Friday, 15 October 2010

impact in the Champions League


lho Gomes Tottenham feel can make a real impact in the Champions League

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes made a point of your club has to go far in the Champions League.

Spurs are to benefit from its debut season in the premier competition of elite European clubs, after beating the Swiss Young Boys 6-3 in a play-off back in August.

Since then, the north London outfit have won four points from their first two matches, drawing 2-2 with Werder Bremen away from home after 2-0 up, and then bid farewell to Dutch champions FC Twente 4 - 1 at White Hart Lane.

The Brazilian now feels Spurs can progress from the group stage and make a real impact in the tournament.

"I'm an optimist. When Spurs came in, I said my goal was to win the Premier League. People laugh, but that is how I am. If we make the knockout stages, anything can happen," said Gomes of the journal Champions.