Bale suffers serious injury in Europa League

Posted on April 5, 2013 by SoccerPunter

Tottenham fans are keeping their fingers crossed after their hero Gareth Bale sustained a serious ankle injury in the 2-2 draw with Basel in Europa League quarter-finals.

He had to be stretchered off in the closing minutes of the match after a bad foul by Basel‘s David Degen.

Bale has been on top form for Tottenham this season but he will certainly miss this weekend English Premier League match against Everton as well as the second-leg match of Europa League.

Tottenham are battling for a top four finish in English Premier League so Bale absence will affect the team morale adversely.

Bale’s injury capped a frustrating evening for Spurs, who had to settle for a draw after falling two goals behind following a poor start against the Swiss champions.

Valentin Stocker opened the scoring after 30 minutes and Fabian Frei headed home the second five minutes later.

Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor reduced the deficit from close-range five minutes before half-time and Gylfi Sigurdsson’s deflected 58th minute strike drew Spurs level.