Newly-appointed Monaco coach Thierry Henry has no intention of sulking over the Ligue 1 side's poor domestic form as he seeks a "dream" Champions League date with Club Brugge Wednesday.
Former Arsenal and France star Henry kicked off his fledgling coaching career with a 2-1 away defeat to Strasbourg at the weekend, a result that left the struggling Principality side second from bottom of the French league table.
Monaco fans will be hoping it won't be more of the same on Wednesday, when they face the Belgians away looking to claim their first points of the group stages.
Henry, a Champions League winner with Barcelona in 2009, believes it could be just the tonic to get Monaco, beaten finalists in 2004, back on track.
"People might ask if this match is coming at the right time for me, given our position in the table," Henry said in Bruges on Tuesday.
"But they say the same about the teams leading the table, they say the Champions League can't be won by teams fighting for the (domestic) title.
"I don't see it like that. The Champions League is a dream. You want to play in it, you want to be part of it and it might just be what we need to give us back some confidence."
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