Wanderers shift focus to A-League Asian champions Western Sydney Wanderers are determined to turn around their winless A-League season as the fallout continues from their against-the-odds triumph in Riyadh. Coach Tony Popovic on Wednesday dismissed Al-Hilal's call for an investigation into the Asian Champions League final won 1-0 on aggregate by the Wanderers, saying it was of no interest to his club. The rich Saudi club called on the Asian Football Confederation to look into the refereeing which they claimed cost them six penalties over two legs, suggesting the integrity of the competition and the reputation of the Asian Football Confederation had been tarnished. Popovic was unfazed, saying the Wanderers were rightful Asian champions. "When you lose, some teams and some clubs take it differently," Popovic told Sky Sports Radio's Big Sports Breakfast. That's been their approach and it's of no interest to us. We're not really concerned by their words at the moment. We're the champions, we've earnt that. We played them over two matches, 180 minutes and we were the better team over the two games. Popovic was a lot more measured in his response than Wanderers goalkeeping hero Ante Covic, who suggested Al-Hilal look into the post-match melee prompted by alleged headbutting and spitting by their forward Nassir Al-Shamrani. "If they want to investigate the penalties, maybe they should investigate their own players and their behaviour after the game," fumed Covic on Fox Sports' The Back Page. For me, that was more disgraceful than anything that happened on the field. They're going to be bitter. They've been arrogant from the moment they came to Sydney. They were arrogant in this game (second leg). They believed they should win by default. They're are going to get nothing out of it because for me their behaviour in those two legs and the way they treated us as a club - I've got no sympathy for them. Popovic was quick to get his travel-weary squad back to training business on Wednesday as they face a trip to Wellington for their A-League clash with the Phoenix on Friday night. Wanderers captain Nikolai Topor-Stanley said the last-placed Wanderers were was not resting on their ACL laurels. "We should feel like champions but that's not getting in the way of winning games in the A-League," he said. We're not going to get carried away and think that's gonna get us over the line. We're going to work hard because that's what got us an Asian Champions League medal. Popovic lauded the courage of striker Brendon Santalab who is headed for shoulder surgery on Friday, ruling him out for up to two months, after playing the ACL final match in Riyadh in great pain. The 32-year-old had dislocated the shoulder in his team's first leg 1-0 win over Al-Hilal at Parramatta Stadium and he will now miss the side's Club World Cup campaign in Morocco in December. "He did a fantastic job for us in the second leg, he's in excruciating pain," Popovic said. He played nearly 60 minutes for us and we'll forever be grateful for that and his reward is an Asian Champions League medal. Unfortunately, now we've got to help him fix his shoulder.