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In the evening matches of the Europa League round of 16, the home teams, including London's "Tottenham" team, performed better.
The footballers from the English capital defeated the Milanese "Inter" team 3-0 at home and took a step towards the quarterfinals. The team leader Gareth Bale put "Spurs" ahead in the 6th minute, soon followed by Gylfi Sigurdsson doubling the lead, and in the second half, Jan Vertonghen added another goal.
"Tottenham" 3 - 0 "Inter" 6‘ [1 - 0] G.Bale 18‘ [2 - 0] G.Sigurdsson 53‘ [3 - 0] J.Vertonghen
In Portugal, "Benfica" gained an advantage against the "Bordeaux" team. The only goal of the match ended up in the French goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso's own net.
"Benfica" 1 - 0 "Bordeaux" 21‘ [1 - 0] C.Carrasso (own goal)
In Switzerland, the "Basel" team defeated the wealthy "Zenit" club 2 - 0 and established a solid lead before heading to Russia.
"Basel" 2 - 0 "Zenit" 83‘ [1 - 0] M.Diaz 90‘ [2 - 0] A.Frei (penalty) 90‘ Neto ("Zenit") sent off
In the match between "Levante" and Kazan's "Rubin," the teams ended the match with 10 players each.
"Levante" 0 - 0 "Rubin" 52‘ C.Ansaldi ("Rubin") sent off 54‘ Michel ("Levante") sent off
