Adelaide United are pinning their hopes on a teenage goalkeeper to give them any chance of overturning a 3-nil deficit against Japan's Gamba Osaka. They'll meet in the second leg of the Asian Champions League final on Wednesday.
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Adelaide's first-choice keeper, Eugene Galekovic, will miss the match because of suspension, leaving 17-year-old Mark Birighitti as the only recognized keeper in the squad.The Australians are confident they can score at home after netting three in last month's semi-final win over Uzkebistan champions Bunyodkur but know they have to keep a clean sheet to have any real chance of an upset.
Travis Dodd says, "It's definitely a possibility, but like Viddy said before the players have to have belief in themselves that we can do it and if you don't have that then there is no point going out there so we will be going out there in a positive frame of mind thinking that we can score three goals and tie the draw and get the extra one to win it. So there is no doubt in our minds that we can go out and win this."
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