Sergio relishing Spurs challenge

Hearts manager Paulo Sergio is relishing the challenge Tottenham will pose his side in Thursday night's Europa League play-off first leg. Hearts are unfancied against Spurs, who flourished in the Champions League last term.Sergio said: "Every professional in football wants to live big moments and I'm no different."The game on paper is one thing - on the pitch is another. Nobody should be thinking we can't win, that we are defeated - we are not."Our probabilities are less than for Tottenham. Nobody's going to bet on us, but the guy that's going to bet on us is maybe going to win big money."We have our cards to play. We know the difficulties we're going to have on Thursday, but we're going to work, we're going to fight."The clash will be Spurs' first competitive fixture of the season, with Manchester United following in the Premier League on Monday.Whether Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp selects a first-choice line-up or not, Sergio knows his Hearts side must be at their very best.He added: "They have to be favourites. Every Tottenham player is a very good player."We're going to have lots of work no matter what team they have."

Source: Team_Talk