Can Sydney make an impact on the Asian stage?

As Sydney runaway with the league, Corica’s priority will begin to turn to the Asian Champions League where Australian sides have been particularly poor in recent years.

The side’s form will have fans hopeful for the first time in a while as they look to be arguably, one of the strongest Australian teams of the past few years.

Last week they showed the grit required by top sides as they fought back from not only one-nil down, but a man down. Tonight, they showed their class as they pierced open the Adelaide defence repeatedly.

Their strongest starting line-up features quality from back to front, and also contains the ability of genuine game changers in Ninkovic and Baumjohann.

What will be important now is to keep their players fit and fresh for those fixtures, which might be a difficult argument to make to Corica who has relied on a steady eleven whenever they are fully fit.

Although they have a tough group containing Ange Postecoglou’s Yokahama F Marinos, there is no reason that if they play like they have in the league that they cannot make the final 16.