After winning the first leg 3-1 at White Hart Lane last week, Jorge Jesus’s team appeared to be cruising towards the last eight when Ezequiel Garay scored in the first half at the Estadio da Luz.
But Nacer Chadli struck twice in quick succession late in the second half to give Spurs hope of forcing extra-time.
Benfica barely managed to hold out before Rodrigo Lima’s penalty in stoppage-time sealed a 5-3 aggregate success which secured the Portuguese club’s spot in Friday’s quarterfinal draw.
A stroke of free-kick brilliance from Andrea Pirlo secured Juventus’s ticket to the Europa League quarterfinals after a 1-0 win over 10-man Fiorentina on Thursday.
Fiorentina had high hopes of making the last eight of Europe’s second tier club competition after a 1-1 draw in Turin last week when Mario Gomez levelled late for La Viola following Arturo Vidal’s third-minute strike.
The Florence-based side are also the only team to have beaten Juventus in Serie A this season (4-2) and last season held the Old Lady to a draw at the Artemio Franchi.
Basel’s 2-1 victory over Salzburg which took the Swiss club into the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday was overshadowed when their fans threw missiles onto the pitch and the game was held-up.
Basel were trailing 1-0 at the time when the two teams were led off in the 30th minute at the start of a 12-minute delay.
Referee Manuel Grafe took the players off when Salzburg’s Kevin Kampl was targetted by a bottle while cigarette lighters were also thrown onto the pitch. Basel Marek Suchy had been red-carded in the ninth minute but Marco Streller (50 minutes) and Gaston Sauro (60) scored from second-half set pieces to cancel out Jonatan Soriano’s 22nd-minute volley.
Juventus draw Lyon in quarter finals
NYON: Runaway Serie A table-toppers Juventus will play French club Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, the continent’s second-tier tournament, following the draw at Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.
With the final to be played at Juve’s Turin stadium, the Italian club will be confident of seeing off Lyon, one of three sides in the quarter-finals yet to win a major UEFA club trophy along with AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands and Swiss club Basel.
“We’re proud to be the only Italian team,” said Pavel Nedved, the former Czech playmaker who is now on Juve’s board. “It’s a tough draw and there’s a long way to go to reach the final in Turin.” AZ were drawn against Benfica, last season’s finalists who saw off Tottenham in the round-of-16.
Basel will play Valencia, with another La Liga club Sevilla up against Porto, with first leg matches slated for April 3 and the return legs a week later.
But Nacer Chadli struck twice in quick succession late in the second half to give Spurs hope of forcing extra-time.
Benfica barely managed to hold out before Rodrigo Lima’s penalty in stoppage-time sealed a 5-3 aggregate success which secured the Portuguese club’s spot in Friday’s quarterfinal draw.
A stroke of free-kick brilliance from Andrea Pirlo secured Juventus’s ticket to the Europa League quarterfinals after a 1-0 win over 10-man Fiorentina on Thursday.
Fiorentina had high hopes of making the last eight of Europe’s second tier club competition after a 1-1 draw in Turin last week when Mario Gomez levelled late for La Viola following Arturo Vidal’s third-minute strike.
The Florence-based side are also the only team to have beaten Juventus in Serie A this season (4-2) and last season held the Old Lady to a draw at the Artemio Franchi.
Basel’s 2-1 victory over Salzburg which took the Swiss club into the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday was overshadowed when their fans threw missiles onto the pitch and the game was held-up.
Basel were trailing 1-0 at the time when the two teams were led off in the 30th minute at the start of a 12-minute delay.
Referee Manuel Grafe took the players off when Salzburg’s Kevin Kampl was targetted by a bottle while cigarette lighters were also thrown onto the pitch. Basel Marek Suchy had been red-carded in the ninth minute but Marco Streller (50 minutes) and Gaston Sauro (60) scored from second-half set pieces to cancel out Jonatan Soriano’s 22nd-minute volley.
Juventus draw Lyon in quarter finals
NYON: Runaway Serie A table-toppers Juventus will play French club Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, the continent’s second-tier tournament, following the draw at Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.
With the final to be played at Juve’s Turin stadium, the Italian club will be confident of seeing off Lyon, one of three sides in the quarter-finals yet to win a major UEFA club trophy along with AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands and Swiss club Basel.
“We’re proud to be the only Italian team,” said Pavel Nedved, the former Czech playmaker who is now on Juve’s board. “It’s a tough draw and there’s a long way to go to reach the final in Turin.” AZ were drawn against Benfica, last season’s finalists who saw off Tottenham in the round-of-16.
Basel will play Valencia, with another La Liga club Sevilla up against Porto, with first leg matches slated for April 3 and the return legs a week later.