 Gomes aiva nhengo yechikwata chePortugal chevanhu vari pasi pemakore makumi maviri paFIFA World Cup ya2007. Gare gare gore iroro, muna Nyamavhuvhu, akagamuchira kudanwa kwake kwekutanga kune vari pasi pemakore makumi maviri nerimwe; akahwina kapu yake yekutanga uye yega yekupedzisira pane yekupedzisira pane makumi maviri neshanu, achitamba chikamu chechipiri che 3 0 kukunda kweushamwari kurwisa Malta yakaitirwa mutaundi rekumusha kwake. 