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On Thursday evening, the UEFA Europa League quarter-final battles began. London's Chelsea club defeated the Kazan Rubin team, represented by Lithuanian Giedrius Arlauskis, at home. At the beginning of the match, after a bizarre situation, the capital's team was led by Fernando Torres, and a little later Victor Moses doubled the lead with a shot into the top corner of the goal. Despite Rubin reducing the gap with a penalty kick, in the second half, Torres scored his second goal. Chelsea 3 - 1 Rubin 16' [1 - 0] F.Torres 32' [2 - 0] V.Moses 41' [2 - 1] B.Natcho (pen) 70' [3 - 1] F.Torres Another London club, Tottenham, managed to recover from two missed goals against Basel. Tottenham 2 - 2 Basel 30' [0 - 1] V.Stocker 34' [0 - 2] F.Frei 40' [1 - 2] E.Adebayor 58' [2 - 2] G.Sigurdsson In the match between Benfica and Newcastle, the Portuguese club secured a solid victory. The visitors from England took the lead first after P.Cisse's goal, but Rodrigo, Lima, and O.Cardozo's accurate shots led to the victory of the hosts. Benfica 3 - 1 Newcastle 13' [0 - 1] P.Cisse 25' [1 - 1] Rodrigo 65' [2 - 1] Lima 71' [3 - 1] O.Cardozo (pen) Stambul's Fenerbahce secured a great position before the return match by defeating Rome's Lazio team 2-0 at home. Both goals were scored at the end of the match. The Italian footballers finished the match with ten men. Fenerbahce 2 - 0 Lazio 78' [1 - 0] P.Webo (pen) 90' [2 - 0] D.Kuyt 47' O.Onazi (Lazio) sent off
