If there is any player that appears ready to make the A-League Men grand final stage his own, it's the Melbourne City dynamo.
But Tilio isn't thinking about taking centre stage in Saturday's decider against Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park.
"It's all opinionated in terms of being a big game player or not," he told AAP.
"I just go out there to do my job for the team and whether that's scoring, assisting or running 50 metres back to help in a transition, I just want to do my job.
"If I do that to the best of my ability, I know people would look at me and hopefully follow in my footsteps as I do for the experienced boys in our team."
It underlines how Tilio has matured, through a rollercoaster few years with form and injury since he captured the imagination of the footballing public with his heroics in City's breakthrough 2020-21 triumph.
"It does feel a long time ago since winning our last championship," he said.
"I've matured a lot since then and obviously I've gained a lot more experience and done a lot more things in my career.
"I'm in a really good place mentally and physically to approach the game on Saturday.
"Hopefully I'm in a position where boys can look to me and hopefully get a boost of confidence and I can help with the team."
Tilio's newfound seniority and confidence has been a forced transition - through experiencing the shattering career interruptions of bad quad and hamstring injuries and minimal game time at Celtic.
"My understanding towards the little things in training and in games have really excelled over the last couple of years in terms of rehabbing and things that I wouldn't normally do that I've had to implement into my routine now," he said.
"In terms of playing every week, there's certain positions I like to pick up and I know pretty much what I want to do with the ball when I get it - that's just all instinct.
"I've grown and experienced a lot since I first came back from injury."
Tilio, who has five goals and five assists this campaign, is still contracted at Celtic, with his loan expiring at season's end.
"I feel in a really good place," he said.
"My future is obviously up in the air at the moment, so I'm unsure what is going to happen.
"I'm just looking forward to the final on Saturday and hopefully making everyone proud at Melbourne City."
For both his club future and his hopes of Socceroos selection, Tilio knows one factor is key.
"It's always been about just playing well," he said.
"I know when I'm playing well that people are always watching."
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