''It was his first game back from his injury, we were playing at Chelsea's training facility. He started, he came off at half time. The ball came into my feet and I looked over my shoulder and I saw him coming tight up behind me so I let the ball run through my legs to turn and beat him at a foot race and it just so happened that it went through his legs as well with a bit of luck. So it was a bit of a foot race between me and him and I was going to beat him so he took me down.''

The Chelsea captain never followed up on his threat and Gameiro didn't try and embarrass the veteran EPL defender again that match. Despite Terry's vicious sledge during the match, he joked about it later with the young Gameiro.

''After the game I got a photo with him and he was laughing about it,'' Gameiro said. ''[I wasn't laughing about it] at the time, he was a nice guy off the pitch, but he didn't like that for his first game back. I just looked to the bench and thought, 'You've got to take me off before Terry will do me in.' ''

Gameiro opened his account for Sydney FC in last week's 2-2 draw with Adelaide, heading in a late equaliser as a substitute and is now eager to earn a place in the starting line-up for Saturday's derby against Western Sydney Wanderers. Sections of the media labelled Gameiro's influence as a ''super-sub'' but the Young Socceroo is desperate to ensure that label doesn't stick for much longer, hoping to become a member of the first team rather than an impact player.

''Super-sub, I've had that title my whole life and I want to get rid of that,'' Gameiro said.