"We all know the standard is good (in Australia), so it will be a real test," Tottenham's England international Ryan Mason said.
The 23 year-old midfielder acknowledged that Italian great Alessandro Del Piero was a "big thing for Australian football" when he played as Sydney FC's marquee player, helping to bring the A-League to the attention of the wider world.
Mason also sings the praises of Massimo Luongo, one of the stars of Australia's AFC Asian Cup triumph in January, who has just completed an $8 million move from Swindon to London club QPR.
Australia's three consecutive appearances at the World Cup have also not gone unnoticed, and the visiting Spurs players know they are in for a torrid encounter at ANZ Stadium in front of an expected crowd of 70,000.
Mason's outstanding form for Tottenham earned him his first senior England call-up in March when he appeared as a substitute in a drawn international in Italy.
Spurs have a full-strength squad, including golden boy Harry Kane, who scored 31 times in 52 appearances for club and country this season, netting an equal club record 21 goals in the English Premier League.
Graham Arnold's Sydney FC will be looking to atone for its recent 3-0 drubbing by Melbourne Victory in the A-League grand final.
Like Spurs, it will also be hunting continental honours as it enters the fray in the AFC Champions League.
The Spurs players, who defeated a Malaysian XI 2-1 on their way to Australia thanks to a double from Kane, acclimatised in Sydney by climbing the harbour bridge after their arrival on Thursday.
They will train at ANZ Stadium on Friday afternoon.
