“Publicly, the Reds [Adelaide] will talk it up over the next five days leading into the second leg. Privately, they know it’s all over. [Coach] Aurelio Vidmar knows his players have a mountain to climb… Hopefully, Adelaide will make a game of it before a sellout crowd at Hindmarsh Stadium. But overhauling a three-goal deficit? Forget it.” Michael Cockerill doesn’t give Adelaide much chance of overhauling a first-leg 3-0 deficit against Gamba Osaka in the second leg of the Asian Champions League final next week.
