Adelaide not home and hosed: Vidmar
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Adelaide's Paul Reid tackles Bunyodkor's Rivaldo at Hindmarsh Stadium. (Getty Images: Simon Cross)
Adelaide United coach Aurelio Vidmar says his side's job is only half done despite an impressive 3-0 win in the home leg of its Asian Champions League semi-final.
Second half goals to Diego, Barbiero and Cristiano secured a comprehensive win against Uzbek team Bunyodkor in front of a sell-out crowd of 16,998 at Hindmarsh Stadium last night.
Vidmar says his team will not take a berth in the competition's final for granted despite its strong advantage heading into the second leg in Tashkent.
"Although we're going to enjoy the result, we scored three goals against them here and they're very capable of scoring three against us over there, so we've got to be extremely careful," he said.
"We've got to keep a lid on it and not get carried away because you might think that this game's over, but the tie is still alive.
"We know that they're very capable of scoring goals. We saw that in the game in the quarter-final, second leg against Zaipa, that they won 5 -1.
"So they are very capable of scoring a lot of goals. It's going to be an extremely hard game."
In the first leg of the other semi-final, Gamba Osaka scored a late equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw against fellow Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds.
Hindmarsh Stadium
Adelaide United says it will stay at Hindmarsh Stadium if it makes it through to the Asian Champions League Final.
United has filled Hindmarsh in its last two Champions League home games.
The club's chief executive officer, Sam Ciccarello, says while the stadium has a restricted capacity of about 17,000, it is still the best venue in Adelaide for the team.
He says temporary grandstands like the ones used during the 2000 Olympics will be considered.
"Quite a bit of structure is required, it's a very expensive undertaking," he said.
"What we've done is to make a decision on what's right for the sport, what's right for the game, what's right for our team.
"Unfortunately that will mean, there's no doubt about it that would mean, should we get in the final, that some people are going to miss out."
