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The 22-year-old, whose two goals in Sunday's vital 3-2 win over Newcastle Jets propelled the Sky Blues into to the playoffs, suffered an eye injury after a head clash in the second half of the game.

Chianese has been struggling to see out of his right eye in the days after the match but is confident he will be right to go for Friday night's sudden-death clash at Westpac Stadium.

"It's really improved over the last couple of days," Chianese said today. "I couldn't see too well out of it the day after the game.

"It's definitely improved and I think over the next couple of days it will improve even more and I'll be right to go on Friday."

Chianese is the only injury concern for Sydney coach Vitezslav Lavicka heading into Friday's clash, with only youngster Nathan Sherlock and defender Jamie Coyne unavailable.

News the in-form striker will be good to go is a huge boost for the Sky Blues, who have lost all three games against Phoenix this season, including two in Wellington.

Chianese has played a major role in getting the Sky Blues into the finals since coming into the first team over the last two months and Sydney skipper Terry McFlynn believes he can be a bit of a finals X-factor.

"From what we've seen his game is full of energy, he's lively and gives us something a little bit different up front," said Sydney skipper Terry McFlynn, who will play his 150th game for the Sky Blues on Friday night.

"I'll give him the same advice as I've always given, just go out and enjoy your football and I think you've seen that over last few weeks.

"When he's enjoying his football, he's creating chances and scoring goals so the more we can keep him happy and keep him enjoying his football, it's good for everyone at the club."

Asked about his side's poor record against the Phoenix, Lavicka said: "We're probably not favourites for this game but it doesn't matter ... anything can happen.

"It's finals and we have a desire to make a good result and be still alive. We haven't played bad games against them but we didn't take the chances and they punished us."

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