This is an unlikely scenario, however. Although the tie is still finely balanced at 2-1, a home match against such poor quality opposition (and I really mean no disrespect) should be a formality. Of course anything can happen in football but a man who commands such respect and demands high levels of professionalism, Ramos should be able to motivate his players to go and get the job done, even if they have to do it without the likes of Berbatov, Keane, Jenas and Ledley King.
Ramos knows that he faces two crunch matches, where the much trumpeted 'winning mentality' that he has drilled into the players will face it's biggest test. Can this side finally develop from 'could bes' to 'winners'? It's a question that I am sure is lodged firmly in the minds of every single Tottenham fan as the clock ticks down to Sunday afternoon.
Make no mistake, at the business end of the Carling Cup, the competition takes on levels of importance that seem impossible to fathom when teams play their first matches back in September and October. Back then, when the new season has just begun, the fixtures are at best treated as a chance for teams to blood their younger players and at worst treated with complete indifference. Over recent seasons, however, the top four teams have battled it out in the later stages, with more than just bragging rights at stake. Somehow, be it because of the quality of various clubs' reserve sides or the irrational importance placed on silverware, the Carling Cup has been reborn as a valid and worthy prize even if few teams treat it with the respect it deserves.
The importance of any piece of silverware is for what it symbolises, rather than the trophy itself. At the end of the day fans dream of going to Wembley. They long to see their team bring something palpable back to the trophy cabinet. It's marker of success or in the case of Ramos' Tottenham, it's a marker of progress.
It's a significance that is not lost on Ramos, who has his eyes firmly on the prize. Having won almost every cup competition his sides have entered over the past two years, Ramos is not accustomed to losing when it comes to crunch.
He said: "For me it is a personal dream to play at Wembley; the biggest I've had as a coach. I couldn't have imagined this. But that's not what's important. What gives me the most satisfaction is seeing how happy and excited the team, the club and the fans are. They are the ones who got us here." Here is a man with his feet firmly on the ground. A manager seemingly born for one purpose - to win trophies.
Come Sunday the hopes, dreams and perhaps fears of two sets of fans will be realised and when the whistle blows at 3pm and the game gets underway, you can bet your last penny that there won't be anyone sat in Wembley thinking 'This is just the Carling Cup'. Winning matters and so long as no one tells Juande the year doesn't end in one, we might just do it.