Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas accepted that Spurs had "superior players", but thought it'd be a "tough game" against Swiss side FC Basel inside their UEFA Europa League quarter-final first knee Tottenham Hotspur have accounted for French side Lyon and Italian attire Inter Milan in the knockout phases of the UEFA Europa League. Next up is really a quarter-final conflict with Swiss club FC Basel. The very first leg occurs at White Hart Lane in London, England later this week. Ahead of the fit Spurs organized at their training ground in Enfield. Andre Villas-Boas was confident his group might progress to the remaining four of the competition and cited having "superior players", but he highlighted Basel's current European pedigree which saw them beat Manchester United 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League class point last period, which bumped Alex Ferguson's part out in the act. Basel also beat Bayern Munich 1-0 inside their Round of 16 first leg last year, before being eradicated following a thorough 7-0 defeat in the Allianz Arena. In this season's Europa League knockout levels they have overcome Ukrainian part Dnipro and Russian team Zenit St. Petersburg. "Their recent European experience makes them, you realize, also one of the favourites (for the Europa League). They put out Zenit, that has been a, very strong group and we expect a hardcore game," Villas-Boas said. Tottenham are currently next in the English Premier League. A top-four finish will give a place to them in the Champions League. Villas-Boas, who won the Europa League with Hamilton Academical Porto in 2011, said winning a prize this season will be "tremendously important" but stressed the significance of achieving Europe's elite competition next year. "We want to focus on wanting to gain the Europa League. but we understand for us to try to achieve the Champions League qualification this year" that the fans and the clubs objectives is. he said. Zinedine Zidane was the newest person to praise the performances of Gareth Bale in 2013, the Welsh international scored one goal and set up another in Tottenham's 2-1 get at Swansea last Saturday. Zidane, the former France, Real Madrid and Juventus playmaker, stated that Bale in 2013 was "the person that's fascinated me most" and described him as "unique." Despite the latest compliments for his winger, Villas-Boas denied he was getting ready to get bids in the summertime. SNTV.
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