Adelaide Must Face Reinstated Persipura

ADELAIDE, KOMPAS.com — Adelaide United must play Persipura Jayapura on Thursday in a bid to qualify for the Asian Champions League after the Indonesian side was controversially reinstated to the competition.

Adelaide was initially given a direct passage into the Champions League main draw after Persipura was ruled ineligible because it plays in the unsanctioned Indonesian Super League.

However the club appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and has been provisionally reinstated to the Champions League. A final ruling won't be determined until next month.

Adelaide has been forced into hasty preparations for the two-legged playoff, and club chairman Greg Griffin was this week reported as describing the CAS decision as "flawed."