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White Hart Lane - London 04/04/2013 - 21:05CET (20:05 local time)
Quarter-finals, First leg
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Tottenham - Basel 2-2 - 04/04/2013 - Match page - UEFA Europa League 2013
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Tottenham
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Spurs rein in effervescent Basel to keep tie level
Published: Thursday 4 April 2013, 22.00CET
Tottenham Hotspur FC came from two goals down to earn a first-leg draw against an outstanding FC Basel 1893 side who will be hopeful of securing the club's first European semi-final participation in a week's time.
It became clear to Spurs early on that it would be no easy task to reach the last four as Valentin Stocker and Fabian Frei stunned White Hart Lane with first-half away goals. Emmanuel Adebayor pulled the hosts back into it, and Gylfi Sigurdsson's deflected effort after the restart put André Villas-Boas' men on level terms before their trip to Switzerland.
Lineups
 | Tottenham |  | Basel |
| 24 | Friedel (GK) | 1 | Sommer (GK) |
| 5 | Vertonghen | 6 | Dragovic |
| 7 | Lennon 24 | 8 | Serey Die66 |
| 8 | Parker (C) 64 | 9 | Streller (C)71 |
| 10 | Adebayor 40 | 14 | Stocker30 |
| 11 | Bale | 15 | Voser |
| 13 | Gallas29 | 16 | Schär |
| 14 | Holtby63 | 20 | F. Frei3448 |
| 16 | Naughton | 22 | Salah84 |
| 19 | Dembélé | 27 | Steinhöfer |
| 32 | Assou-Ekotto57 | 33 | Elneny |
Substitutes | |||
| 25 | Lloris (GK) | 18 | Vailati (GK) |
| 2 | Dempsey63 | 5 | Ajeti |
| 6 | Huddlestone | 7 | D. Degen84 |
| 20 | Dawson57 | 13 | A. Frei |
| 22 | G. Sigurdsson2458 | 24 | Cabral66 |
| 29 | Livermore | 26 | Sauro |
| 33 | Caulker | 31 | Zoua71 |
Coaches | |||
| André Villas-Boas (POR) | Murat Yakin (SUI) | ||
Referee | |||
| Milorad Mažić (SRB) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
- 84D. Degen (in) - Salah (out) (Basel)
- 71Zoua (in) - Streller (out) (Basel)
- 66Cabral (in) - Serey Die (out) (Basel)
- 64Parker (Tottenham) is cautioned by the referee.
A thrilling game finishes with the tie evenly poised at 2-2, but the visitors will be delighted with the two away goals that were a just reward for their impressive performance. Spurs rallied and drew level thanks to Emmanuel Adebayor and Gylfi Sigurdsson but it was Basel who passed up the most notable chances to win the game after the break.