THE return of Adelaide United winger Johan Absalonsen to full fitness is sure to worry Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold before Tuesday’s FFA Cup final in Sydney.

The great Dane was a Cup winner with FC Copenhagen in 2012. He has been absent since October 24 after scoring in the FFA Cup 2-1 semi-final win over Western Sydney at Campbelltown Stadium.

He was forced off the park in the 62nd minute with a thigh injury after scoring four goals, two in the Cup and two in the A-League, in seven appearances for his new club.

Daniel Adlung – the Reds midfielder who scored a cracking goal in United’s 2-1 win over Central Coast and another long range bomb in the cup win over Wanderers – revealed Absalonsen was back in full training.

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“In training he (Absolensen) ran with the ball in the last week,’’ Adlung said. “But we will see, maybe he has enough time (to recover for the final), I’m not sure.”

Absalonsen’s pending return coupled with stopper Ersan Gulum earning 67 valuable minutes in the Mariners win – he was out of action for 28 days after puncturing a lung and fracturing a rib – is bound to give United much more leadership and tactical options for the Sydney clash.

media_camera Adelaide United’s Johan Absalonsen is pushing hard to return from injury for the FFA Cup final.

Adlung says he admires Sydney’s work ethic and is expecting the Sky Blues to lift in front of their home crowd. But he was glad that Gulum got through the Mariners match without any side effects of the horrendous injury.

“Ersan is good, it was important that he played,’’ Adlung said.

“He came in and did a very good job and for us it was very important he was back on the pitch.

“He communicates a lot and he helps us, me and Isaias centrally to stay compact.

“(But) Sydney are one of the best teams in the league.

“But it’s like every other game, we can beat them if we concentrate and get our passing right.

“We can win the final, it’s only one game and we must give everything.

“We’re recovering well and we have to have a good focus now for the game.”

media_camera Adelaide United’s Daniel Adlung scored an absolute belter against the Central Coast Mariners on Friday night.

Adelaide coach Marco Kurz had the Reds in full training on Sunday with the squad preparing to claim United’s second FFA Cup triumph since 2014.

Only captain Isaias, Michael Marrone and the injured Tarek Elrich from the current squad featured in the side which beat Perth Glory 1-0 in front of 16,142 rocking fans at Hindmarsh Stadium in 2014.

Sydney is yet to win the FFA Cup. The closest it came was last year but Socceroos legend Tim Cahill’s goal was enough for Melbourne City to hoist its first Cup title.

Adelaide flies to Sydney on Monday before training at Allianz Stadium in the afternoon.