Adelaide United wants trophy now

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ADELAIDE United captain Eugene Galekovic's says his players desperately want to win this A-League championship.

The Reds gloveman says the entire squad wants to claim silverware now, not next season.

Galekovic believes he's speaking for the group after coach Josep Gombau has always claimed the Reds would win the title in 2015.

"I think it's easy to say 'we'll try to do our best and try to achieve as much as we can','' Galekovic said.

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"But in 10 years (of Reds existence) we haven't won anything at this football club and I want to win a trophy and the group in there (dressing room) is very motivated as well.

"I think the coach is here for another three years and if we can win three or four (titles) in the next years it will be a success.

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"It's definitely very hard, everyone tries to win a championship we're a good chance to win one now and why not.

Adelaide needs to win three consecutive matches to achieve the dream starting with the elimination final clash against Central Coast Mariners in Gosford on Saturday afternoon.

Adelaide last hoisted a trophy in 2006 when the Reds claimed the premier's plate for being the best side in the home-and-away series, a prize deemed to be the most important by most football leagues around the planet.

Former Reds boss John Kosmina held up the silverware with then captain Ross Aloisi before Galekovic claimed two trophies an A-League season later when his former club Melbourne Victory won the premier's plate and the grand final.

But since arriving in Adelaide in 2007 Galekovic hasn't tasted team success.

Adelaide has come close with an AFC Champions League final loss to Gamba Osaka in 2008 and a 2009 grand final loss to Victory.

Now Galekovic is determined to win a trophy despite the rhetoric from his bosses this season.

But Adelaide's away record this season — three wins and three draws from 14 road trips — and its away finals record — seven losses from seven matches — suggests United won't be comfortable before kick off at least psychologically.

Mariners, however, may be feeling some degree of tension before the clash.

Whether the side losing an AFC Champions League group stage clash in cruel circumstances when skipper John Hutchinson turned the ball inside his own net to deliver a stoppage time 1-0 win for FC Seoul on Wednesday has dented morale is one for Adelaide to exploit.

But Reds stopper Nigel Boogaard who penned a one-year extension yesterday says his old club Mariners won't be affected by Wednesday's loss.

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"If anything I think they'll do the opposite,'' Boogaard said.

"They'll galvanise obviously Hutch (Hutchinson) was distraught after the game you could see that on TV after the own goal.

"But he's a strong character as they have around the club."

But Mariners having another Champions League group stage clash away when it faces Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday is a situation Adelaide must use to its advantage.

Scoring an early goal would force Mariners to ditch its counter attacking game and play into the Reds possession based game plan.

But if Adelaide does concede first statistics this season have proven the Reds will struggle to get back into the contest to win the clash.

In the seven matches Adelaide has conceded first the side has only managed to snare a point whereas Mariners have conceded first in 10 matches, won two and drawn two.

A-LEAGUE ELIMINATION FINAL

Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United at Central Coast Stadium

Referee: Ben Williams

Kick off: Saturday, 4pm

TV: Fox Sports

** If the game is tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time will be played.

If it's a draw after 120 minutes a penalty shootout will determine the winner

*** If Adelaide beats Mariners the Reds will face Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium on April 27

LINE UPS
MARINERS

Formation: 5-4-1

GK: Reddy

DEF: Roux Anderson Montgomery Bosnar Rose

MID: Hutchinson

Fitzgerald Kim Sterjovski

FWD: Simon

SUBS: Pasfield, Sim, Cernak, Griffiths, Sterjovski

ADELAIDE

Formation: 4-3-3

GK: Galekovic

DEF: Elsey, Malik, Boogaard, Zullo

MID: Isaias

Carrusca, Watson

FWD: Ferreira, Djite, Cirio

SUBS : Izzo, Neumann, Mabil, McKain, Konstandopoulos

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