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Spurs boss Ramos delighted with Carling Cup upset
JUANDE Ramos was delighted to help Spurs end their nine year search for silverware with yesterday's Carling Cup victory.
The former Sevilla coach also claimed that if felt extra special to win his first trophy in English football as his underdogs caused extra time upset against red-hot favourites Chelsea.
He said: "It's always a tremendous satisfaction to win a trophy but I would say this one has a special flavour to it because it was against a team who are supposedly superior to us.
"It's like when I was at Sevilla and we won against Barcelona or Real Madrid, it adds a special flavour.
"It's a great satisfaction to win a trophy especially for a club and the fans who haven't had success for such a long time.
"For a club as big as Tottenham a long time seems even longer, so it is tremendous.
"Success always comes for everybody - for the players first as they are the ones who carry out the work we do.
"It is not a personal battle - it was simply that Spurs were the better team on the day."
Ramos also spoke of his delighted that yesterday's victory means that Tottenham have already qualified for next season's Uefa Cup - and he is now hoping to deliver further success this year in that competition as well.
He added: "Qualifying for Europe next season makes everything calmer now because it removes a huge pressure on the team.
"We are all calmer now that we have qualified for Europe again, which takes some pressure off the club. This has been a unique experience and one we hope to repeat.
"For the moment we will enjoy the victory. Next week we are back in the Premier League and we have to concentrate on that, we are also still in the Uefa Cup.
"The team has been improving in terms of the security and confidence they feel. Today has reaffirmed that.
"The players have shown they can concentrate to be serious enough to fight with the best of them.
"They key is not making mistakes and they showed they could concentrate on that."
Can Ramos now guide Spurs to Uefa Cup glory this season? Have your say below...
8:25am Monday 25th February 2008
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