The Wanderers came from behind to win on Wednesday night, prompting their boss to make a confident prediction about 2017-18
Western Sydney Wanderers underlined how they are well placed for a much stronger 2017-18 A-League season in their 3-2 win over Shanghai SIPG, according to coach Tony Popovic.
Despite conceding the third-fastest goal in AFC Champions League (ACL) history on Wednesday night, Western Sydney recovered to claim their second win in Group F, overcoming the Chinese Super League club that humbled them 5-1 earlier in the competition.
Jumpei Kusukami was critical to the Wanderers' triumph, scoring the hosts' opening goal and setting up the other two, and Popovic argued the Japanese winger exemplifies the transitional period that Western Sydney's squad has gone through in 2016-17.