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Brisbane Roar warned! Tevez 'very close' to top form

Sydney United's captain, who swapped shirts with the Argentine last week, was impressed with the striker's early Shanghai Shenhua form

Brisbane Roar have received a warning ahead of their AFC Champions League (ACL) play-off versus Shanghai Shenhua that Carlos Tevez looks to be at his "sharpest".

Tevez and his new Shenhua team-mates will host Brisbane in Shanghai on Wednesday with a spot in the ACL group stage on the line, and one of the Argentine forward's most recent opponents believes Roar are in for a big test.

Nick Stavroulakis, who owns the shirt Tevez scored his first Shenhua goal in, was very impressed by the 33-year-old's work rate during a friendly last week.