O'HARA HOPING FOR WEMBLEY STARTING BERTH
Tottenham's young midfielder Jamie O'Hara was over the moon to net his first European goal for his club, in only his second appearance in the UEFA Cup. The 21-year-old opened the scoring against Slavia Prague, but his team played badly in the second half and the Czech side fired an equalizer in the second half to put the skids under Spurs.
But Juande Ramos' side held on for a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane and advanced to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, going through 3-2 on aggregate.
And goal hero O'Hara said: "It was brilliant to score - a great moment in my career.
"I think we are just happy to get through in the end because we were disappointing in the second half. We sat back on the game when we should have gone forward and got two or three [goals]. But that is the way it goes sometimes and we are happy to go through."
Spurs take on Chelsea in the final of the Carling Cup in Sunday, and the youngster wants to be involved and hopes he has done enough to convince his manager that he should be afforded a starting berth.
He added: "I definitely hope to be involved on Sunday - it would be a dream come true [to play]. If I can be involved it would be great. Stepping out at Wembley is a dream for any Englishman - I can't wait."
Tottenham's young midfielder Jamie O'Hara was over the moon to net his first European goal for his club, in only his second appearance in the UEFA Cup. The 21-year-old opened the scoring against Slavia Prague, but his team played badly in the second half and the Czech side fired an equalizer in the second half to put the skids under Spurs.
But Juande Ramos' side held on for a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane and advanced to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, going through 3-2 on aggregate.
And goal hero O'Hara said: "It was brilliant to score - a great moment in my career.
"I think we are just happy to get through in the end because we were disappointing in the second half. We sat back on the game when we should have gone forward and got two or three [goals]. But that is the way it goes sometimes and we are happy to go through."
Spurs take on Chelsea in the final of the Carling Cup in Sunday, and the youngster wants to be involved and hopes he has done enough to convince his manager that he should be afforded a starting berth.
He added: "I definitely hope to be involved on Sunday - it would be a dream come true [to play]. If I can be involved it would be great. Stepping out at Wembley is a dream for any Englishman - I can't wait."
Labels: Carling Cup, Chelsea, Jamie O'Hara, Juande Ramos, Tottenham, UEFA Cup
