Spurs spared Euro blushes

TOTTENHAM survived a humiliating first half-hour of Champions League football last night as Sebastien Bassong and Roman Pavyluchenko turned their play-off round tie against Young Boys on its head.

Spurs suffered a nightmare start to their first European Cup tie for almost half a century, their unfancied Swiss hosts tearing their hapless defence to shreds in the opening 28 minutes at the Stade de Suisse.

But with their hopes of reaching the lucrative group stage hanging by a thread, Bassong and Pavyluchenko scored two priceless away goals ahead of next Wednesday’s second leg at White Hart Lane.