarsal (foot) bone in an FFA Cup clash against Queensland’s Redlands United in August.

“We (clubs) have spent all this time and money to develop the game,’’ Griffin said.

media_camera Pain ... Sergio Cirio clutches his knee after being tackled by Jack Clisby. Picture: Sarah Reed

“The clubs have invested in the game and spent serious amounts of money on coaches, facilities and players and the only plot FFA should have is to make sure all the structures around the league are in place.

“Can you imagine in the English Premier League a player putting in that tackle (Clisby’s) and not getting a red card?

“Both were red cards but instead we have these silos of silence (from FFA).

“They have to appoint referees who actually enforce the laws.”

With Griffin calling for justice, Adelaide coach Guillermo Amor now must deal with losing Cirio, one of his key attackers, ahead of United’s clash with Melbourne Victory on Saturday at Hindmarsh.

“Sergio has a problem,’’ Amor revealed exclusively on the The Advertiser’s Facebook website.

“We must wait to see tomorrow or this week but we don’t know (how serious) it is.

“James (Holland) didn’t train (with the main group) — he trained in the gym with calm and tomorrow he’ll come to training and we’ll wait until Thursday to see if he is in position (to play against Victory).

“It’s better for us to recover for this weekend.

“It is better to be positive.”

Cirio has been a victim of two poorly timed tackles this season.

He missed about nine weeks of preseason after breaking a bone in his foot during a tackle with an unidentified Northern Demons player in Port Pirie in July before Clisby’s tackle again sidelined the affable attacker.

Santalab predictably said Evans had got the controversial tackle calls right on Friday.

“Shaun’s (Evans) a great referee and he (Evans) knows me very well and there’s no intent or malice involved when it’s me,” Santalab said to SBS’s The World Game.