By Alan Duffy FC Basel 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur (agg 4-4 Basel gain 4-1 on pencils) a Europa League a 11th April 2013 Emmanuel Adebayor and Tom Huddlestone equally missed from the penalty area as Spurs lost out to Basel in a rain-soaked St. Jakob Park on Wednesday night. The game was properly balanced at 2-2 following the first leg in White Hart Lane, and Clint Dempsey got the Bale-less north Londoners up and working on 23 minutes, firing home to place his side 3-2 up in the tie. However,AMohamed Salah and thenAAleksandar Dragovic put the home area in the driving seat, making Spurs having to equalise to push the overall game into extra-time. And thatas just what Dempsey did, on 82 minutes, thanks to a fine left-footed attempt. Andre Villas-Boasa men had to perform the entire extra-time period with only 10 men after Jan Vertonghen had observed red at the end of normal time, nevertheless they managed to hold out, just for Huddlestone and then Adebayor, courtesy of a horrendous attempt, to miss in the penalty shoot-out and let Basel to advance to the final four. AA hard way to go out of the tournament certainly. Photosa Highlightsa Photos: PA Published in Europa Category, Newsnow, Tottenham Hotspur, Films
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