Melbourne Heart coach John van 't Schip saw the funny side before admonishing Argentinian Jonatan Germano for his Santa hat celebration during Friday night's impressive 2-1 A-League upset over Brisbane.
Referee Kris Griffiths-Jones may have been amused like many of the 10,000-strong crowd, but under the rules he had to book the exuberance of Germano with a yellow card which definitely didn't go down well with van `t Schip.
A smiling van `t Schip said later he had no idea the 22 year-old midfielder had taken the field at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night with a red Santa hat stuffed into his white shorts.
"I didn't control the pants before the game ... I didn't have a look inside," smirked van `t Schip.
"It's of course funny and nice for the people (fans) and the people at home to have a laugh but for us it's not professional of course.
"The way Germano plays. He's a fantastic player for us, he's young, he wants to win every ball.
"But if you get a yellow card for that, your next yellow is sending off and he and all our players have to be aware of that.
"We've got a few silly yellow cards this season with scoring goals and celebrating and I don't think that's professional.
"We'll have a chat about that"
Heart's fourth win from their past five games has lifted them into third place with van `t Schip predicting even more improvement from his young side.
"We're on the beginning of something I have the feeling of something that could happen," said van `t Schip.
"We have to be sharp, we have to be humble and we have to work hard on the training pitch and keep believing in the things we're working on.
"We're in a good moment now and we have to stay humble and understand you have to be a team and try and get better every day."
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