The 26-year-old Albanian international striker, and current A-League top scorer, was brought up on European football where the regular season is considered the benchmark.

Roar finished second to Premiers Plate winners Central Coast Mariners but, as Murdocca has continually underlined to his forward, finals football is more important to the fans, media and most of the players in Australia.

“He’s not sure how to take it to be honest. The season’s the most important, he told me. So it’s a new thing for him,” Murdocca told au.fourfourtwo.com.

Berisha played in his first A-League finals game last Saturday as Roar scorched past Central Coast 2-0 at Suncorp stadium.

He didn’t add to his tally of 19 goals but another good result in Gosford this weekend and Berisha could be playing in his first A-League grand final on April 20.

“I tried to explain to him as best as I could that finals campaigns are very important in Australia and very big for us,” added Murdocca.

“And I said we need you to be 100%, and he totally understood that. So I’m sure he’s going to be fired up.

“And when he saw the 50,000 fans that were at the grand final last year, he understood… it’s sort of like a Cup Final for him and that’s how he’s going to treat it.

“He’s going to treat it like a little mini World Cup for himself.”

Meanwhile Roar skipper Matt Smith told au.fourfourtwo.com that club coach Ange Postecoglou is not resting on his laurels as he seeks to take Roar to back to back titles in Australia while aiming to succeed in the ACL.

“I truly believe in what Ange is trying to create here, from a cultural perspective, from a performance perspective and from a player development perspective,” Smith told au.fourfourtwo.com ahead of Wednesday night's clash with Ulsan Hyundai in South Korea.

“At training, everything is with a football. We don’t do long fitness tests. It’s always, football, football, football.

“Having him at Brisbane over the last 18 months, we’ve been producing some football that’s been an absolute pleasure to play. And it’s because of Ange that we’re playing that system.

“He had a vision and put together a team that he believes in and that can keep developing, because ultimately if we’d have stagnated at that time in our careers we’d have no chance of winning it again this year.

“It’s his vision that players keep developing. That’s a message that’s been delivered from day one.”

It’s little wonder this vision and philosophy make Postecoglou the hottest coaching prospect in the A-League in years.

Currently Brisbane are desperate to stave off rivals bids for their in-demand coach.

There is talk that Melbourne Victory want to break the bank to bring the Melbourne-born coach back home.

However, Roar's Indonesian owners have stated they want to not only extend Postecoglou’s contract beyond its current two years, but they want him to be part of an expanded coaching academy structure in Indonesia.

"It's just not about extending Ange's contract as the Roar coach - it's a much bigger thing," Brisbane director Chris Fong told The Courier Mail.

"Ange has already told us he loves our vision and that it's attracting him in a long-term perspective."