Auckland City coach Ramon Tribulietx is not dropping his guard despite putting his team out against 20 to 1 longshots Otago United at Kiwitea St tomorrow.
Otago head north for the game as the biggest of underdogs rated as $20 winning shots compared with the $1.08 offered on Auckland City.
Tribulietx is not of the same opinion, especially when looking back at their first meeting when Otago scored first under the roof in Dunedin and his team needed three goals in the last 11 minutes to beat Otago's 10 men 3-1.
Luis Corrales scored two of those late goals for City. He will not have a chance of repeating those heroics tomorrow because he has left Auckland to be with his wife, who has just given birth to their first child, and is more likely to play for Team Wellington against Canterbury United.
"I have a lot of respect for Otago," said Tribulietx. "They scored first in our last game and they defend very deep which makes scoring difficult. If we don't break them down early we could be in for a long game."
