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Rodrigo Gomes: Cesar Peixoto will do "an amazing job" at Wolves The Wolves winger has been reflecting on his first battle with Cesar Peixoto, life under the new head coach and his injury comeback. Rodrigo Gomes has been reflecting on his previous battle against a Cesar Peixoto team - and has backed the new head coach to do an “amazing job” at Wolves. The winger faced Pacos de Ferreira - then managed by Peixoto - earlier in his career with Braga in February 2022. Pacos opened the scoring through ex-Portugal international Antunes, before Ricardo Horta’s brace secured a comeback win for Braga. But the challenge of coming up against one of Peixoto’s teams still sticks out in the mind for Gomes, who has backed Peixoto to succeed at Molineux. Gomes: Peixoto will do “an amazing job” “The last two years, he did a very good job at Gil Vicente,” Gomes said in a club interview. “I played against him when I was at Braga and I was 18. He was coaching Pacos de Ferreira, a team in north Portugal, and he did a very good job. “Now he’s here, he’s going to do an amazing job too. “Braga were considered a big team in Portugal, and Pacos were not as big as Braga, but they had a very, very good game. “They started winning the game, and then we turned around the game and won 2-1. “Their team was very compact. They scored a good goal, I think it was a free-kick, but they played very good. “They attacked us in a very good moment, and it was difficult, but we won.” “He has very good... and very specific ideas” - Gomes on Peixoto The 23-year-old is back in his native Portugal as part of Wolves’ pre-season training camp in the Algarve. When asked about early life under Peixoto, Gomes added: “The first week was very good. He talked about his ideas and how he wants the play, how he wants the team to play and press, the build-up. “They’re very good ideas and very specific ideas, but I think it’s very important to have specific ideas. “So everyone knows what they need to do on the pitch. They’ve been big, big sessions, but good sessions, and all my teammates are doing an amazing job.” Relegation coupled with a groin injury, which ruled him out for the rest of the season in November 2025, made it a disappointing campaign for Gomes last term. “The worst feeling in the world” - Gomes optimistic after injury battles But he has turned his focus towards making up for lost time and building up into the best physical condition possible. “I want to prepare very well to not get injured again. It is the worst feeling in the world,” he concluded. “You want to play and you can’t because you’re injured. It’s a very bad feeling and I don’t want that to happen again. “I will do everything this pre-season and during the season to be as fit possible. I’ll be careful with my body and try to be as strong as possible.”