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Fri 04 Apr 2007Spurs rally comes too lateUefa Cup Semi-Final/ Tottenham ... 2 Sevilla ... 2:There will be no Uefa Cup for Tottenham Hotspur, just the pang of recalling a comeback that came too late. With a 2-1 defeat endured in Spain, the second-half onslaught started with the Uefa Cup quarter-final already beyond retrievalTheir improvised back four had been breached twice by the holders inside eight minutes, with Tottenham's former striker Freddie Kanoute notching one of them.