JUANDE Ramos saw his dream of landing the Uefa Cup for a third year running end in heartbreak after Spurs' penalty shoot-out agony in Eindhoven.
The former Sevilla boss, who won the competition for the last two years with the Spanish outfit watched on as both Jermaine Jenas and Pascal Chimbonda miss spot kicks to send Dutch champions PSV through to the quarter finals after the tie finished 1-1 on aggregate.
Tottenham had produced a fine 1-0 second leg victory in the Round of 16 tie, before the curse of English football's poor penalty shoot-out record came back to haunt them as they went out 6-5.
First Jermaine Jenas had a chance to win the shoot-out in Holland with the last of the initial five kicks but his weak shot was easily saved by keeper Heurelho Gomes.
Pascal Chimbonda then sent the 12th spot-kick wide to send PSV through.
Asked if he was aware of English clubs poor record in shoot-outs, Ramos said: "I didn't know about it. When it comes to the fifth penalty it's heads or tails. That is how it is with penalties.
"We don't regret anything, we wanted to win the game and we won it, then penalties is like a lottery.
"We didn't score the fifth penalty, if we scored that we would have been through."
The normally meticulous Spaniard did hint though that his team hadn't even practised penalties in training.
"Every player in the Premier League is capable of scoring a penalty but in a situation like this you cannot train the pressure that comes with it," he said.
"Everyone is sad in the dressing room but every player that takes a penalty is courageous, I can only congratulate them."
Ramos also admitted that he had no regrets about not playing Darren Bent from the start, after the striker helped inspire Tottenham to a famous victory in Holland, thanks to Dimitar Berbatov superb second-half volley.
"I don't regret not playing with Bent from the start, in the second half we played well, we wanted a goal and got it," Ramos said.
"He played a good match but I don't think it is his best match since I've been at Spurs."
The Spanish coach has now challenged his players to finish their season strongly.
"We still have two months of league football left, so I hope the players can lift themselves back up for these games," added Ramos.
"The players are all professionals and know that they can win or lose, so now we have to just focus on the next game against Manchester City on Sunday."
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