UEFA Europa League 2013: Chelsea through, Spurs out on penalties

Basel starting line-up: Yann Sommer, Philipp Degen, Fabian Schar, Aleksandar Dragovic, Park Joo-Ho, Mohamed El-Nenny, Fabian Frei, Serey Die, Mohamed Salah, Valentin Stocker, Marco Streller.

With everything very much wrapped up, Rubin scored twice to make the aggregate score look respectable. They needed four. Gokdeniz Karadeniz scored his team’s second on the night and Natcho converted a penalty in the 75th minute, but it led to nothing resembling a comeback.

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The home side, meanwhile, go with Gokdeniz Karadeniz and Bibras Natkho on the flanks, with Salomon Rondon ahead of Roman Eremenko up front.

Rubin Kazan starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Sergei Ryzhikov; Oleg Kuzmin, Cristian Ansaldi, Cesar Navas, Ivan Marcano; Pablo Orbaiz, Alan Kasaev; Roman Eremenko, Gokdeniz Karadeniz, Bibras Natkho; Salomon Rondón.

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Oh, and Basel have won four straight Europa League games at St. Jakob-Park. If Tottenham were the favourites to get to the semifinals before the first kick, that’s surely changed now.

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Rubin’s gameplan in Europe usually relies on keeping things tight, but they were outclassed in suffering a 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge. A 2-0 victory is not beyond the SIberians, but they’ll have to bring their A-game and come out and play if they want to progress. Chelsea have been inconsistent and are suffering from an exhausting fixture-list, so there may be some hope for the hosts.

Fenerbahce made the most of their home form to give themselves an excellent 2-0 lead, so Lazio have it all to do at the Olimpico. An away goal for the Turks could bury the tie once and for all, so this game will be balanced on a knife edge. Lazio certainly have what it takes to progress, but the visitors are clear favourites as it stands.