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Basel
Tottenham
Basel break Spurs' hearts from the spot
Published: Friday 12 April 2013
Yann Sommer proved a spot-kick hero for FC Basel 1893 for the second round in succession as the Swiss champions eliminated Tottenham Hotspur FC 4-1 on penalties at the end of a 2-2 draw.
A scintillating match in regulation time was bookended by goals from Clint Dempsey, opening the scoring and then forcing extra time. In between, the hosts responded via Mohamed Salah and Aleksandar Dragovic, and although they could not profit from Jan Vertonghen's 91st-minute red card, Sommer denied Tom Huddlestone in the shoot-out before Emmanuel Adebayor missed. Marcelo Díaz buried the decisive penalty.
Lineups
 | Basel |  | Tottenham |
| 1 | Sommer (GK) | 24 | Friedel (GK) |
| 3 | Park Joo Ho | 2 | Dempsey 23 5283 |
| 4 | P. Degen | 5 | Vertonghen 90+1 |
| 6 | Dragovic49 | 8 | Parker 78 |
| 8 | Serey Die5858 | 10 | Adebayor |
| 9 | Streller (C)90+4 | 14 | Holtby |
| 14 | Stocker71 | 16 | Naughton3979 |
| 16 | Schär | 19 | Dembélé4559 |
| 20 | F. Frei | 20 | Dawson (C)90+4 |
| 22 | Salah27111 ET | 22 | G. Sigurdsson |
| 33 | Elneny103 ET | 28 | Walker90+4 |
Substitutes | |||
| 18 | Vailati (GK) | 25 | Lloris (GK) |
| 7 | D. Degen | 6 | Huddlestone78 |
| 13 | A. Frei111 ET | 29 | Livermore |
| 21 | Díaz58 | 32 | Assou-Ekotto79 |
| 24 | Cabral | 33 | Caulker |
| 26 | Sauro | 41 | Coulthirst |
| 27 | Steinhöfer71 | 46 | Carroll59 |
Coaches | |||
| Murat Yakin (SUI) | André Villas-Boas (POR) | ||
Referee | |||
| Olegário Benquerença (POR) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
Díaz (Basel) scores from the penalty spot.
The Chilean keeps his nerve and puts it into the roof of the net down the centre, to seal Basel a first ever European semi-final.
Adebayor (Tottenham) misses from the penalty spot.
The forward sends it over the bar, meaning Basel need to score one more to win it.- F. Frei (Basel) scores from the penalty spot.
A long run up sees the midfielder smash it into the top right corner. Unstoppable. - G. Sigurdsson (Tottenham) scores from the penalty spot.
The Icelandic midfielder powers it down the middle to keep Spurs in it.
Basel 2-2 Tottenham (agg: 4-4, Basel win 4-1 on penalties) The European dream for Murat Yakin's men continues, with the scalp of Tottenham added to those of FC Zenit St Petersburg and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk from previous rounds. They were outstanding over the two legs, and kept their nerve when needed, scoring all four of their penalties taken, to make it to a first ever European semi-final.