Stuart Pearce wants to prove himself with podium finish for Team GB

Team GB coach Stuart Pearce is hoping that success in the Olympic football competition will prove that he can be a top-level manager.

Great Britain beat Uruguay on Wednesday to book their place in the quarter-finals and Pearce has done his reputation no harm during the campaign.

The 50-year-old, who previously managed Manchester City and England Under-21s, says that he has ambitions of being successful.

"At this moment in time as a manager I've won nothing, I feel as though I am still learning," said Pearce.

"If you look at the top managers, what Sir Alex Ferguson has won, what Arsene Wenger has won, you envy their CVs.

"I am no different. I am desperate to win, for the players even more than myself."

Britain take on South Korea on Saturday and Pearce admits that the team are eyeing a podium place.

He continued: "Listen, I could lie to you and say that we take one game in isolation, but any other team in the quarter-finals know that if they advance, they have got two bites at a medal.

"I am not just talking about Team GB. Three of the four teams will come away with a medal, that's a fact."