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Publish Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:45 am
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino is hoping his team will qualify for Group B against Barcelona after their 1-0 win over Inter Milan at Wembley.
In what was a match not to miss for Tottenham, the strike of Christian Eriksen in the 81st minute maintained his hopes of qualifying achievement that seemed almost impossible a month ago after claiming only one point from their first three group games.
Pochettino however insists that he and his team have never lost hope of being able to mount the challenge for a place in the last 16 places. He said: "Anything is possible. I never say that it is an impossible mission, in football anything can happen, you have to believe it.
"It will be difficult (to win in Barcelona) but the conviction is so important.
"To reach Barcelona and compete at its best, we must have new legs, a new spirit, no injury. to arrive this way in Barcelona, we must of course change teams. We have a lot of respect for Barcelona.
"Barcelona is one of the best teams in Europe and its players are incredible. It will be a difficult match. But we believe we can win.
"We have another tough game against Arsenal first and we have to be ready again.
"The most important thing is to try to translate self-confidence into the team. If you win it's a subject, people ask you why do you change if your performance was good?
"But sometimes, when you win, you have to do something to motivate the team, give them new legs, tell them that we are all important, it's not about the name but about the collective. "
Moussa Sissoko played a key role in the Spurs After his dazzling sprint, Dele Alli was able to put Eriksen in the winning position. Pochettino was delighted for the Senegalese international, confident that he was now starting to join the club.
"His teammates are so happy that the fans are now starting to show their love, we feel it," he said.
"Yes, Moussa had a rough time, but I remember the day I hugged him when he retired and I told him that you will succeed here.
"Now he's starting to feel free and today, he was again essential, a key element of tonight's success."
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