London -Tottenham Hotspur survived a harrowing Inter Milan fightback to reach the Europa League quarter-finals on away goals when Emmanuel Adebayor pounced in extra time as the Premier League club 4-1 in the second leg of Thursday lost.
Inter went into the contest trailing 3-0 after being outplayed in the first leg last week in London but strikes by Antonio Cassano, Rodrigo Palacio and a William Gallas own goal brought them level on aggregate against a traumatized Spurs side.
But Adebayor, who had a wonderful chance at the end of the first half spurned when Tottenham trailed 1-0, got a vital goal the ball past Samir Handanovic way when he was in the 96th minute after Mousa Dembele is shot by the holder was parried slipped.
Inter by Ricardo Alvarez made it 4-4 on aggregate with 10 minutes of the remaining st extra time when he headed in a Cross but Cassano twice UEFA Cup winners Spurs held at San Siro.
Zenit Saint Petersburg left for Basel 2-1 on aggregate despite a 1-0 victory on the night after missing a late penalty against the Swiss, who played the second half with 10 men.
Roman Shirokov 86th minute spot kick was saved by Basel goalkeeper Yann Sommer as the 2008 UEFA Cup winners Russia failed on the level of the overall score at 2-2 after Basel had Marcelo Diaz sent out at the end of the first.
Axel Witsel got Zenit back in the tie with a close range header on the half hour, but the Swiss side home 2-0 to win the first leg last week when they scored twice in the last seven minutes, was enough to see them through to the last eight.
Fellow big-spending Russians Rubin Kazan had a better night than Zenit with a 2-0 extra-time victory against Spaniards Levante after Venezuelan Salomon Rondon scored 10 minutes into the extra period with a precise finish past Keylor Navas fighting.
Vladimir Dyadun packed the victory in the second extra period with a breakaway goal as Levante for a equalizer pressed against the Spanish interest in this years competition. — Reuters
