Any hopes Instant-Dict might have had that Japanese giants Jubilo Iwata would take the two teams' Asian Club Championship tie lightly and send an under-strength side for Wednesday's first leg were shattered yesterday.
Jubilo have sent an effective signal of intent to the local champions by bringing a more or less full-strength side for this week's Hong Kong Stadium encounter.
In recent seasons, Japanese sides have brought weak teams to Hong Kong for the first leg of various Asian competitions and banked on their star players to see them through in the return.
No such luck for Instant.
The J.League champions arrived at Chek Lap Kok yesterday with most of their squad, including Brazil's World Cup captain Dunga. The only man to miss out is Japanese international Masashi Nakayama.
Jubilo will train at the Hong Kong Sports Institute today before getting a look at the Hong Kong Stadium surface with a session on Tuesday.