Also, I hate to be the one that says it but there's only so much you can read into a handful of games in a few days on the other side of the planet. ACFC were a duffed penalty or two away from being knocked out by the Moroccan champs. San Lorenzo's coach admitted they were under prepared. ACFC played good football and had a great run against the odds but they also got dicked 4-0 by TeeDubs a few weeks ago and I don't recall any articles about how Matt Calcott is the saviour of New Zealand football.
Well done ACFC for playing with heart and not being overawed by the occasion, and for showing that you can go into games as the underdog and still play your own game. I'm not trying to belittle their acheivement. But I also think it would be easy for the kiwi media to read more into this than is actually there.
Edit: I really want to emphasize that I think ACFC were awesome and it was great to see, and it's a great result for football in this country as a whole. I'm aware that this sounds like I'm being a but of a dick but I just think it's a perspective on the games which needs to be considered