Andre Villas-Boas is not expecting an easy ride when his Shanghai SIPG take on Western Sydney Wanderers in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday evening, despite seeing the Australian side slump to a heavy loss in the opening round of group fixtures last week.
Tony Popovic's side were handed a 4-0 thrashing by 2008 champions Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan in front of their own fans last Tuesday, but the former Chelsea and Porto boss will not be underestimating the former winners when they meet at Shanghai Stadium.
"Tomorrow will be our second Asian Champions League match and the timing is good because we won in the first round," Villas-Boas said. "If we can win again, we will hold six points.
"I've seen the match video [of the loss to Urawa], they should have been better than they were in the game against Urawa in the last match. They were the 2014 Asian Champions League champions, so we can't underestimate such an opponent. We have to win the game tomorrow."
SIPG won their first game in the group stages with a 1-0 victory over FC Seoul having qualified for the tournament proper with a comfortable 3-0 win against Thailand's Sukhothai in the playoffs.
Hulk provided the winning goal with a stunning long-range strike at Seoul World Cup Stadium before defender He Guan was sent off and FC Seoul awarded a penalty, which FC Seoul striker Dejan Damjanovic missed before SIPG closed out the win.
The red card means he is suspended for the game, but Villas-Boas is confident he has the players available to cover the loss of the centre-back.
"A mature team must know how to manage a situation like this," he said. "Luckily we have tried different combination in defence in our winter training including having Wang Shenchao and Wang Jiajie playing as central defenders, which we tested in the later part of the last game.
"We will make a choice before tomorrow's game. I hope it will be the right one."