European champions Chelsea reached the Europa League quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over Steaua Bucharest after Tottenham Hotspur survived a thrilling Inter Milan fightback to progress on away goals on Thursday.
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Goals from Juan Mata, John Terry and Fernando Torres, who also missed a penalty, put the west London club through 3-2 on aggregate after Steaua levelled on the stroke of halftime at Stamford Bridge.
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Emmanuel Adebayor pounced in extra time to score a vital away goal as Spurs were thrashed 4-1 in their second leg at the San Siro but went through against three-times European champions Inter after the nail- biting tie ended 4-4 on aggregate.
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Former Uefa Cup winners Zenit St Petersburg went out to Basle 2-1 on aggregate despite a 1-0 win on the night after they had a late penalty saved against the Swiss team, who played the second half with 10 men.
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Fellow Russians Rubin Kazan fared better as they saw off Levante 2-0 in extra time to end Spanish interest in this season's competition.
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Lazio beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1 for a 5-1 aggregate win to seal a place in Friday's quarterfinal draw alongside Fenerbahce, Benfica and Newcastle United who also progressed on Thursday.
It's good that English teams are doing well in the Europa League. They have to make England proud