Melbourne Victory have one foot of their first A-League Males grand last in 4 years, however Western United stay confident of turning round a 1-0 first-leg deficit.
Jake Brimmer’s top-tier strike gave Victory a one-goal lead on Tuesday, with the Saturday’s semi-final second leg additionally at AAMI Park.
“To be honest, we’re well and truly in this tie. This is the first-half, we’re 1-0 down,” Aloisi stated.
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“We’re back here. We don’t have to go away, we don’t have to play away from home. We’re back here so pleased with the performance.
“Clearly, we’d have appreciated to have grabbed a objective and grabbed one thing out of the sport however enthusiastic about Saturday evening now and I can see our boys excited too as a result of they felt it.
“They felt it after the game, they were like ‘wow we can give them some game on Saturday’.”
Aloisi wasn’t fazed by the prospect of Victory sitting again for 90 minutes on Saturday.
“If they sit back, no problem. We’ll create a chance like we created (late in Tuesday’s game),” he stated.
“If they come to press us, no problem. We’ll play a certain way. We’re ready for whatever they try and do and we’ll play our game.
“We do not have to panic as a result of it is one objective. We do not have to try to suppose that we’ve to do one thing utterly totally different … nothing drastic has to vary.”
United will welcome back Steven Lustica (calf) on Saturday but Rene Khrin’s hamstring injury is season-ending.
Aloisi was confident the playing field would be more even on Saturday after United navigated a shorter turnaround before the first leg.
Victory counterpart Tony Popovic relished the “slender benefit” but stressed the importance of backing up.
“We won’t sit right here and say we’re not happy that we gained the match, we’re,” he stated.
“However we perceive that it is one other recreation to return and we anticipate one other robust battle as we had right now. Hopefully this benefit might help us on Saturday.
“It is different. You play a team home and away and you play in the same venue, four days apart. It’s something that we’re not accustomed to, of course.
“However I really feel that we’ll have much more assist come Saturday, I feel we’ll have a incredible crowd.
“We’re halfway to achieving this part of the goal and that’s making a grand final.”
