Chelsea (11/4, Boylesports) and Spurs dispute Europa League favouritism after the three English teams avoided each other in the quarter final.
After seeing off Steaua Bucharest at Stamford Bridge, the Blues will face Russian outfit Rubin Kazan while Spurs, who clung on to beat Inter, now tackle Swiss side FC Basel.
A last-gasp Papiss Cisse sent Newcastle through to the last eight, where they will take on Hill’s 5/1 third favourites Benfica and that means the Magpies are as high as 16/1 at bet365 to lift the trophy.
Elsewhere, Lazio are an 8/1 shot at Boylesports after they were paired against Fenerbahce (20/1, Hills), Paddy Power price Chelsea’s opponents Rubin Kazan at 16/1 in the outright and Basel are Skybet’s 33/1 outsiders.
“Reports of the demise of English football could be a little premature,” said Betrescue spokesman Chris Hutcheon, “admittedly, there is no Premier League representative in the last eight of the Champions League but Ladbrokes’ odds of 13/8 suggest that there’s a genuine chance we could have an all-English final in the Europa League.”
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