The club is also hopeful of having Matthew Spiranovic return but it would appear unlikely the Socceroos' best defender would be risked in such a high-stakes match after a long lay-off following ankle surgery, leaving Brendan Hamill to again partner captain Nikolai Topor-Stanley.

While the club is quickly trying to leave behind the disastrous defeat in the Sydney derby, where they led 2-0 but ended up losing 3-2, Popovic said it was hard to initially refocus.

"I'd be lying if I said you still don't think about it on Sunday morning, but then once you reflect, you have to move on," he said. "We've always been a club that, win or lose, we've moved on, we haven't dwelled on defeats and we haven't got carried away with victories. It was a quick shift to a fantastic two weeks coming up for our football club."

Popovic said it remained a mystery how the next fortnight would play out in comparison to the normal domestic campaign. The Wanderers play their two ACL matches on back-to-back weekends, putting their A-League fixtures on hold.

"I don't know, this is the first time we've been in an Asian Champions League final. It might be a bit different as the week goes along," he said. "At the moment I just feel proud and honoured, first and foremost of this club, but secondly of a club that is in an ACL final. We're representing our country, Australian football and we're certainly very determined to have no regrets at the end of these two weeks. We feel if we can do that, we well and truly could be the first [Australian] club to hold up that trophy."