Draw puts Tottenham in quarterfinals

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LONDON -- Tottenham advanced to the quarterfinals in its first season in the Champions League, holding seven-time champion AC Milan to a 0-0 tie Wednesday night.Following a victory in Italy in the first leg three weeks ago, Spurs won 1-0 aggregate. AC Milan has failed to reach the quarterfinals for four straight seasons. Tottenham is in Europe's top competition for the first time since the 1961-62 Champions Clubs' Cup.In Germany, Schalke rallied to beat Valencia 3-1 and advanced on 4-2 aggregate.After Ricardo Costa put Valencia ahead in the 17th minute, Jefferson Farfan tied the score with a free kick in the 40th, Mario Gavranovic made it 2-1 in the 52nd and Farfan added a goal in stoppage time.Schalke reached the quarterfinals for only the second time. In 2008, it defeated Porto in the second round and then was knocked out by Barcelona. Kids Jerseys Shorts Jerseys At White Hart Lane, Milan outshot the hosts 16-7 but couldn't score."It's a huge night for us," said Tottenham forward Peter Crouch, who scored in the first leg. "We defended magnificently. We had to dig in and defend from the front, and I think we deserved it over the two legs."
Milan's best chance was in the 25th minute, when Alexandre Pato rounded goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes and crossed to Robinho, whose shot glanced off Benoit Assou-Ekotto and was cleared off the goal line by William Gallas.Since winning the trophy in 2007, AC Milan has been eliminated in the second round by Premier League teams in three of four seasons. Soccer Jerseys Inter Milan is Italy's last remaining team in the competition.At Gelsenkirchen, Schalke coach Felix Magath called reports he will be terminated at the end of the season "noise from the sidelines." His contract runs through the 2012-13 season."It doesn't interest us, and it shouldn't interest us. The truth was plain to see on the field," Magath said after the game. "I plan to continue my work until 2013."A night earlier, Barcelona and Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk advanced.On Tuesday,Diesel Jeans, Real Madrid is home against Lyon following a 1-1 tie in France and Chelsea hosts Copenhagen with a 2-0 lead. On Wednesday, Manchester United is home against Marseille after a 0-0 tie in France and Bayern Munich hosts defending champion Inter Milan in a rematch of last year's final. The German club won the first leg 1-0.Birmingham moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 1-1 tie at Everton.